''More Scared: The House of Faith Years'' is a

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- it was released because these songs were difficult to obtain otherwise.

Track listing

#"Strongman" ''(Koski)'' – 2:16 #"Reggae Gets Big in a Small Town" ''(Bonnel)'' – 1:57 #"Smoke like a Girl" ''(Koski)'' – 2:35 #"Lazer Attack" ''(Wickersham)'' – 2:16 #"Politician" ''(McEntee, Koski)'' – 3:02 #"Nine to Five" ''(McEntee, Koski, Dison)'' – 1:28 #"Could You Lie?" ''(Koski)'' – 2:15 #"Mommy Mommy" ''( Callis'' – 2:43 (a cover of "No" by

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) #"Scared" ''(Wickersham)'' – 2:31 #"No Eager Men" ''(Koski)'' – 2:59 #"Petty Wage" ''(Koski)'' – 1:54 #"Hello Charlatan" ''(Koski)'' – 2:47 #"Proven Song" ''(Koski)'' – 2:53 #"These Pretty Pleasures" ''(Dison)'' – 2:55 #"Mr. Norris" ''(Koski, Dison)'' – 3:01 #"Here We Are Nowhere" ''( Cluney)'' – 0:57 (cover of

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) Track #7 is from the band's first release, the 7-inch Gives You Strength EP. All nine tracks from ''Scared'' (10 inh E.P.) are present: here they are tracks #1, #2, #14, #9, #8, #15, #3, #6, and #13. Tracks #10, #11, #16, #12 are from the band's third release, the No Eager Men singl

Tracks #4 and #5 were previously unreleased.

Credits

* Johnny Bonnel, Johnny Peebucks (Bonnel) (

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

) * Greg McEntee (

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

) * Darius Koski (

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

) * Kevin Wickersham (

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

) * Max Huber (guitar) * Joel Dison (guitar "on 1st 13 tracks")

Referecnes

External links

$wingin' Utter$ official discography
{{Authority control Swingin' Utters albums 1996 compilation albums SideOneDummy Records compilation albums