''Quite Contrary'' is the seventh studio album, ninth album overall, by American

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band

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, it was released on September 9, 2016 by

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. The cover features cover models

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and Moon Trent, who were the cover models for Pansy Division's 1996 album

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. The band has playfully called ''Quite Contrary'' their “grandpa record” -- intended to describe growing older for a generation of gay men whose role models were decimated by AIDS.

Track listing

Personnel

Pansy Division * Jon Ginoli – guitar, vocals *

Chris Freeman Chris Freeman may refer to: Musicians * Chris Freeman (Australian musician) (c. 1950 – 1992), Australian classical and flamenco multi-instrumentalist * Chris Freeman (musician) (born 1961), American bassist, founding member of Pansy Division * Ch ...

– bass, vocals *Luis Illades – drums, percussion *Joel Reader – lead guitar, vocals

References

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