Pezcore

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Pezcore
Less Than Jake Pezcore.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 1995
Studio Georgia Street Studios, Tallahassee, FL
Mirror Image Studios, Gainesville, FL
Genre Ska punk
Length49:36
Label Dill
Producer Bob McPeek
Less Than Jake chronology
Making Fun of Things You Don't Understand
(1995)
Pezcore
(1995)
Losing Streak
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pezcore is the debut full-length album released by the American ska punk band Less Than Jake.

Contents

Release and legacy

It was originally released on Dill Records in 1995 on CD and cassette.

The album reissued on Asian Man in 1996 on CD only, but was missing two tracks found on the Dill version ("Jeffersons" and "Laverne and Shirley").

In October 2002, Less Than Jake released a tenth anniversary version of Pezcore to celebrate the band's 10 years of existence. Issued on Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello's Fueled by Ramen label, the recordings were remixed and remastered. [3]

The band announced on January 5, 2008 that another reissue of Pezcore would be released on the band's label, Sleep It Off Records. The record was re-released on March 18, 2008 accompanied with a live DVD.

Track listing

  1. "Liquor Store" – 2:44
  2. "My Very Own Flag" – 2:47
  3. "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" – 2:55
  4. "Big" – 3:04
  5. "Shotgun" – 2:56
  6. "Black Coffee" – 2:24
  7. "Throw the Brick" – 2:10
  8. "Growing Up on a Couch" – 2:30
  9. "Blindsided" – 2:50
  10. "Downbeat" – 2:10
  11. "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore" – 2:55
  12. "Out of the Crowd" – 2:31
  13. "Robo" – 1:33
  14. "Where in the Hell is Mike Sinkovich?" – 2:13
  15. "Process" – 2:39
  16. "3 Quarts Drunk" – 2:05
  17. "Boomtown" – 2:45
  18. "Short on Ideas" – 1:47
  19. "One Last Cigarette" – 4:38
    • One Last Cigarette ends at 2:28. An untitled hidden track begins at 3:46.
  20. "Jeffersons" (Dill release only)
  21. "Laverne & Shirley" (Dill and Japan release only, Hidden Track on Asian Man release)
  22. "Soundcheck" (Japan release only)
  23. "Time and a Half on 2nd Ave and 6th Street" (Japan release only)

Tenth Anniversary Edition

  1. "Liquor Store" – 2:44
  2. "My Very Own Flag" – 2:47
  3. "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" – 2:55
  4. "Big" – 3:04
  5. "Shotgun" – 2:56
  6. "Black Coffee" – 2:24
  7. "Throw the Brick" – 2:10
  8. "Growing Up on a Couch" – 2:30
  9. "Blindsided" – 2:50
  10. "Downbeat" – 2:10
  11. "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore" – 2:55
  12. "Out of the Crowd" – 2:31
  13. "Robo" – 1:33
  14. "Where in the Hell is Mike Sinkovich?" – 2:13
  15. "Process" – 2:39
  16. "Three Quarts Drunk" – 2:05
  17. "Boomtown" – 2:34
  18. "Short on Ideas/One Last Cigarette" – 4:17

Song information

Quotes: http://www.waste.org/~ltj/FAQ.html

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References

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  2. Alex (May 24, 2015). "Less Than Jake – Pezcore". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  3. Heisel, Scott (July 23, 2002). "Rory rocks out on Fueled By Ramen". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 27, 2021.