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. The album was released June 20, 2000 by

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. The album's lineup consisted of Gamblers mainstays

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on guitar and vocals. The Compulsive Gamblers began recording the album following their first European tour, which saw the addition of bassist Jeff Meier and keyboardist Brendan Lee Spengler to the Compulsive Gamblers' formerly three-piece outfit. The track ''Rock & Roll Nurse'' was covered by the band

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), both of whom died drug related deaths. Two songs off the album have been covered by Swedish rock band

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in live performances. The first of these was "Stop and Think it Over" at the Rock am Ring in Germany in 2003. The next song covered was the final song on the album "Two Thieves" in a performance on Musikbyrån on October 20, 2006.

Track listing

# The Way I Feel About You (Cartwright) - 2:29 # Pepper Spray Boogie (Yarber) - 2:23 # Whole Lotta Woman (Gordon, Hoggs, Robinson) - 3:15 # Negative Jerk (Cartwright) - 2:14 # Stop & Think It Over (Cartwright) - 3:19 # I'm That Guy (Cartwright) - 2:57 # Wait a Bit, Joe (Yarber) - 2:58 # Your Happiness (Brown) - 2:30 # Rock & Roll Nurse (Yarber) - 4:10 # Two Thieves (Cartwright) - 5:32

Personnel

Jack Oblivian Jack Yarber (born March 15, 1967), also known by his stage name Jack Oblivian, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist based in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a founding member of the garage bands The Compulsive Gamblers, and The Oblivian ...

- guitar, vocals *

Greg Oblivian Greg Cartwright, also known by his stage name Greg Oblivian (born March 18, 1972), is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. From 2001 to 2022 he fronted Reigning Sound which was signed to Merge Records. After mo ...

- guitar, vocals * Jeff Meier - bass * Brenden Lee Spengler - organ * Dale Beavers - guitar * Jim Diamond - engineerEvert
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References

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