''Songs in the Key of Bree'' is the debut album by
Buck-O-Nine
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, originally released in 1994 on Immune Records, and subsequently re-released on Taang! Records in 1996. This album consists of many of the songs that the band wrote over a period of two years as it played numerous gigs in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona, and saw its regional following swell in numbers. After a gig supporting
Skankin' Pickle
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Biography
Skankin' Pickle first formed in December 1988, made up of students from Westmont High School and Los Gatos High School. T ...
, the band was encouraged by then-sax-player
Mike "Bruce Lee" Park to start touring. Booking agents told the band they would need to have a CD released before they should consider touring nationally, so they promptly entered the studio. During the recording process, Immune Records offered to release the album through a two-year licensing deal, and one week after the album's release, Buck-O-Nine began its first national tour, filling the support slot on the "Skamaggedon" tour, opening up for ska veterans Gangster Fun and
MU330
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.
"Irish Drinking Song" is sometimes mistakenly titled as "Drink and Fight" mistakenly credited to
Flogging Molly
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,
The Bouncing Souls
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or
Dropkick Murphys
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, as those bands are known for playing similar types of songs.
Track listing
#"Barfly" - 2:59
#"More Than Your Eyes Can See" - 3:22
#"Poorboy" - 2:51
#"Few Too Many" - 3:03
#"Tool" - 2:31
#"Nite Lite" - 2:48
#"I Can't Believe" - 3:01
#"Irish Drinking Song" - 1:58
#"King of the Box" - 2:43
#"She's Fat" - 2:08
#"Ah Yeah" - 2:43
#"Happy Stay" - 2:04
#"Voice in My Head" - 3:43
#"New Generation" - 2:45
#"I Don't Wanna Be No (J.B.J.)" - 3:23
#"Sappy Love Song" - 3:22
#"I Don't Seem to Care" - 4:39
#"True or False" - 2:50
#"I Love My Brick" '96" - 3:12
Credits
Performance
*Jon Pebsworth - Vocals
*Jonas Kleiner - Guitar
*Dan Albert - Trombone
*Anthony Curry - Trumpet
*Craig Yarnold - Alto Sax
*Scott Kennerly - Bass
*Steve Bauer - Drums
Production
*Produced by Jeff Forest and Buck-O-Nine
*Engineered and mixed by Jeff Forest at DoubleTime Studios, San Diego, California
References
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1994 debut albums
Buck-O-Nine albums
Taang! Records albums