''Because We Hate You'' is an album by
American rock group the
Young Fresh Fellows, one half of a split album with
the Minus 5
The Minus 5 is an American pop rock band headed by musician Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows, often in partnership with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.
Band history
McCaughey formed the band in 1993 as a side project with Buck, Jon Auer ...
, released in 2001 on
Mammoth Records
Mammoth Records was an independent record label founded in 1989 by Jay Faires in the Carrboro area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The majority of the acts on Mammoth were executive-produced by Faires and the label's general manager, Steve Balco ...
.
Critical reception
''
CMJ New Music Monthly
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'' noted that the album "combines the beery grace of a great frat-rock band with a broad rock-historical palette".
Track listing
All songs written by
Scott McCaughey
Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 199 ...
except as indicated.
#"Barky's Spiritual Store"
#"Lonely Spartanburg Flower Stall"
#"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite" (
Boyce and Hart
Sidney Thomas "Tommy" Boyce (September 29, 1939 – November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman; February 18, 1939) were an American duo of singer-songwriters. In addition to three top-40 hits as artists, the duo is well know ...
)
#"For the Love of a Girl"
#"Fuselage"
#"My Drum Set"
#"Worthless"
#"She's a Book"
#"Good Times Rock 'n' Roll" (McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, Todd Hutchison, Jim Sangster)
#"Little Bell"
#"Summerland"
#"Mamie Dunn, Employee of The Month"
#"Your Truth, Our Lies" (Croaker Norge, Batum Schrag)
#"The Ballad of Only You and the Can Prevent Forest Fires"
See also
* ''
Let the War Against Music Begin''
References
The Young Fresh Fellows albums
2001 albums
Mammoth Records albums
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