Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

FREE delivery: Thursday, July 15 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Details

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

$$17.97 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Ships from	Amazon
Sold by	Collectiblecounty

Details

Ships from

Amazon

Sold by

Collectiblecounty

Return policy: This item is returnable

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

This item is in good working condition. The box or case may have some signs of previous use but is generally in nice shape. We will ship quickly, normally within 24 hours. Please email us with any queries either before or after purchase.

$3.99 delivery: July 22 - Aug 6

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

Ships from and sold by awesomebooksusa.

Born to Quit

Smoking Popes Format: Audio CD

20 ratings

Price:

$17.97 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

See all 10 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Listen Now with Amazon Music

Born To Quit

"Please retry"

Amazon Music Unlimited

Price

New from

Used from

MP3 Music, January 1, 1994

"Please retry"

$7.99

—

Audio CD, CD, July 3, 1995

"Please retry"

$17.97

$9.99

$2.69

Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping.

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Smoking Popes
11
Audio CD
$18.59
Smoking Popes
17
Audio CD
$22.21

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Smoking Popes
17
Audio CD
$22.21
Rage Against The Machine
867
Audio CD
$5.99
Joe Strummer
234
Audio CD
$11.19
Smoking Popes
5
Audio CD
$20.69
Alice In Chains
469
Audio CD
$5.99

Get everything you need

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Smoking Popes
17
Audio CD
$22.21
Talk Talk
796
Audio CD
$12.34

Special offers and product promotions

Amazon Business: Make the most of your Amazon Business account with exclusive tools and savings. Login now

Editorial Reviews

Smoking Popes ~ Born To Quit

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.68 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Capitol
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Capitol
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000002TY0
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #71,332 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #6,961 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #36,268 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #50,668 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)

Customer Reviews:
20 ratings

Customer reviews

5 star		55%
4 star		34%
3 star		11%
2 star 0% (0%)		0%
1 star 0% (0%)		0%

How are ratings calculated?

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

J. Oresik

A very solid album - yes, I still call them albums.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

Verified Purchase

The singing may be a little mellow to those wanting hard core punk, but that's what you get if people can understand what you're saying. "Gotta Know Right Now" is one of my favorite songs, period. The rest of the songs are very solid and won't toss you around the entire music spectrum. It's Garage Rock N' Roll played on guitars without the solo. You have to like a band that can write good songs. I hate to make comparisons or label a band. I guess they're a mixture of Todd Rundgren (Utopia) and Social Distortion.

Helpful

Hoju Koolander

From one Pope to another-You rock!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2008

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...

9 people found this helpful

Helpful

Erik Rust

Lovelorn and yearning pop-punk with a smile

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2004

The Smoking Popes made nary a dent in the music world, but at least they brought something fresh to the table. Fuzzy guitars and punk rock tempos backed the lounge-lizard stylings of vocalist Josh Caterer and his nostalgic, matinee-era vignettes about the trials and tribulations of good ol' fashioned love. Upon hearing his vocal stylings, you'd think the guy transported through time from the 1940s, only then to log hours on end at Punk U feverishly studying the Ramones and Buzzcocks.
"Rubella," "Gotta Know Right Now," and "Need You Around" paint a picture of youthful, starstruck, obsession and longing. While sincere and snappy, these tunes also hint at an underlying insecurity and awkwardness indicating that the distance between the parties in question is likely farther than it seems. Regardless, the music chugs along, shimmering at times, with rather convincing Cheap Trick-style guitar solos abound. Themeatically, the album becomes a bit monotonous, and with such a brief set, that is definitely an offense worth noting. Some songs fall rather flat along the way, with "Can't Help the Teardrops from Getting Cried" being a particularly cringe-inducing mis-step. Although slightly less than stellar, this album does provide a delightful ride in which one can drop the top, crank the radio, and reminesce of that high school crush that you never could quite manage to catch up to.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

mattaca

One of the best unheard ofs around

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2001

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.

5 people found this helpful

Helpful

Jeffrey Roth

Any true music fan MUST have this album

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2008

Ok, I know that terms such as "Greatest album ever" and "Greatest band ever" etc are constantly thrown around by people who think they know everything about music. But THIS album, and THIS band are the real deal.
I first heard of them when my sister had the "Clueless" soundtrack. I couldn't believe what I heard! At that point, I was a junior in high school and had been playing in several bands. I really had no idea of what I wanted any of the bands to sound like. Were we grunge? Were we alternative? Were we metal?
My best friend and I were always into cheesy pop love songs. We were huge Sinatra fans, huge Lionel Richie fans, but at the same time, we were children of the '80s. We loved loud, distorted guitars and up-tempo paced songs. So when we played in our bands, we never really had any kind of identity.
The first time I heard "Need You Around" coming from my sister's bedroom, I ran in there and found out who they were, and immediately tried to find out everything I could about them. You have to remember, this was the mid-90s, just before the internet boom. Info on the Popes wasn't easy to find.
I was able to locate the CD (I had to special order it from our local store) and it changed my life. This was it! This was the sound that I had been searching for and trying to imagine. Loud guitars, catchy riffs and most of all, heart-wrenching lyrics of lament sung by Josh Caterer's smooth neo-crooner voice. The production was amazing as well. Nothing sounded too loud or trebly.
I listened to that CD non-stop for literally 2 years. I still listen to songs from the album at least once a week. It is still my standard of what a perfect album should sound like.
Over the years, I've turned dozens of people on to this album (and the Popes in general) and I've always had the same response. "Why the hell have I never heard of these guys?", they always say. "This is amazing!" So, like I said, any true music fan must own this album.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Daniel Harold Huntley

one of the best records from the 90s

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2015

Verified Purchase

Before my son was born, I had an early mid life crisis and started tracking down old albums I used to own as a teenager, I got a copy of the soundtrack to the movie Angus ( Great album) I instantly remembered how much I loved the song on this soundtrack by the Smoking Popes, and wondered why I never investigated them further, after buying Born to Quit ill ask myself that question for the rest of my life.
This is one of the best indie/alt rock albums of the 90s, and how they are not one of the biggest bands of that decade ill never know ? from the upbeat opening track (midnight moon) to the world weary closer (over the shoulder) this album is all killer no filler. This record has the perfect mix of chilled out indie love songs ( Mrs you and me) (Adena) to move heavy punk rock songs like (needs you around) ( Just broke up). Unlike most of the alt rock bands of the 90s, the Popes are also shameless with their love of guitar solos which adds to the joy of this record, the lyrics on this album match anything you would hear on a Smiths or Wedding present Record. The popes have done loads of great songs, but as a complete album this is their shining moment. I wish I researched these when I was 17, then would have been a perfect compliment to my early Green Day records, as I moaned about bad luck with women

4 people found this helpful

Leishon

Pretty good album

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2016

Verified Purchase

Ok,nothing anywhere near as good as Need You Around

See all reviews

Buy new: $17.97 FREE delivery: Thursday, July 15 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Ships from: Amazon Sold by: Collectiblecounty

Save with Used - Good $2.69 $3.99 delivery: July 22 - Aug 6 Ships from: awesomebooksusa Sold by: awesomebooksusa

Born to Quit

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Customers who bought this item also bought

Get everything you need

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

Product details

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

Buy new:

$17.97

FREE delivery: Thursday, July 15 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon.

Ships from: Amazon

Sold by: Collectiblecounty

Save with Used - Good

$2.69

$3.99 delivery: July 22 - Aug 6

Ships from: awesomebooksusa

Sold by: awesomebooksusa