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Isn't Wasn't Ain't

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Released
  
17 July 1993

Genre
  
Christian

Release date
  
17 July 1993

Label
  
Parodudes

Recorded
  
3 June 1993

Artist
  
ApologetiX

Producer
  
Karl Messner

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Length
  
63:15 (1993 version) 56:49 (2003 version) 72:51 (2005 version)

Isn't Wasn't Ain't (1993)
  
Radical History Tour (1994)

Similar
  
Apol‑acoustiX, Wordplay, Ticked, Chosen Ones, Hits: The Road

Isn't Wasn't Ain't is the debut album by Christian parody band ApologetiX, originally released in 1993. The album was re-released in 2003 and 2005.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Isn't Wasn't Ain't (In The Bible) - 2:31
  2. Parody of "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" by Led Zeppelin
  3. "David & Goliath" - 2:29
  4. Parody of "Paperback Writer" by The Beatles
  5. "Lions" - 3:39
  6. Parody of "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band
  7. Later rewritten & re-recorded for Soundproof.
  8. "Patients" - 5:42
  9. Parody of "Patience" by Guns N' Roses
  10. "Help Me, Rhoda" - 2:38
  11. Parody of "Help Me, Rhonda" by The Beach Boys
  12. "That Daughter" - 4:08
  13. Parody of "Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers
  14. Later rewritten & re-recorded for Soundproof.
  15. "Little Esther" - 3:03
  16. Parody of "Little Sister" by Elvis Presley
  17. "Don't Try (To Hide) - 4:17
  18. Parody of "Don't Cry" by Guns N' Roses
  19. "I Found The Answer There" - 2:56
  20. Parody of "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles
  21. Later rewritten & re-recorded for The Boys Aren't Backin' Down as "I Saw The Answer There".
  22. "Be Like David Was" - 4:39
  23. Parody of "Feel Like Makin' Love" by Bad Company
  24. "Ain't That A Miracle?" - 4:28
  25. Parody of "Pink Houses" by John Cougar Mellencamp
  26. Later rewritten & re-recorded for Soundproof.
  27. "God I Like About You" - 2:50
  28. Parody of "What I Like About You" by The Romantics
  29. Not on 2003 release
  30. "Faith Pt. 2" - 2:37
  31. Parody of "Faith" by George Michael
  32. "Christians Doin' Music" - 3:28
  33. Parody of "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers
  34. "What Is & Will Forever Be" - 4:51
  35. Parody of "What Is and What Should Never Be" by Led Zeppelin
  36. "In Matthew 9" - 2:22
  37. Parody of "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles
  38. "Mrs. Protestant" - 3:35
  39. Parody of "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel
  40. Not on 2003 release.
  41. "He Really Got Mad (1993)" - 2:52
  42. Parody of "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks
  43. Later rewritten & rerecorded on The Boys Aren't Backin' Down.
  44. "Love (Ain't Nothin')" - 3:34
  45. Parody of "Long Train Runnin'" by The Doobie Brothers
  46. Only available on 2005 release.
  47. "Verynice City" - 6:02
  48. Parody of "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses
  49. Only available on 2005 release.

Personnel

  • J. Jackson: Lead vocals, background vocals on "I Found The Answer There"
  • Karl Messner: Guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "I Found The Answer There"
  • Andy Sparks: Rhythm guitar, background vocals
  • Steve Kayner: Bass
  • Keith Harrold: Drums

    • Additional personnel

  • Jo Ann Herdt & Dana Spallinger: Background vocals on "David & Goliath"
  • Gary Hayes: According to lead singer J. Jackson, Hayes supplied "The killer stratospheric Axl Rose impression in the call & response in the final chorus" on "Verynice City".

    • Production

  • Produced by: Karl Messner
  • Recorded at: ApologetiX Studios

    • Songs

    1Isn't Wasn't Ain't2:31
    2David and Goliath2:30
    3Lions3:40

    References

    Isn't Wasn't Ain't Wikipedia
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