Eat My Heart Out

Eat My Heart Out
Studio album by The Dollyrots
Recorded Capitol Records Studio B (Hollywood, CA), Redstar (Silverlake, CA), Mansfield Lodge (Hollywood, CA)
Genre Punk rock, Pop punk
Length 36:37
Label Panic Button Records/Lookout Records
Producer John Fields
The Dollyrots chronology

Eat My Heart Out
(2004)		 Because I'm Awesome
(2007)

Eat My Heart Out is the debut album by pop punk band The Dollyrots. It was released on 28 September 2004 on Lookout Records.

Release history

The album was released on 28 September 2004 as a CD on Panic Button Records/Lookout! Records and as an LP on Dionysus Records. In April 2010, Dionsysus Records in conjunction with the band re-released the album on vinyl.[1] 500 copies of the album were pressed on blue and white opaque vinyl with a download coupon which included the complete album plus three previously unreleased B sides from the album sessions.[2]

Reception

Rick Anderson on Allmusic gave the album a positive review, awarding it four out of five stars.[3] Anderson stated: "The Dollyrots are certainly nothing new -- no genre-transgressing experiments, no incongruous fusions, no mind-expanding instrumental solos or side-long suites. Just 13 tight, compact, sweet, and crunchy bursts of punky power pop".[3] Anderson also praised singer Kelly Ogden, saying that "her voice is clear and sharp, and her delivery is by turns sweet and snotty."[3] Hunter Felt on PopMatters wrote "What Eat My Heart Out does have are elements missing in most paint-by-numbers pop-punk: a sense of true fun, not the forced and contrived "fun" of the Blink-182 wannabes, and an infectious energy", adding that the band "actually seem to be able to translate their well-regarded live shows onto a disc without sacrificing the spontaneity their music requires".[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Kick Me to the Curb"   2:55
2. "Love You Most"   3:28
3. "Jackie Chan" (Cabezas, Josh Harrold, Ogden,) 1:49
4. "Wreckage"   3:36
5. "Feed Me, Pet Me"   1:58
6. "Penny"   2:58
7. "Goodnight Tonight"   3:20
8. "Dance With Me"   3:08
9. "New College"   3:05
10. "Promised Call"   3:20
11. "Skinny"   1:45
12. "Nobody Else"   3:09
13. "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) 2:06

Personnel

The following people worked on the album:[5][6]

The Dollyrots
  • Kelly Ogden – bass, vocals
  • Luis Cabezas – guitar, background vocals
  • Josh Valenti – drums
Production
  • John Fields – producer, recording, mixing
  • Chris Testa – recording
  • Steven Miller – recording, mixing
  • Dave Collins – mastering
Cover
  • Kathleen Lolley – artwork
  • Michael Seman – logo
  • Cooper Gilespie – layout & design
  • Jeff O – additional construction
  • Chris A – additional construction
  • Lissa Hahn – inside cover photo
  • James Berson – back tray photo

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dionysus Records. "The Dollyrots "Eat My Heart Out" blue vinyl with download and bonus tracks". Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. ↑ The Dollyrots. "Eat My Heart Out". Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anderson, Rick. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Felt, Hunter (30 December 2004). "The Dollyrots, Eat My Heart Out (Panic Button/Lookout!)". PopMatters. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Eat My Heart Out album sleeve
  6. ↑ "Eat My Heart Out credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011.

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