Take a Break

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Take a Break
Cover album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Released	01 July 2003
Recorded	Motor Studios,San Francisco
Genre	Punk rock
Length	32:30
Label	Fat Wreck Chords FAT-650
Producer	?
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology
Blow in the Wind (2001) Take a Break (2003) Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah (2004)

Take a Break is the fourth album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released on July 1st, 2003 on Fat Wreck Chords independent record label.

The album consists entirely of R&B cover versions. Like its predecessor, Blow in the Wind, several tracks are led off with appropriations of classic punk (or related genres like New Wave) riffs ("Crazy" incorporates "Six Pack" by Black Flag, "Save the Best for Last" includes "Pretty Vacant" by The Sex Pistols, and "I'll Be There" borrows the intro from The Cars' "Just What I Needed").

[edit] Track listing

1. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (Whitney Houston)
2. "Hello" (Lionel Richie)
3. "End of the Road" (Boyz II Men)
4. "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)
5. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince)
6. "Crazy" (Seal)
7. "Isn't She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder)
8. "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly)
9. "Oh Girl" (The Chi-Lites)
10. "I'll Be There" (Jackson 5)
11. "Mona Lisa" (Nat King Cole)
12. "Save the Best for Last" (Vanessa Williams)
13. "Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin)

(Original performers are shown in parenthesis)

v • d • e Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Spike Slawson · "Fat" Mike Burkett · Chris Shiflett · Joey Cape · Dave Raun Brian Baker · Scott Shiflett · Eric Melvin Studio albums Have a Ball · Are a Drag · Blow in the Wind · Take a Break · Love Their Country · Have Another Ball Live and compilation albums Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah EPs Turn Japanese Related articles Fat Wreck Chords · Lagwagon (Joey Cape, Dave Raun) · NOFX (Fat Mike, Eric Melvin) · Foo Fighters (Chris Shiflett) · Swingin' Utters (Spike Slawson) · No Use for a Name (Chris Shiflett)