Hefty Fine

Hefty Fine
Bloodhound Gang's studio album
Publication (s)	September 27, 2005
Label (s)	Geffen Records / Universal
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , crossover
Title (number)	12
running time	39:42
occupation	Vocals , guitar: Jimmy Pop Background vocals , guitar : Lüpüs Thünder Drums : Willie The New Guy Bass : Evil Jared Background vocals , turntables , keyboard : DJ Q-Ball
production	Ave, Jimmy Pop
chronology Hooray for Boobies (1999) Hefty Fine Hard-Off (2015)
Single releases July 26, 2005 Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo November 24, 2005 Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss April 26, 2006 No hard feelings

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Hefty Fine   DE 7th 10/10/2005 (26 weeks)   AT 4th 10/09/2005 (27 weeks)   CH 24 10/09/2005 (19 weeks)   US 24 10/15/2005 (6 weeks)

Singles

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo   DE 15th 09/26/2005 (15 weeks)   AT 10 09/25/2005 (23 weeks)   CH 47 09/25/2005 (9 weeks)   UK 47 10/01/2005 (2 weeks) Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss   DE 15th 12/12/2005 (17 weeks)   AT 10 12/11/2005 (22 weeks)   CH 76 12/11/2005 (11 weeks)

Hefty Fine ( ger .: hefty fine ) is the fourth studio album of American alternative rock - band Bloodhound Gang . It was released on September 27, 2005 by Geffen Records and was the band's first album in six years.

Emergence

After a long break, work on a new album started in 2005. The album was supposed to be called Heavy Flow , but the idea was discarded because a Moby song bears the same name. In e-mails between Jimmy Pop and Lüpüs Thünder on the subject of the album name, the running gag hefty fine emerged , which was later used as the title.

On July 26, 2005, Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo was released, the advance single, the album itself was released on September 23, 2005.

Cover

On the cover you can see a plump man lying naked in a box. Carlin Langley served as the model for this, the picture was taken by the German photographer Nela König. The cover of the album was voted 7th of the worst covers of all time by laut.de. The Süddeutsche Zeitung listed the cover among the 99 worst covers of all time. The cover was also included as a poster on the CD.

Track list

1. Strictly for the Tardcore - 0:08
2. Balls Out - 4:19
3. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo - 2:52
4. I'm the Least You Could Thu - 3:58
5. Farting with a Walkman On - 3:26
6. Diarrhea Runs in the Family - 0:23
7. Ralph Wiggum - 2:52
8. Something Diabolical - 5:10
9. Overheard in a Wawa Parking Lot - 0:04
10. Pennsylvania - 2:57
11. Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss - 4:20
12. No Hard Feelings - 9:14 am

reception

The opinions of the critics were very different.

Vicky Butscher awards 2 out of 5 stars on laut.de and writes that the concept of the Bloodhound Gang still works very well, but the album is completely uninteresting musically.

Jochen Gedwin from plattentests.de says that some people will love the album and others will hate it, although the latter is quite difficult. He awards 7 out of 10 points.

The album gets 4 out of 10 points on in-your-face.de. There it is criticized that 9 real songs are too few and that Hefty Fine just seems too well calculated.

Caroline Daamen says on the Süddeutsche Zeitung's website that the album may not be for everyone, but that the album can spread a good mood, especially for younger people.

whiskey-soda.de awards the school grade 2+ and describes the record as a typical album of the Bloodhound gang. Qualitatively, the album belongs to the top third.

Matthias Reichel awards 3 out of 10 points on cdstarts.de and describes the songs as incredibly weak and the lyrics as pointless.

Trivia

• The text of the song Ralph Wiggum consists of quotes of the Simpsons -Figur Ralph Wiggum .
• Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo is a code in the NATO alphabet for "Fuck".
• Bam Margera plays Charlie Kilo in the video for Foxtrot Uniform and drives a banana car there. He can also be heard on the bonus track.
• Before the album was released, the band started a campaign to make their song Pennsylvania the official anthem of the state of the same name .
• HIM singer Ville Valo took on some vocal parts in the song Something Diabolical .

Awards

The album achieved gold status in Germany and Austria

swell

1. ↑ musicline.de: Bloodhound Gang in the German single charts ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ austriancharts.at: Bloodhound Gang in the Austrian charts
3. ↑ hitparade.ch: Bloodhound Gang in the Swiss charts
4. ↑ Hefty Fine in the Official UK Charts (English)
5. ↑ musicline.de: Bloodhound Gang in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ billboard.com: Bloodhound Gang on the US Billboard 200 album charts
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Vicky Butscher: Do you really want to know what that sounds like? On: laut.de. Retrieved May 28, 2011
8. ↑ ^{a b} Bloodhound Gang gets ready to serve fans with humor-packed 'Hefty Fine' . From: newstimes.com, July 29, 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2011
9. ↑ Mr. Hefty Fine & Roger's Phantom Ruddebegga ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From: culturebully.com, November 7, 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2011 
10. ↑ ^{a b} album credits from Allmusic (English). Retrieved May 28, 2011
11. ↑ The 25 worst covers On: laut.de, May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011
12. ↑ ugliest record cover in the world - Hall of Fame of Horror Sleeves. On: sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved February 13, 2013
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Jochen Gedwin: Really fat . On: plattentests.de. Retrieved May 28, 2011
14. ↑ Critique ( memento from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on in-your-face.de, October 13, 2005. Accessed on May 28, 2011
15. ↑ Caroline Daamen: Jackass for the ears . On: sueddeutsche.de, October 3, 2005. Retrieved June 17, 2011
16. ↑ ^{a b} criticism ( memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on whiskey-soda.de. Retrieved May 28, 2011 
17. ↑ ^{a b} review on cdstarts.de. Retrieved May 28, 2011
18. ↑ Bloodhound Gang's Campaign To Change Pennsylvania's State Song . From top40-charts.com, June 27, 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2011
19. ↑ Information on the awards in Germany. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
20. ↑ Information on the awards in Austria. Retrieved May 28, 2011.

Web links

• Hefty Fine at Allmusic (English)
• Criticism on laut.de
• Criticism on plattentests.de
• Criticism ( memento from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on in-your-face.de
• Criticism on whiskey-soda.de
• Criticism on cdstarts.de