Act Your Age is the second album by the rock band Home Grown, released in 1998 by Outpost Recordings. It was the band's only album for a major label. It expanded their popularity and found them moving into a pop punk and pop rock direction musically. The album's most popular tracks were a new version of "Surfer Girl," a song which had originally appeared on their debut album That's Business and "Suffer" which also appeared on Geffen sampler Everything is Beautiful.[5] Act Your Age would be the band's final recording with their original lineup, as guitarist Ian Cone left the band shortly after its release.
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| Released | June 2, 1998 | |||
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| Length | 69:02 | |||
| Label | Outpost Recordings | |||
| Producer | Clif Norrell | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | ** [3] |
| Punknews.org | [4] |
The album contains a hidden track called "Too Many Stops" on track 15 after "Reflections." The song plays at 22:59 into the track and is followed by a 1-minute clip of the band members laughing uncontrollably.
Act Your Age was Home Grown's first album to chart; reaching #24 on Billboard's Heatseekers in 1998.[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Nowhere Slow" | Adam Lohrbach | 3:04 |
| 2. | "All That You Have" | Adam Lohrbach | 1:51 |
| 3. | "She's Anti" | John Tran | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Surfer Girl" | Adam Lohrbach | 4:31 |
| 5. | "Last Nite Regrets" | John Tran | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Suffer" | Adam Lohrbach | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Your Past" | John Tran | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Grow Up" | Adam Lohrbach | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Piss Off" | John Tran | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Let Go" | Adam Lohrbach | 2:26 |
| 11. | "Bad News Blair" | John Tran | 2:20 |
| 12. | "Kids" | Adam Lohrbach | 3:09 |
| 13. | "Wow, She Dumb" | John Tran | 3:16 |
| 14. | "Envy Me" | John Tran | 2:13 |
| 15. | "Reflections" | Adam Lohrbach | 4:04 |
| 16. | "Stop Song" | Adam Lohrbach | 2:37 |
Personnel
editAlbum information
edit- Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Sound City Studios, and Louie's Clubhouse
- Mixed at Louie's Clubhouse
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Clif Norrell
- Assistant engineers: John Sorensen, Greg Fidelman, Victor Janacua
- Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk in New York
- Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 15 written by Adam Lohrbach
- Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 14 written by John Tran
- Art direction by Pawn Shop Press
- Cover photo by Stephen Stickler
- Other photography by Alison Dyer
References
edit- ↑ Adored, Ivana B. (May 15, 1998). "Post Modern" (PDF). Hits. 12 (589): 40. OCLC 15994494.
- ↑ AllMusic review
- ↑ Los Angeles Times review
- ↑ Sorley, Jeff (November 14, 2018). "Home Grown - Act Your Age". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ↑ "Various - Everything Is Beautiful". Discogs. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Act Your Age - Home Grown | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2015.