Born to Quit

Smoking Popes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TY0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1. Midnight Moon 2:11 2. Rubella 2:02 3. Gotta Know Right Now 2:37 4. Mrs. You And Me 3:34 5. Just Broke Up 2:04 6. My Lucky Day 2:06 7. Need You Around 3:42 8. Can't Help The Teardrops (From Getting Cried) 2:54 9. Adena 1:46 10. On Th

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best unheard ofs around, June 4, 2001

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mattaca (Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Born to Quit (Audio CD)

Smoking Popes aren't the biggest band in the world, but if you have ever wonder what it would sound like to have the voice of a lounge singer backed by the guitars of a band like Weezer or Blink 182, this album is a must buy. It's one semi-hit, "Need You Around" is a beautiful example of the bands break-neck speed and soothing lullabye sounds simultaneously. A big fan of their third album, Destination Failure here, which was marketed more careful and probably more successful, I would still have the say the ten songs on this album top it by a great deal. Rubella will make you want to jump, My Lucky Day will make you want to smile, and Adena will make you want to croon along. Take a risk on the Smoking Popes and you'll wonder how you lived without them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of the best albums you never heard, February 18, 2002

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Keith Taylor (Walkertown, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Born to Quit (Audio CD)

Even though the smoking popes are history, this cd is one of the best rock albums out there. The songs are simple but they sound really good; they get in your head stay there. I wish this band could've gotten some support from their label, then they might still be around. Oh well, there is always N SYNC.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From one Pope to another-You rock!, March 17, 2008

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Mel Zorro - See all my reviews

This review is from: Born to Quit (Audio CD)

It was 1998, I was a High School Junior in a used record store looking for a cheap Weird Al Yankovic CD. Little did I know that just behind a CD with Al looking like Coolio, I would find the most important misplaced album of the century "Born to Quit".
All I saw were the words "Smoking Popes" and I thought, "Hey, my last name is Pope, I wonder if they're funny...I wonder if we're related".
So I bought the CD, leaving Weird Al in the dust and upon hearing the opening chords of "Midnight Moon" accompanied by Josh Caterer's stellar voice, I could feel my musical horizons being busted wide open.
I had never played an instrument, but I knew at that moment that I needed to buy a guitar and learn how to play "Midnight Moon" and "I Need You Around".
I have often heard them compared to Weezer and although I am a Weezer fan, the only connection I can find is that the songs from both groups are so heartfelt and personal.
This is a truly cohesive album, with each track blending perfectly with the next. These songs are not deep by any means, and though I don't use the word often, the only way to describe the album's play list is sweet in its sincerity.
Buy this album, 'nuff said.
As a side note, it turns out I'm not related to the Caterer boys, but I am now related to Weird Al Yankovic, since my brother just married Al's cousin. Small world, it all seems to come back to that fateful day: It was 1998, I was a High School Junior...