New Miserable Experience

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New Miserable Experience
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 4, 1992
RecordedFebruary–March 1992
StudioArdent (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre
Length45:02
Label A&M
Producer
Gin Blossoms chronology
Up and Crumbling
(1991)
New Miserable Experience
(1992)
Congratulations I'm Sorry
(1996)
Alternate cover
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Re-release cover
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lost Horizons" Doug Hopkins 3:20
2."Hey Jealousy"Hopkins3:56
3."Mrs. Rita" Jesse Valenzuela, Jim Swafford4:25
4."Until I Fall Away" Robin Wilson, Valenzuela3:51
5."Hold Me Down"Hopkins, Wilson4:50
6."Cajun Song"Valenzuela2:56
7."Hands Are Tied"Valenzuela3:17
8."Found Out About You"Hopkins3:53
9."Allison Road"Wilson3:18
10."29"Valenzuela4:18
11."Pieces of the Night"Hopkins4:33
12."Cheatin'"Valenzuela, Hopkins3:25
Total length:45:02

To celebrate the album's tenth anniversary in 2002, a deluxe edition containing an extra disc of demos, outtakes and live performances was released by the label. [15] The Rarities Album was released separately in Abbreviated form in 2010 as Rarities , missing the three cuts from Dusted .

Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Something Wrong"Valenzuela2:40
2."Slave Dealer's Daughter"Hopkins, Bill Leen2:32
3."Fireworks"Hopkins3:05
4."Keli Richards"Hopkins, Leen3:04
5."Just South of Nowhere"Valenzuela3:26
6."Angels Tonight"Hopkins3:33
7."Blue Eyes Bleeding"Hopkins2:30
8."Soul Deep" Wayne Carson Thompson 3:05
9."Heart Away"Wilson2:21
10."Cold River Dick"Wilson, Valenzuela, Leen, Phillip Rhodes, Scott Johnson1:16
11."Christine Irene"Wilson, Valenzuela2:42
12."Number One" John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Neil Innes 2:35
13."Idiot Summer"Wilson4:13
14."Back of a Car" Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel 2:43
15."Allison Road '94" (Remix)Wilson3:22
16."Hold Me Down" (Live)Hopkins, Wilson4:55
17."Hey Jealousy" (Live)Hopkins3:57
18."Mrs. Rita" (Live)Swafford, Valenzuela4:20
19."29" (Live)Valenzuela4:07
20."Movin' On Up" (Live) Jeff Barry, Ja'net Dubois 2:57
21."Folsom Prison Blues" (Live) Johnny Cash 3:08
22."Pieces of the Night" (with piano ending)Hopkins4:20

Personnel

Gin Blossoms

Additional personnel

Production

Original 1992 release:

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for New Miserable Experience
Chart (1992–1994)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 63
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [17] 43
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 53
US Billboard 200 [19] 30
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [20] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for New Miserable Experience
Chart (1994)Position
US Billboard 200 [21] 54

Certifications

Certifications for New Miserable Experience
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [23] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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