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, and their second album, released in 2004. The record was met with critical acclaim, and helped lend even further voice to the

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two years prior. The record has an average score of 80/100 on

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. On the last track, after the three-minute silence following "Pawn Shoppe Heart", there's a hidden track: a cover of "

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''. The track "Mairead" is about Queens of Noize DJ

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, who has been associated with Jason Stollsteimer.

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uses a brief clip of "C'mon C'mon" as the opening of their show ''30 Clubs in 30 Days''. "C'mon C'mon" was also released as downloadable content for ''

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'' on March 31, 2009 for

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and April 2, 2009 for

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. This track became available as DLC for the

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version of ''

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s).

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Stollsteimer except where noted. #"No Regrets" – 2:34 #"Broken Man" – 2:10 #" C'mon C'mon" – 2:15 #"Tell Me What You See" – 1:56 #"Been Swank" – 2:44 #"Mairead" – 5:11 #"Not That Social" – 3:01 #"Crawl Through the Darkness" – 2:45 #"The Fever" (Jason Stollsteimer, Don Blum) – 2:38 #"Right of Way" – 3:46 #"Poison Ivy" – 2:14 #"Pawn Shoppe Heart" / "

" (Stollsteimer, Irving King, Harry M. Woods) – 9:28

Charts

References

2004 albums The Von Bondies albums Sire Records albums Albums produced by Jerry Harrison {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub