Oh! Calcutta! (Album)

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Oh! Calcutta!
The Lawrence Arms studio album

Publication
(s)

2006

Label (s) Fat Wreck Chords

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Punk rock

Title (number)

12 (13 for the iTunes version)

running time

33:46

occupation
  • Chris McCaughan - guitar, vocals
  • Brendan Kelly - bass, vocals
  • Neil Hennessy - drums

production

Matt Allison & The Lawrence Arms

chronology
Cocktails & Dreams (2005) Oh! Calcutta! -

Oh! Calcutta! is an album of American punk rock - band The Lawrence Arms . It was founded in 2006 by the label Fat Wreck Chords released.

It is the band's fifth album and their third to be released by Fat Wreck Chords.

style

In contrast to the previous album The Greatest Story Ever Told (Cocktails & Dreams was just a collection of B-sides) Oh! Calcutta! much faster and more aggressive. The style is similar to that of the first albums A Guided Tour of Chicago and Ghost Stories . It is also noticeable that, unlike on previous albums, Kelly and McCaughan sang most of the songs in the choir.

Songs

All songs were written by The Lawrence Arms themselves.

  1. The Devil's Takin 'Names - 2:00
  2. Cut it Up - 2:13
  3. Great Lakes / Great Escapes - 2:49
  4. Recovering the Opposable Thumb - 3:05
  5. Beyond the Embarrassing Style - 2:24
  6. Are You There Margaret? It's me, god. - 3:35
  7. Jumping the Shark - 2:36
  8. Lose Your Illusion 1 - 2:59
  9. Requiem Revisited - 2:07
  10. Key to the City - 3:01 am
  11. Old Dogs Never Die - 2:12
  12. Like a Record Player / Warped Summer Extravaganza ( Hidden Track ) - 4:51

occupation

  • Chris McCaughan - guitar , vocals
  • Brendan Kelly - bass , vocals
  • Neil Hennessy - drums
  • Ryan Hennessy - guitar on the hidden track "Warped Summer Extravaganza (Major Excellent)"
  • Rich Gill, Kat, Dan Schafer, Ryan Hennessy and Marcus Kretzmann - background vocals

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