Fourth from the Last

Fourth From the Last
Studio album by The W's
Released July 28, 1998
Genre Christian ska/Swing
Label Sarabellum,
Five Minute Walk
Producer Frank Tate
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The W's chronology
Split EP Limited Edition
(1998)		 Fourth From the Last
(1998)		 Trouble With X
(1999)

Fourth From the Last is the first album by the band The W's. The name of the album is derived from the fact that the letter W is the fourth from the last letter in the Latin alphabet.[5]

The album was well received, achieving #4 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and "Top Contemporary Christian" charts, and #147 on "The Billboard 200".[6] Although the album was pulled from the shelves of LifeWay Christian Resources stores for containing "indecent" words[7] the album eventually sold over 200,000 units.[8] The album received two Dove Awards in 1999, first for "Modern Rock Album of the Year," and "Modern Rock Record Song of the Year" for the song "The Devil Is Bad".[9]

The hidden track is a tribute to the band Five Iron Frenzy, performed in the style of Wesley Willis.[10]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Open Minded"
  2. "The Devil Is Bad" ()
  3. "Frank"
  4. "J.P."
  5. "Moses"
  6. "Pup"
  7. "King of Polyester"
  8. "Jason E"
  9. "Alarm Clock"
  10. "Flower Tattoo"
  11. "Dexter"
  12. "Hui"

Music credits

Production credits

References

  1. ^ Rimmer, Mike (October 1998). "The W's Fourth From the Last". Cross Rhythms (47). 
  2. ^ McGovern, Brian Vincent (November/December 1998). "Album Reviews: THE W's Fourth From the Last". HM Magazine (74). 
  3. ^ Urbanski, David (September 1998). "Reviews". CCM Magazine 21 (3): 54. 
  4. ^ Will, Scott (November / December 1998). "Tools / Music / Fourth From the Last". YouthWorker Journal XV (2): 70. 
  5. ^ Hendrickson, Lucas W. (January 1999). "W's Good, Devil Bad" (reprint). CCM Magazine. http://www.connectionmagazine.org/archives_old/archives/1999/march/ws_good_devil_bad.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-05. 
  6. ^ "The W's > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p310046/charts-awards. Retrieved 2007-03-01. 
  7. ^ Baldwin, Steven Stuart; Stonehocker, Linda T. (1998). "Fourth from the Last Review". The Phantom Tollbooth. http://www.tollbooth.org/reviewm/w.html. Retrieved 2007-03-01. 
  8. ^ "The W's Biography". Christianity Today (courtesy of Five Minute Walk Records). Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20070216030830/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/ws.html. Retrieved 2007-03-01. 
  9. ^ "Dove Award Recipients for 1999". Gospel Music Association. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20061020022952/http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm?year=1999. Retrieved 2007-03-01. 
  10. ^ "The W's: Todd Gruener Interview". Jesus Freak Hideout. 1999-04-20. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/interviews/Ws.asp. Retrieved 2007-04-30. 

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