Make Your Mama Proud

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Make Your Mama Proud
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 6, 1996
Recorded1996
Genre Rock, pop punk
Length35:46
Label Hollywood
Fastball chronology
Make Your Mama Proud
(1996)
All the Pain Money Can Buy
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Make Your Mama Proud is the debut album released by the rock band Fastball. [3] [4] The track "Are You Ready For The Fallout?" was issued to some radio stations as the single for the record.

Contents

The album had sold over 5,500 copies as of April 1998. [5] [6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that Fastball "never sacrifices melody to haste, and the results bounce with nifty, cheek-poking ease." [7]

Track listing

#TitleLengthMusic
1Human Torch2:40Tony Scalzo
2She Comes ‘Round3:27Miles Zuniga
3Make Your Mama Proud2:10Tony Scalzo
4Back Door2:20Miles Zuniga
5Are You Ready for the Fallout?3:13Tony Scalzo
6Nothing1:51Tony Scalzo
7Boomerang2:57Miles Zuniga
8Eater2:42Tony Scalzo
9Knock It Down2:08Miles Zuniga
10Lender1:58Tony Scalzo
11Altamont3:08Miles Zuniga
12Emily2:07Tony Scalzo
13Seattle2:49Miles Zuniga
14Telephone Calls2:14Tony Scalzo

Personnel

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References

  1. "Make Your Mama Proud - Fastball | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  2. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  295. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone fastball album guide.
  3. "Rockonomics 101". Texas Monthly. March 1, 1999.
  4. Booth, Philip. "Fastball strikes one for the charts". Orlando Weekly.
  5. "Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . 26 August 1998. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  6. "Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . 25 April 1998. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  7. The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide. Fireside. 1997. p. 254.