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Hopeless Romantic

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Recorded
  
1999

Length
  
39:58

Producer
  
Thom Wilson

Genre
  
Punk rock

Label
  
Epitaph

Released
  
May 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)

Hopeless Romantic is the fourth full-length studio album by New Jersey punk band The Bouncing Souls. It was released in 1999 on Epitaph. The album finds the band experimenting with tempos and genres, all while maintaining the energetic punk sound of their previous albums. Hopeless Romantic contains fan favorites like "Kid", "¡Olé!", and the ballad "Night on Earth."

Contents

Reception

The album was included at number 31 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.

Track listing

All tracks by The Bouncing Souls except where noted.

  1. "Hopeless Romantic" – 2:12
  2. "'87" – 3:27
  3. "Kid" – 2:50
  4. "Fight to Live" – 2:58
  5. "Bullying the Jukebox" – 3:48
  6. "You're So Rad" – 1:19
  7. "Night on Earth" – 4:54
  8. "Monday Morning Ant Brigade" – 2:24
  9. "¡Olé!" (Armath, J. Deja, The Bouncing Souls) – 3:04
  10. "Undeniable" – 2:37
  11. "Wish Me Well (You Can Go to Hell)" – 2:56
  12. "It's Not the Heat, It's the Humanity" – 2:14
  13. "The Whole Thing" – 5:13

Trivia

  • The song "Kid" contains a reference to the 1980s movie "The Breakfast Club"
  • ¡Olé! was the theme music for professional wrestler El Generico before he was signed to WWE. It was also used as an entrance theme for former WWE wrestler, CM Punk in his indies days.
  • Seminal Australian punk radio show Bullying The Jukebox takes its title from track 5 of the disc.
  • ¡Olé! also appeared in NHL 11.

    • Personnel

  • Greg Attonito – vocals
  • Pete Steinkopf – guitar
  • Bryan Keinlen – bass, artwork
  • Shal Khichi – drums
  • Kara Weathington – vocals on "Wish Me Well (You Can Go To Hell)"
  • Thom Wilson – engineer
  • Chris Manning – assistant engineer
  • Eddy Shreyer – technician

    • References

    Hopeless Romantic Wikipedia
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