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, released on May 22, 2001, by MCA and

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. Between June and August, the group performed on the

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. It includes a bridge with the lines "Looking for a fast time / Watching out for bright lights / Send me off to private school / When I'm with you it's paradise", all of which are references to

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ese issue of the album, two

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" Feliz Navidad" and the group's 2000 single "All My Fault" from ''

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"James' Song" is placed at the end of the second bonus track, thus shortening the length of track 11 on these issues to 5:34.

Reception

The album was included at number 33 on ''Rock Sound''s "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.Bird, ed. 2014, p. 70 The album has sold 600,000 copies to date.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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" – 3:40 #"Katie W." – 3:34 #"Threesome" – 2:33 #"Something Bad Is Gonna Happen" – 3:34 #"Tearjerker" – 3:44 #"Pasture of Muppets" – 3:00 #"A Song for Everyone" – 4:08 #"Manufactured Inspirato" – 2:51 #"Beating a Dead Horse" – 3:16 #"Abba Zabba" – 4:01 #"El Borracho" – 17:36 #*Hidden track "James' Song" appears 13 minutes and 47 seconds into the last track. Bonus tracks #

"Feliz Navidad" – 3:02 #"All My Fault" – 14:56

Personnel

;Fenix TX * William Salazar – lead vocals, guitar *

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* Adam Lewis –

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, background vocals * James Love – guitar ;Additional personnel *

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– keyboards * Dennis Hill – additional guitar, background vocals

References

Citations Sources * 2001 albums Fenix TX albums Drive-Thru Records albums MCA Records albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub