Hand Over Your Loved Ones [IMPORT]

Wheatus

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Columbia
• ASIN: B00009WVVU
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #97,914 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
After the success of their self titled debut album & single 'Teenage Dirtbag', Wheatus release their second album 'Hand Over Your Loved Ones'. Recorded in lead singer/songwriter Brendan B. Brown's basement & taking inspiration from the 9/11 terror attacks, the album is more somber in tone than the pop-rock sound that featured on previous recordings. The UK edition includes two hidden bonus tracks, 'Song That I Wrote When You Dissed Me' (Demo Versions Part One & Two). Also included is the single 'American In Amsterdam'. Sony. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated to say the least, October 21, 2003

By A Customer

Another album that you will want to listen to again and again from beginning to end and not skip tracks. There is something very different about this band and this was clear from songs like Sunshine and Wannabe Gangsta from the first album. This album sounds like no other modern rock band - tracks 8 and 9 could have been Beatles or Beach Boys songs. Wheatus are all about fun but heartfelt lyrics and perfectly crafted melodies.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Wheatus, June 27, 2004

By	Luke "TheDottedLion" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

If Wheatus hadn't had that one hit song, Teenage Dirtbag, they'd have a huge cult following. Because that one song was played to death on the radio, people automatically think of Wheatus as some pop band one hit wonder. Maybe they're a one hit wonder, but considering the sorry state of radio here in the good ol' USA, that's not so much a bad thing.

When I first heard Teenage Dirtbag, I fell in love with it. I went out and bought the CD and found, to my infinite surprise, that I loved the entire album. I rocked this album in my car, in my friends' cars, in my stereo, in my computer, everywhere. My friends didn't get it at first, but I didn't really care. I played it anyway. Eventually they came around and bought the cd.

Coming from this vantage point, I really wanted a new wheatus CD, but I was really afraid that I had built it up too much in my mind. When I got the CD, I was really disappointed when I heard the first song "American in Amsterdam". I thought about ejecting the CD and throwing it out the window (But only for a second). Luckily, the second song is really where this CD starts. They got the single out of the way and made the rest of the CD for the fans, what few of us there are...

It's a strange CD, the weirdest part being the title of track 9, "Whole Amoeba". I guess it was an inside joke. The chorus goes "You had a hold on me but just for a while..." and when you first hear it, you think he's saying "Whole Amoeba". It's not hilarious, but it always makes me smile, and it gives me the feeling that Wheatus is sharing an inside joke with the fans.

In the end, it's their attitude that always wins me over. Sarcastic and juvenile, but surprisingly well written and executed. Go buy this CD, listen to it once before work, and after you've hummed the songs all day, listen to it on the way home. You won't be disappointed if you succumb to their contagious energy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Weezer, Ween, Wheatus, November 22, 2003

By	Nope_Not_Me "nope_not_me" (Santa Monica, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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"Okay, so I'm a jerk and I'm a weirdo and even if I'm lucky I'll amount to zero but I thought that you'd love me anyway"

I hate it when people quote lyrics and think that you can get a sense of the incredible catchy melodies,
or the personal heartbreak that made a song meaningful to them.
And I just did it because I really love this album. And/or I suck.

Ironic nerd rock. Frankie Valley meets Quiet Riot.

Bitter, hopeful, funny, poignant, and utterly disposable.

Catchy, contagious, and something that you will sing along with in the car and your empty room.
Guaranteed to be one of those albums you play to death and then force your friends to buy
so that you know that someone will be listening to it.

This is one of those albums you will pull out 6 years from now and remember how much you loved it.

"why should I care about the long run? what should it matter to me?
I always knew I'd end up with no one, and now I know that the end is near, cause you've replaced me."

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