Aloha! Go Bananas

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Aloha! Go Bananas
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Released2004
Genre Pop punk
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Aloha! Go Bananas is the debut album of the all-girl punk band Spazzys. It was released in 2004.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Zombie Girl"
  2. "Surfen Bird"
  3. "Sunshine Drive"
  4. "Action City"
  5. "Hey Hey Baby"
  6. "Steal a Kiss"
  7. "Paco Doesn't Love Me"
  8. "Shake & Twist"
  9. "My Boyfriend's Back"
  10. "Cigarettes"
  11. "You Left My Heart in the Garage"
  12. "Zatopeks"
  13. "My Car Doesn't Brake"
  14. "I Wanna Cut My Hair Like Marky Ramone"

Japanese release track listing

  1. "Zombie Girl"
  2. "Surfen Bird"
  3. "Sunshine Drive"
  4. "Action City"
  5. "Hey Hey Baby"
  6. "Steal A Kiss"
  7. "Paco Doesn't Love Me"
  8. "Shake & Twist"
  9. "My Boyfriend's Back"
  10. "Cigarettes"
  11. "You Left My Heart In The Garage"
  12. "Zatopeks"
  13. "My Car Doesn't Brake"
  14. "I Wanna Cut My Hair Like Marky Ramone"
  15. "Zatopeks" (Live)
  16. "Shake & Twist" (Live)

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References

  1. Sunday Age, 31 October 2004, review by Martin Boulton
  2. The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 October 2004, review by George Palathingal
  3. The Courier-Mail, 2 October 2004, review by Satish Cheney
  4. Daily Telegraph, 16 September 2004, review
  5. Illawarra Mercury, 23 September 2004, review by Glen Humphries
  6. I-94 Bar, review Archived 2007-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  7. FasterLouder, review