Heads Are Gonna Roll by Hippos (The) (CD, Oct-1999, Interscope (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	606949040925
Artist:	Hippos (The)
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1999
Record Label:	Interscope (USA)
Genre:	Hardcore/Punk, Ska

Track Listing
1. Lost It
2. Wasting My Life
3. Struggling
4. Polltion
5. Thinking
6. Something
7. Always Something There to Remind Me
8. Better Watch Your Back
9. Sand, The
10. Paulina
11. Far Behind
12. All Alone
13. He Said
14. Paulina (Reprise) - (reprise)

Details
Playing Time:	40 min.
Producer:	Mark Trombino, Chris Fudurich, Ariel Rechtshaid, Rich Zahniser
Distributor:	Fontana Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
The Hippos: Ariel Rechtshaid (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Louis Castle (trumpet, background vocals); Rich Zahniser (trombone, Farfisa organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Danny Rukasin (trombone); James Bairian (bass); Kyle Briggs (drums, percusssion).Recorded at Mad Hatter, Silver Lake, California; Sound City, Van Nuys, California; The Complex, West Los Angeles, California; The Music Box & Chateau Chaumont, Hollywood, California.Personnel: Ariel Rechtshaid (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Louis Castle (trumpet, background vocals); Rich Zahniser (trombone, Farfisa, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Danny Rukasin (trombone).Audio Mixers: Dirk Grobelny; Phil Nicolo.Liner Note Author: Ariel Rechtshaid.Recording information: Chateau Chaumont, Ho; Mad Hatter, Silver Lake, CA; Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA; The Complex, West L.A., CA; The Music Box, Hollywood, CA.Photographer: Rocky Schenck.A terrific pop/punk/ska band, the Hippos sound like a bunch of smart(ass) American college kids doing a first-rate impression of Madness, only with louder guitars and some deliberately cheesy sounding synths. The group's originals are mostly instantly memorable, particularly the hooky-to-the-max "Watch Your Back" (potentially a great summer single) and the gorgeously sung "Paulina." There's also a bracing cover of Burt Bachrach's "Always Something There to Remind Me," which, although falling somewhat short of the aching poignance of Sandie Shaw's original hit version, does serve to erase the painful memory of Naked Eyes's 1983 desecration. A very impressive debut, and in case you're wondering, the cover is a sly homage to the Animals's first LP.