Meet the Family (album)

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Meet the Family
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1997
RecordedMay 1997 at Festival Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Pop punk, punk rock, skate punk, melodic hardcore
Length35:14
Label Liberation Records (USA)
Frenzal Rhomb chronology
Not So Tough Now
(1996)
Meet the Family
(1997)
A Man's Not a Camel
(1999)

Meet the Family is Frenzal Rhomb's third studio album. It was released in September 1997. The album was the first with Lindsay McDougall on guitar and the last with Nat Nykruj on drums.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mum Changed The Locks"1:57
2."Mr. Charisma"2:18
3."There's Your Dad"2:03
4."Racist"2:36
5."Ship of Beers"2:15
6."Be Still My Beating Off"2:20
7."I Hate My Brain"2:08
8."The Ballad of Tim Webster"1:55
9."U.S.Anus"2:20
10."Constable Care"1:39
11."(That's) Just Not Legal"2:13
12."Hakimashita"2:24
13."Genitals are Funny"1:37
14."All Your Friends"2:26
15."Beaded Curtains (Part Two)"0:11
16."Beaded Curtains (Part Three)"0:12
17."Guns Don't Kill Ducklings, Ducklings Kill Ducklings"2:14
18."You Can't Move Into My House"2:26

Charts

Chart (1997–99)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 39

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 27 December 2021.