Banana Man (album)

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Banana Man
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 1997
Genre Pop punk, Christian punk
Label Tooth & Nail
Ghoti Hook chronology
Sumo Surprise
(1996)
Banana Man
(1997)
Songs We Didn't Write
(1998)
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Banana Man is Ghoti Hook's second CD on Tooth and Nail Records. It continues the band's trademark sound started with Sumo Surprise, combining Christianity with humor and fast melodic punk.

Track listing

  1. Banana Man
  2. Estevan
  3. My Bike
  4. The Box
  5. Middle Ground
  6. Running Away
  7. The Box
  8. Just Fools
  9. Cowboy
  10. Untitled Track
  11. Love by the Numbers
  12. At the Zoo
  13. The Box
  14. Monsters
  15. Gimme a Chance
  16. The Box

"The Box" is the name for four separate tracks, all the same song played at different speeds. The untitled track is three seconds long, and consists of someone yelling in Spanish, "Yo quiero mandar besos y brasos a la toda la Bolivia!" In English, this is "I want to give kisses and hugs to all of Bolivia!"



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