Recorded 2007–2009 Release date 2009 | Length 37:38 Artist The Strange Boys | |
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Released March 3, 2009 (2009-03-03) United StatesMarch 2, 2009 (2009-03-02) UK Genres Garage rock, Rhythm and blues People also search for Be Brave, And Girls Club, Live Music |
The strange boys woe is you and me
The Strange Boys and Girls Club is the first album by the band The Strange Boys. It was released by In the Red Records on 2 March 2009 in the UK and a day later in the USA.
Contents
The album was initially recorded with labelmate Jay Reatard. However, the band was unhappy with the takes recorded in the sessions with Reatard and subsequently rerecorded the album with Orville Neeley. Ryan Sambol has said that this was because the recording sessions with Reatard took place at a time when the songs were still "new", and that he "hadn't really finished them". Dusted magazine reported that the recordings with Neeley were made in a disused liquor store. However, this was later denied by Sambol in an interview with Paste magazine. He clarified that this had been the case with an earlier release, recorded with Greg Ashley, not The Strange Boys and Girls Club, the recording of which took place in Neeley's garage.
The album was released to generally favourable reviews, attaining a score of 76% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ryan Sambol, except where noted.
- "Woe Is You and Me" - 2:13
- "They're Building the Death Camps" - 2:51
- "Should Have Shot Paul"1 - 1:55
- "MLKs"2 - 1:49
- "This Girl Taught Me a Dance" - 3:06
- "For Lack of a Better Face" - 3:15
- "Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up" - 2:09
- "No Way for a Slave to Behave" - 3:11 (Ryan Sambol, Shane Renfro)
- "Poem Party" - 1:53
- "To Turn a Tune or Two" - 2:25
- "Most Things" - 1:36
- "A Man You've Never Known" - 2:00
- "Then" - 2:11
- "Who Needs Who More" - 2:18
- "Probation Blues" - 2:14
- "Death and All the Rest" - 2:39 (Ryan Sambol, Shane Renfro)
Footnotes to track listing
Personnel
Songs
1This Girl Taught Me a Dance
2MLKs
3Probation Blues