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Lechuza | ||||
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Released | May 22, 2001 | |||
Studio | Ocean (Burbank, California), Entourage (North Hollywood, California), Track Record (North Hollywood, California), Village Recorders (Los Angeles, California) | |||
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Length | 52:02 (39:55 without silence and hidden track) | |||
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Producer | Jerry Finn | |||
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Singles from Lechuza | ||||
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Lechuza (Spanish "barn owl") is the second studio album by American pop punk band Fenix TX, released on May 22, 2001, by MCA and Drive-Thru Records. Between June and August, the group performed on the Warped Tour. [2]
The first song, "Phoebe Cates", is a first-person tale of falling in lust with actress Phoebe Cates. It includes a bridge with the lines "Looking for a fast time / Watching out for bright lights / Send me off to private school / When I'm with you it's paradise", all of which are references to films starring Cates ( Fast Times at Ridgemont High , Bright Lights, Big City , Private School and Paradise , respectively).
On both the UK and the Japanese issue of the album, two bonus tracks are added — an updated rendition the Spanish Christmas song "Feliz Navidad" and the group's 2000 single "All My Fault" from Fenix TX . The hidden track "James' Song" [3] is placed at the end of the second bonus track, thus shortening the length of track 11 on these issues to 5:34.
This is the final studio album with Adam Lewis on bass, before his passing in June 2024.
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Ox-Fanzine | Favorable [5] |
The album was included at number 33 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list. [6] The album has sold 600,000 copies to date.
All tracks written by Fenix TX.
Bonus tracks
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