Fight Songs (Old 97's album)

Fight Songs
Studio album by Old 97's
Released April 27, 1999
Recorded Kingsway in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genre Country rock, alternative country
Length 46:45
Label Elektra / Wea
Producer Andrew Williams
Old 97's chronology
Too Far To Care
(1997)
Fight Songs
(1999)
Early Tracks EP
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Fight Songs is the fourth studio album by American alternative country band Old 97's, first released on April 27, 1999. It features the song "Murder (Or a Heart Attack)", which was named one of the top songs of all time by Blender magazine.

The group's second record on Elektra Records, Fight Songs is more slick and pop-oriented than the group's previous efforts, a trend continued on 2001's Satellite Rides. The song "Crash on the Barrelhead" is rumored to be targeted at alt-country rival, Ryan Adams, while "Murder..." was inspired by a cat owned by singer Miller's roommate in Los Angeles.

Track listing

All songs written by Rhett Miller, Ken Bethea, Murry Hammond and Philip Peeples.

  1. "Jagged" - 3:27
  2. "Lonely Holiday" - 4:08
  3. "Oppenheimer" - 3:28
  4. "Indefinitely" - 3:41
  5. "What We Talk About" - 4:10
  6. "Crash on the Barrelhead" (vocals by Murry Hammond) - 2:39
  7. "Murder (or a Heart Attack)" - 3:41
  8. "Alone So Far" - 4:17
  9. "Busted Afternoon" - 3:11
  10. "Nineteen" - 3:41
  11. "Let the Idiot Speak" - 3:43
  12. "Valentine" (vocals by Murry Hammond) - 3:08

Personnel

Old 97's

Additional Musicians

References

  1. "Fight Songs". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  2. Archived September 30, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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