''A Hangover You Don't Deserve'' is the fifth studio album by American

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. It was released on September 14, 2004, as their third album with

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. The first single, "

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", quickly became a Top 40 staple, peaking at No. 5 on ''

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''s Adult Top 40 chart.

Background

The album's name came from lead guitarist Chris Burney, who was also the name inspiration for the band's previous effort, ''

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" was meant to be the first single off the album. However, the band would receive a call from

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's manager, who suggested the band cover the

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song "

". Upon hearing the song, Reddick felt the subject matter didn't meet the band's criteria, so he asked SR-71 frontman

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if he could make changes to the song, to which Allan said yes.

Critical reception

Johnny Loftus, writing for

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, praised the catchability of the first three tracks and Jaret Reddick's songwriting on songs like "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)", but was critical of the album containing typical pop punk production ("stuff like piano breaks, compressed vocals, and steppe farm chorus guitars") that made the band sound too close to similar bands like Goldfinger and Lit, saying that "most of the time it's very hard to hear Bowling for Soup around ''Hangover''s radio and video-ready sheen." ''

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'' writer Brian Hiatt felt that tracks like "1985" were not enough to sustain a whole album, saying that, "Like a lower-SATs version of

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, the Texas quartet tries to write silly/clever lyrics to go atop their high-carb pop melodies. But too much of the humor (rhyming "Miss Texas" with "bigger breast-es"?) functions on a Jackass: The Band level."

Track listing

Each version of the album, excluding the DualDisc version, has a number of tracks that are four to five seconds of complete silence, titled " lank, between the last song and "Ohio (Reprise)". The number of tracks varies upon the version, but "Ohio (Reprise)" and "Belgium (Boy Band Remix)" are tracks 43 and 44 respectively on all versions.

DualDisc version

CD side * Tracks 1–17 of standard edition DVD side * Entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound (including "Ohio (Reprise)" and "Belgium" (Boy Band Remix) as tracks 18 and 19 respectively) * Entire album In Stereo PCM * "

" (video) * "

" (video) * "Ridiculous" (video) * "Two-Seater" (acoustic) (video from RollingStone.com Originals)

B-sides

Personnel

Bowling for Soup *

Jaret Reddick Jaret Ray Reddick (born March 6, 1972) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the pop-punk band Bowling for Soup. He also voices Danny on ''Phineas and Ferb'' and has voiced Chuck E. Cheese si ...

– lead vocals, guitars, producer * Erik Chandler – bass, vocals * Chris Burney – guitars, vocals * Gary Wiseman – drums, percussion Production * Russ-T Cobb – producer, engineer, mixing * Butch Walker – producer * Casey Diiorio – producer, mixing * Sean Loughlin – assistant engineer * Christie Priode – project coordinator *

Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1962) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at Unique Recording in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground ...

– mixing (tracks 1 and 3) * Chaz Harper – mastering * Jason Janik – album photography Additional musicians/backing vocals * Butch Walker * Russ-T Cobb *

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* FFroe * Howie * Sim Klugerman * Sean Loughlin * JT Hall * Shelly Truesdell * Candice Leigh Andrews * Sybil Summers as the "ex" in "Down for the Count" Locations * Recorded and mixed at Ruby Red Productions (Atlanta, Georgia) & Valve Studios (Dallas, Texas) * Mixed at South Beach Studios (Miami, Florida) * Mastered at Battery Mastering (NYC)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

External links

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