Extreme Behavior

Extreme Behavior is the debut studio album by American rock band Hinder. It was released in 2005 by Universal Records to generally negative reviews, before going platinum in September 2006. All songs were co-written by Brian Howes, except for "Shoulda", which was co-written with Brian Howes and Social Code. The song "Running in the Rain" did not make the cut for the album, but has been played at concerts on their North American tour.

Release

The first single (and the song that brought attention to the band) was "Get Stoned". The album also contains Hinder's breakthrough single, "Lips of an Angel" which soared to #1 on the pop charts in 2006. The album's third single was "How Long", which was played on rock stations throughout the US. "Better Than Me" is the fourth single on Extreme Behavior. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 2,789,275 copies in the US. Despite not being released as a single, the song "By the Way" also had received airplay from several radio stations.^[1]

Cover

The cover art is nearly identical to the cover art of the book How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do: Sex Advice from a Woman Who Knows by Candida Royalle, except, on the book, the model's lingerie is black. One of the cover pictures has been altered and the pictures in front of the model have been altered to include the members of Hinder. The alternative album cover has been used in conservative markets like the Philippines and the Middle East. The woman on the front cover of the original is not actress Katherine Heigl, as is commonly asserted.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Digital Spy	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[5]
Metal Hammer
Rocklouder	^[6]
TuneLab Music	^[7]

Critical reviews of the album were mixed to negative. Extreme Behavior was, according to Allmusic, one of the worst albums of 2005; it was rated two out of five stars. In its review of the album, Allmusic said that "Hinder are so egregiously dull they appeal not to fans of music, but fans of high fives."^[3]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Hinder and Brian Howes, apart from lyrics on tracks 1, 2 and 3 by Hinder, Howes and Joey Moi.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Stoned"	3:38
2.	"How Long"	3:24
3.	"By the Way"	3:51
4.	"Nothin' Good About Goodbye"	3:52
5.	"Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)"	3:50
6.	"Better Than Me"	3:43
7.	"Room 21"	3:43
8.	"Lips of an Angel"	4:21
9.	"Homecoming Queen"	4:38
10.	"Shoulda"	3:17

UK edition
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Lips of an Angel (acoustic version)"	4:20
12.	"Room 21 (acoustic version)" (Incorrect listed as "piano version")	3:31

(2006) Wal-Mart deluxe edition (censored version)
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Get Stoned (live; censored)"	6:25
12.	"Room 21 (live; censored)"	5:35
13.	"Bed of Roses" (Bon Jovi cover)	5:58
14.	"Take Me Home Tonight" (Eddie Money cover)	3:37

(2007) Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Get Stoned (piano version)"	3:34
12.	"Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf cover)	4:02

(2007) Deluxe version bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Better Than Me" (music video)
2.	"Lips of an Angel"
3.	"Get Stoned"
4.	"Born to Be Wild"
5.	"You Can't Make This Shit Up" (Live concert from Alliant Energy Center)

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1
	Billboard 200	6
	Billboard Top Rock Albums	2
	Billboard Top Digital Albums	12

Singles

		Australia	New Zealand	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Mainstream Rock	U.S. Modern Rock	Pop 100	UK Singles Chart
2005	"Get Stoned"	—	—	104	4	37	—	138
2006	"Lips of an Angel"	1	1	3	3	8	1	—
2006	"How Long"	—	—	—	6	—	—	—
2007	"Better Than Me"	11	16	31	16	37	23	—
2007	"Homecoming Queen"	—	—	—	16	—	—	—

Personnel

Austin Winkler – lead vocals
Joe "Blower" Garvey – lead guitar; backing vocals
Mark King – rhythm guitar; piano; backing vocals
Mike Rodden – bass guitar; backing vocals
Cody Hanson – drums (Credited but did not perform on the album)

With:

Brian Howes – additional guitar; keyboard
Robin Diaz – drums

Production

Brian Howes – producer
Mike Fraser – engineer

References

↑ Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts
↑ Apodaca, Terry (July 31, 2008). "Is Hinder a Hack? Hinder – Extreme Behavior Cover Girl". Terryapodaca.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
1 2 Loftus, Johnny. Extreme Behavior at AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
↑ "Digital Spy review". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
↑ Collis, Clark (October 6, 2006). "Extreme Behavior review". Entertainment Weekly (901-902). Retrieved July 7, 2011.
↑ Fayyaz, Zahid. "Hinder - Extreme Behavior". Rocklouder.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
↑ "Review: Hinder - 'Extreme Behavior'". Tunelab Music. April 27, 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved July 7, 2011.

Preceded by Eyes Open by Snow Patrol	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album February 26 – March 4, 2007 March 19 – April 1, 2007	Succeeded by How to Save a Life by The Fray

Hinder
Marshal Dutton Cody Hanson Joe "Blower" Garvey Mark King Mike Rodden Austin John Cole Parker
Studio albums	Extreme Behavior Take It to the Limit All American Nightmare Welcome to the Freakshow When the Smoke Clears The Reign
EPs	Far From Close Stripped
Singles	"Get Stoned" "Lips of an Angel" "How Long" "Better than Me" "Homecoming Queen" "Born to Be Wild" "By the Way" "Use Me" "Without You" "Up All Night" "Loaded and Alone" "The Best Is Yet to Come" "All American Nightmare" "What Ya Gonna Do" "The Life" "Sooners Don't Back Down" "The Fights About to Begin" "Red Tail Lights" "Save Me" "Ladies Come First" "Is It Just Me" "Should Have Known Better" "Talk to Me" "Freakshow" "Hit the Ground" "Rather Hate Than Hurt" "Intoxicated" "Letting Go" "Remember Me" "The Reign"
Tours	Badboys of Rock
Other	Discography

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