Waste of MFZB

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Waste of MFZB
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 22, 2004
RecordedSpring / Summer 2003
StudioShag Studios (Santa Ana, California)
Length30:47
Label Sony Music International
Producer Cameron Webb
Zebrahead chronology
MFZB
(2003)
Waste of MFZB
(2004)
Broadcast to the World
(2006)
Singles from Waste of MFZB
  1. "Are You for Real?"
    Released: 2004

Released exclusively in Japan, Waste of MFZB is the fifth studio album released by American punk rock band Zebrahead. It is their final album with band member Justin Mauriello, who left the group shortly afterwards.

Contents

As the title suggests, the album is made up of songs that never made the final cut of the band's previous release MFZB , except for the cover of the song "Wannabe" by Spice Girls, which was recorded during production for the band's third studio album Playmate of the Year . [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Are You for Real?"3:23
2."Let Me Go"2:58
3."One Less Headache"3:13
4."Burn the School Down"3:50
5."Lightning Rod"3:39
6."Blindside"3:00
7."Veils and Visions"3:04
8."One Shot"2:53
9."Timing is Everything"2:21
10."Wannabe" (Spice Girls cover)2:29
Notes

Singles

"Are You for Real?" - the only single released from the album. The majority of radio airplay received from the song was in Japan, a music video accompanied its release.

Personnel

Zebrahead
Art

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Japan Oricon Albums Chart16

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References

  1. "Waste of MFZB on Sony Music". sonymusic.co.jp (in Japanese). Sony Music. Retrieved 12 January 2014. "The songs in the album are songs that that were recorded for previous album "MFZB", but it's not because they were not good, but because they were dangerously good! "- Justin