''Get Disowned'' is

Hop Along Hop Along is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly known as Hop Along, Queen Ansleis. History Hop Along began as an acoustic freak folk solo project known as Hop Along, Queen Ansleis in 2004, during Frances Qui ...

's second full-length album. It was released in March 2012 on Hot Green Records in the US and

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in the UK/Europe. In 2016 it was reissued by

Saddle Creek Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over his ...

Background and recording

Hop Along approached former Algernon Cadwallader guitarist Joe Reinhart to produce the album because vocalist Frances Quinlan preferred to work with a friend rather than a stranger. The band was met with time constraints during recording due to the members being involved with other projects. Consequently, the recording process lasted two years. Because of this, Quinlan described the album as a "collage".

Reception and legacy

"Tibetan Pop Stars", the album's second track, has continued to receive critical acclaim in recent years. In a 2020 list ranking

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's 100 best songs, the staff of ''

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'' placed the track highly at #10. The site's David Anthony wrote that it "so succinctly summed up everything great about the genre", noting the band's perfectly achieving "a distinct subtlety" evident in other of emo's best bands.

Track listing

Personnel

;Hop Along * Tyler Long -

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Frances Quinlan Christine Frances Quinlan (born May 7, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and visual artist best known for fronting Philadelphia indie rock band Hop Along. They have painted all the band's album art. Career Early life Quinla ...

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* Mark Quinlan -

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, accordion,

* Joe Reinhart -

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;Additional musicians * Chrissy Tashjian -

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(tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, & 10) * Dominic Angelella -

(tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 9) ;Production * Joe Reinhart - engineering * Ryan Schwabe - mastering * Peter Helmis - layout

References

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