As Good as Dead (album)

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As Good as Dead
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 16, 1996
Recorded1996
Genre
Length49:14
Label Island
Producer
Local H chronology
Ham Fisted
(1995)
As Good as Dead
(1996)
Pack Up the Cats
(1998)
Singles from As Good as Dead
  1. "High-Fiving MF"
    Released: March 25, 1996 [3]
  2. "Bound for the Floor"
    Released: July 15, 1996 [3]
  3. "Fritz's Corner"
    Released: March 1997 [4]
  4. "Eddie Vedder"
    Released: July 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
New Noise Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Village Voice A− [9]

As Good as Dead is the second studio album by American rock band Local H. It was released on April 16, 1996 by Island Records. [3]

Contents

A concept album, As Good as Dead is about dead-end, small-town life based on the band's origins in Zion, Illinois. [10] The album's title comes from a line in the song "Eddie Vedder." Some prints of the album received a Parental Advisory sticker, due to the use of profanity in the song "High-Fiving MF" and others.

Four singles were released from the album: "Bound for the Floor", "High-Fiving MF", "Eddie Vedder", and "Fritz's Corner". It remains their best-selling album to date.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Local H

No.TitleLength
1."Manifest Density Pt. 1"0:51
2."High-Fiving MF"4:50
3."Bound for the Floor"3:42
4."Lovey Dovey"2:57
5."I Saw What You Did and I Know Who You Are"3:16
6."No Problem"4:14
7."Nothing Special"3:59
8."Eddie Vedder"3:29
9."Back in the Day"3:35
10."Freeze-Dried (F)lies"4:00
11."Fritz's Corner"2:51
12."O.K."6:53
13."Manifest Density Pt. 2"4:37

Personnel

Local H

Production

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [11] 147
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 6

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesApril 16, 1996 Island [13]
April 15, 2016 LP srcvinyl [13]

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