''Gusto'' is the seventh album by California

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band

Guttermouth Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Rude Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including perf ...

, released in 2002 by

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. It found the band taking their style of fast, abrasive punk rock in new directions, experimenting with elements of pop and other styles. Their usual tongue-in-cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics remain intact, but the album's overall sound is quite different from any of their others. This was due partly to a lineup change: founding member and frequent songwriter James Nunn had left the group the previous year, leaving guitarists Scott Sheldon and Eric Davis to fill in on bass, along with studio bassist Hedge. The album received generally poor reviews from both critics and longtime fans, and would later be regarded by the band as somewhat of a failed experiment.

Track listing

All songs written by Guttermouth. # "Camp Fire Girl #62" 2:55 # "Scholarship in Punk" 2:15 # "Gusto" 2:13 # "Vacation" 2:52 # "Contagious" 2:51 # "Pee in the Shower" 2:29 # "Walk of Shame" 2:34 # "My Town" 2:36 # "Contribution" 2:17 # "Foot-Long" 1:56 # "Looking Out for #1" 1:48 # "Twins" 2:09 # "My Girlfriend" 2:35 # "Lemon Water" 3:19

Performers

Mark Adkins Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Rude Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including perfo ...

– vocals * Scott Sheldon – guitar, bass, guiro, backing vocals * Eric "Derek" Davis – guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals * Hedge – bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 11) * William Tyler "Ty" Smith – drums * Eric Mayron – vocals on "Lemon Water" * Emily "Agent M" Whitehurst (

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) – backing vocals on "My Town" and "Twins"

Album information

*Record label:

*Recorded at Paramount Studios and Can Am Studios *Mixed at Paramount Studios by Jim Goodwin *Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering *Produced by Scott Sheldon, Eric Davis, Jim Goodwin, and

*All songs by Guttermouth *Art by Mark Adkins *Layout by C. Martin

References

{{Authority control Guttermouth albums 2002 albums Epitaph Records albums