Hard for Measy for You

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Hard For Measy For You
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Studio album by
Released1994
StudioHum/Café Cognac & Manhattan Beach Recording, NY
Genre Indie rock
Label Wiiija Records / Ecstatic Peace
Producer Julie Cafritz and Michael Rohatyn
Guv'ner chronology
Hard For Measy For You
(1994)
The Hunt
(1996)
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Hard For Measy For You is an album by the American indie band Guv'ner. It was released by Ecstatic Peace! in the US and Wiiija Records in the UK in 1994. Drumming duties on the album were shared by Brian Logan (plays on "No Big Deal", "Bridge Under Water" and "Making Headlines") and Jamie Lawrence ("Red Velvet Chair", "Go To Sleep" and "Wild Couple").

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Drummer Want-Ad"
  2. "No Big Deal"
  3. "Red Velvet Chair"
  4. "Little Bitch on the Phone"
  5. "Bridge Under Water"
  6. "Almond Roca"
  7. "Making Headlines"
  8. "Go to Sleep"
  9. "Wild Couple"
  10. "Touch Wood"
  11. "Amplituden"
  12. "And also..."
  13. "I Will Get You"
  14. "Thespian Girl"
  15. "She Dog Stop"

Personnel

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