Recorded 2013 – 14 Release date 13 May 2014 Genre Punk rock | Length 34:11 Label Fat Wreck Chords | |
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Released May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13) Studio Studio 606 West
(Northridge, Los Angeles, California) Artist Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Similar Me First and the Gimme Gimmes albums, Punk rock albums |
Me first and the gimme gimmes i will survive official full album stream
Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! is a cover album from punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The album consists of covers of songs originally performed by divas. It was released on May 13, 2014 on Fat Wreck Chords.
Contents
- Me first and the gimme gimmes i will survive official full album stream
- Me first and the gimme gimmes i will survive
- Critical reception
- Band
- Additional musicians
- Songs
- References
Prior to the album's release, the band put out two singles. The first was their cover of Paula Abdul's track "Straight Up". On May 5th, they released a cover of Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" as a second pre-release single.
Speaking about the album, guitarist Joey Cape said in an interview that "we always cover songs that one might consider to be guilty pleasures. 'Beautiful' clearly fits the bill. It is a great song but not necessarily something a fan of any of our bands would even consider." The title is a reference to Devo's album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!.
The album continues the band's tradition of marrying cover versions with elements of classic punk songs. For example, this album's version of "Speechless" borrows the intro to "Sonic Reducer" by Dead Boys, "On the radio" uses the intro to "Brickfield Nights" by The Boys, "Beautiful" uses the intro to "Superficial Love" by TSOL, "Straight Up" lifts the intro from "Evil" by 45 Grave, and "Karma Chameleon" uses the intro to "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" by Buzzcocks.
Me first and the gimme gimmes i will survive
Critical reception
At Alternative Press, Brendan Manley rated the album four out of five stars, remarking how the band "achieves bona fide diva-dom, estrogen aside."
Band
Additional musicians
Songs
1I Will Survive2:27
2Straight Up2:59
3Believe3:08