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''The Great Burrito Extortion Case'' is the sixth studio album by American
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Bowling for Soup Bowling for Soup is an American rock band formed in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1994. The band consists of Jaret Reddick (lead vocals, guitar), Gary Wiseman (drums, percussion), and Rob Felicetti (bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar). The band i ...
, released on November 7, 2006.


Background

According to the band on their official website "there are at least 12 verses' worth of total joy for every sort-of-sad chorus about an ex-girlfriend on this record."


Release

In June and July, the band were set to tour with
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, however Flashlight Brown pulled out of the tour due to parting with their label. This album's first single to be released was " High School Never Ends", which is available on
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. It was released on November 7, 2006, through
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. It was originally set to be titled ''All My Rowdy Friends Are Still Intoxicated'' or ''We're Not Fat, We Just Have Small Heads''. The album's title originated from the news ticker on the bottom of a TV screen that the group saw when in a hotel bar. The headline said "Burrito Extortion Case," which intrigued the band members. In July and August 2007, the group went on tour with
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Reception

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said that the record was "still proudly goofy, poppy punk, stuff that's fun without quite being memorable", but found the band's humor outdated with its '80s pop culture references, saying their "pandering a little bit, trying to deliver what they believe today's teens want," concluding that "even when they're coming across like Gen-X cranks, they're still nimble and melodic, so it's easy enough to listen to ''The Great Burrito Extortion Case'' and enjoy it – it sure is hard to get worked up about it, though." Gary Susman from ''
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'' said the album "starts out fun but turns self-indulgent", concluding with, "Still, at least two tunes will lodge forever in your skull. One day, you’ll recall them fondly, and BFS, trafficking in insta-nostalgia, will be there to write a catchy number about that feeling." ''
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said that "between the we're-happy-to-be-happy "I'm Gay" and the laudatory "Val Kilmer," the dozens of not really clever jokes about crazy girls and
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, and whined harmonies and chug-a-chug guitars that blend together, the songs wear out their charm with a quickness." The album got an 'Honorable Mention' on Ultimate-Guitar's top ten albums of 2006, and debuted at number 88 on the ''Billboard'' 200.


Track listing

;Bonus tracks Many of the bonus tracks were released in 2008 on the Japanese 2008 Re-Issue of ''
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B-sides


Credits

*
Jaret Reddick Jaret Ray Reddick (born March 6, 1972) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the pop-punk band Bowling for Soup. He also voices Danny on ''Phineas and Ferb'' and has voiced Chuck E. Cheese si ...
 — lead vocals, guitars * Erik Chandler — bass,
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* Chris Burney — guitars, backing vocals * Gary Wiseman — drums * Produced by Russ-T Cobb. and Jaret Reddick except track 11 Produced by
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and track 2 Produced by Russ-T. Cobb and Jaret Reddick, Additional Production by
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* Recorded May 15 to June 14, 2006 at Ruby Red Productions, Atlanta, GA, Pulse Recording, Silverlake, CA and Rosewater Studios, Tulsa, Ok * Engineered and Mixed by Russ-T Cobb Additional Engineering by Casey Diiorio * Mixed at Ruby Red Productions, Atlanta, GA except * and ** * Assistant Engineers: Sean Loughlin and James Salter * * Recorded and Engineered by Karl Egsieker at Pulse Recording, Silverlake, CA *
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and Conducted by
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at South Beach Studios, Miami, FL * Album
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at Masterdisk, NYC Additional musicians/backing vocals and all around swell dudes: * Russ-T Cobb — "Make Mine a Decaf," "So ugh...you got my money" * Casey Diiorio — "Someone drank my birthday present," "That's what happens man" * Zac Maloy — "you guys aren't going to be seeing much of me for the rest of the week," "pretty, pretty good!!!" * Butch Walker — Guitar, Keyboards, and Percussion on "When We Die" * Adam Schlesinger – Guitar and Vocals on "High School Never Ends" * Joey Huffman – Additional
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sang her BUTT off (literally) on "Much More Beautiful Person" The "When We Die" Orchestra: Rob Mathes (Piano), Sandra Park, Tomas K. Carney, Michael Casteel, Vivek Kamath, Shmuel Katz, Lisa E. Kim, Maria Kitsopoulos, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Suzanne Ornstein, Larua J. Seaton, Sarah J. Seiver, Sharon H. Yamada, Jung Sun Yoo, Rebecca H. Young * Various gang vocals, whistling, drinking, laughing, poking and prodding in Tulsa, Oklahoma: Greg Lobdell,
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, BRANDO, Bryan Jewett, Andy Skib, Alexis "Lyndsay" Skib, Josh Center, Davey Danger * Chicks that sing on "Friends Like You" and made the room NOT smell like boy: Nikki Messing, Niki Smith, Kira Von Sutra, Lindsey Campbell, April Farmer Bowling for Soup crew: * Greg Lobdell – Drum Technologist, Monitors and the Chiefs * Edo Levi – Front of House, Stage Manager, DJ and the Star of David * Sean Bailey – Tour Manager, One Liners and Bus Pooper * Bobby-Wayne – Guitar Tech, Bass Tech and Beelzebub * Dave "Mrs. Garrett" Hale – Merch, Taker Upper of Slack, Anxiety and Lifetime * A&R: Pablo Mathiason * Management: Mike Swinford, Paul Nugent and Randy Miller at Rainmaker Artists * Booking: Andy Somers for The Agency Group/Paul Bolton from Helter Skelter (UK/Europe) * Legal: Michael L. McKoy, Esq., for Serling Rooks and Ferrara


Release history


Notes

*A Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's second Bowling for Soup podcast, released November 30, 2009. *B Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's third Bowling for Soup podcast, released December 16, 2009. *C Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's fourth Bowling for Soup podcast, released January 7, 2010. *D Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's seventh Bowling for Soup podcast, released March 10, 2010.


References


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Ultimate Guitar's Top Ten Albums of 2006. "The Great Burrito Extortion Case" gained an Honorable Mention.
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