| Have a Ball | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 28:48 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords | |||
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Have a Ball is the first studio album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 1997 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. [1] The album is made up entirely of "Hits of the '60s and '70s", with the exception of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", originally released in 1983.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Maximum Rocknroll | (favorable) [3] |
| Nanaimo Daily News | [4] |
Larry Katz of the Boston Herald said that the album was an "unforgettable" album of 1997, despite being relatively little-known, and that the band's gimmick of recording cross-genre covers was a "darn good" joke. [5] Noel Murray, writing in Nashville Scene , praised the record as being fun while not overly long, and said that the rearrangements of familiar older songs allowed listeners to better appreciate the writing of those songs. [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original performer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Danny's Song" | Kenny Loggins | Loggins and Messina | 2:10 |
| 2. | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (from Denver) | John Denver | John Denver | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" (from Paul) | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 2:42 |
| 4. | "One Tin Soldier" | Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter | Original Caste | 2:01 |
| 5. | "Uptown Girl" (from Billy) | Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 2:22 |
| 6. | "I Am a Rock" (from Garf) | Paul Simon | Simon & Garfunkel | 2:04 |
| 7. | "Sweet Caroline" (from Diamond) | Neil Diamond | Neil Diamond | 2:53 |
| 8. | "Seasons in the Sun" | Jacques Brel | Terry Jacks | 2:27 |
| 9. | "Fire and Rain" (from In Your Barcalounger) | James Taylor | James Taylor | 1:24 |
| 10. | "Nobody Does It Better" (from The Spy Who Loved Me) | Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch | Carly Simon | 2:28 |
| 11. | "Mandy" (from Barry) | Scott English, Richard Kerr | Barry Manilow | 2:27 |
| 12. | "Rocket Man" (from Elton) | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | Elton John | 3:15 |
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