Description
Songs We Didn’t Write is a cover album by the American pop-punk/indie rock band Ghoti Hook, released on Tooth & Nail Records in 1998.
Ghoti Hook features Joel Bell on vocals and guitar; Jamie Tolosa on guitar; Christian Ergueta on bass; and Adam Neubauer on drums.
Another fine example of the post-punk era, Ghoti Hook already have two successful albums to their credit. With ‘Songs We Didn’t Write’, the band have evidently enjoyed taking well-known songs, rearranging and delivering them in their own unique style of hard edged pop/rock; but then, for a band who think nothing of having such album covers as a man sporting a zip-up banana suit, this release should come as no surprise. Such classics as «I Love Rock And Roll», «Walking On Sunshine», «Friends» and the exceptional rendition of «Just What I Needed», adequately demonstrate Ghoti Hook to be proficient musicians with a great sense of humour. Whilst there is nothing profoundly spiritual contained herein, as the pre-release blurb puts it, “It’s pink rock karaoke for the kids” (and those young at heart!). [Alex Figgis, Cross Rhythms, June 1999]
[Anthony DeBarros, CCM, November 1998]
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CD tracklist:
01. I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll (by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
02. Earth Angel (originally by The Penguins)
03. True Faith (originally by New Order)
04. Just What I Needed (originally by The Cars)
05. Friends (originally by Michael W. Smith)
06. Acquiesce (originally by Stavesacre)
07. I See Red (originally by X)
08. Walking On Sunshine (originally by Katrina and the Waves)
09. The Guitar Song (originally by Dead Milkmen)
10. Hey Nonny Nonny (originally by Violent Femmes)
11. On The Road Again (originally by Willie Nelson)
12. Where Is My Mind? (originally by The Pixies)
13. Burning Love (originally by Elvis Presley)
14. The Invisible Man (originally by The Vindictives)
15. Laugh Track (Hidden Track)
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Tooth & Nail Records. (Track 15 is various snippets of laughing.)
“Walking On Sunshine” (MUSIC VIDEO)
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