Become What You Are

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Become What You Are
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 1993
StudioHolywood Sound in Los Angeles
Genre Alternative rock, power pop [1]
Length40:22
Label Mammoth
Producer Scott Litt
The Juliana Hatfield Three chronology
Become What You Are
(1993)
Whatever, My Love
(2015)
Juliana Hatfield chronology
Hey Babe
(1992)
Become What You Are
(1993)
Only Everything
(1995)
No.TitleLength
1."Supermodel"2:52
2."My Sister"3:22
3."This Is the Sound"3:01
4."For the Birds"4:14
5."Mabel"4:09
6."A Dame with a Rod"2:55
7."Addicted"3:16
8."Feelin' Massachusetts"4:11
9."Spin the Bottle"2:23
10."President Garfield"4:38
11."Little Pieces"3:05
12."I Got No Idols" (Hatfield, Dean Fisher, Todd Philips)2:16
Total length:40:22

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [5]

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [18] 89
US Top Heatseekers 1 [19]
Billboard 200 119 [19]

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