Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll

Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll
Studio album by Fishboy
Released 2007, 2011
Recorded 2007
Genre Indie pop, Indie rock
Length 32:00
Label CD: HHBTM Vinyl: Fishstick Records
Fishboy chronology
Little D
(2005)		 Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll
(2007)		 Nom (2009)

Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll is the fifth album by Fishboy and the first of their records to be released on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records. The album was released in 2007 and pressed to vinyl in 2011 by Fishstick Records.

The album tells the story of Fishboy, from when he was minus two years old in 1981, trying to fulfill his destiny to save Texas with a song, until he ends up in prison for robbing banks on all his tour dates.

Track listing

  1. "Minus Two" – 2:55
  2. Parachute (Using the Ghost of Buddy Holly as a) – 2:54
  3. Taqueria Girl – 2:17
  4. Hard Earned Money – 2:01
  5. Racecar – 3:52
  6. Blackout (Flashback) – 2:30
  7. Halftime at the Proper Name Spelling Bee – 3:15
  8. The Details of Our Trip – 2:37
  9. Thought Balloons – 3:43
  10. Minus One – 2:10
  11. Farewell, Albatross – 4:12