Thicker than Water (album)

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Thicker than Water
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Studio album by
H2O
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997
RecordedJune 21–27, 1997
StudioBrielle Studios, New York City
Genre Hardcore punk, melodic hardcore
Length29:56
Label Epitaph Records
Producer H2O, Larry Buksbaum, Dean Rispler
H2O chronology
H2O
(1996)
Thicker than Water
(1997)
F.T.T.W.
(1999)
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Thicker than Water is the second album by American punk band H2O, released on October 7, 1997. It was their first of two albums to be released on Epitaph Records. The album peaked at number 42 on Billboard Top Heatseekers chart in October 1997.

Contents

"Friend" is a cover of a song by Marginal Man, a Washington D.C. Dischord Records punk band from the 1980s.

"Everready" and "Thicker than Water" were featured in the video game Street Sk8er .

They did a video for "Everready" with CIV appearing as a news reporter.

Track listing

All music by H2O. Lyrics by Toby Morse, Todd Morse and Rusty Pistachio, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Universal Language" – 0:59
  2. "Everready" – 2:11
  3. "Talk Too Much" – 1:30
  4. "I See It in Us" (Max Capshaw, H2O) – 2:10
  5. "Sacred Heart" – 2:15
  6. "Innocent Kids" – 0:45
  7. "Scarred" – 1:59
  8. "Go" – 2:24
  9. "This Time" – 2:00
  10. "Friend" (Marginal Man) – 1:38
  11. "A Plus" – 2:22
  12. "Phone Song" – 2:06
  13. "Responsible" – 1:35
  14. "Wake Up" – 1:06
  15. "Thicker than Water" – 2:06
  16. "No Fucking Tears" – 2:43

Personnel

H2O

Production

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