''Make Your Mama Proud'' is the debut album released by the

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. The track "Are You Ready For The Fallout?" was issued to some radio stations as the single for the record. The album had sold over 5,500 copies as of April 1998.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that Fastball "never sacrifices melody to haste, and the results bounce with nifty, cheek-poking ease."

Track listing

Personnel

Tony Scalzo Tony Scalzo (born May 6, 1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American rock musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the band Fastball. Early life Tony Scalzo was born in Hawaii to a mother from Arizona and an Italian-American fath ...

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* Miles Zuniga - vocals, guitar * Joey Shuffield - drums,

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References

1996 debut albums Fastball (band) albums Hollywood Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub