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Background

The album got its title from the fact that some of the tracks were taken from EPs that the band released prior to the release of the full length. These 7" include ''Neurotic'' and ''Argyle''. The song title "Lay 'Em Down And Smack 'Em, Yack 'Em" comes from the jive conversation in the movie ''

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'', '' Better Off Dead'', '' Some Kind of Wonderful'', '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'', and '' Say Anything...''.

Track listing

All songs written by

except where noted. # "I Like Your Mom" – 0:47 # "The Guest" – 2:16 # "These Are The Quotes From Our Favorite 80's Movies" – 1:57 # "Joe Lies (When He Cries)" – 3:50 # "Some Kind Of Wonderful" – 2:35 # "Lay 'Em Down And Smack 'Em, Yack 'Em" – 1:38 # "Old School" – 3:48 # "

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, Jerry Goldstein,

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Personnel

*Greg Attonito –

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*Pete Steinkopf –

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*Bryan Keinlen –

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, artwork *Shal Khichi –

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s *Jeffrey Riedmiller – engineer

References

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