Take a Break (album)

Take a Break
Studio album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Released July 1, 2003
Recorded Motor Studios, San Francisco
Genre Punk rock
Length 32:30
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology
Blow in the Wind
(2001)Blow in the Wind2001		 Take a Break
(2003)		 Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
(2004)Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah2004
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Take a Break is the fourth album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released on July 1, 2003, on Fat Wreck Chords independent record label.

The album consists entirely of cover versions of R&B songs. Like its predecessor, Blow in the Wind, several tracks are led off with appropriations of classic punk (or related genres like new wave) riffs ("Crazy" incorporates "Six Pack" by Black Flag, "Save the Best for Last" includes "Pretty Vacant" by The Sex Pistols, and "I'll Be There" borrows the intro from The Cars' "Just What I Needed").

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original performerLength
1."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Frank Wildhorn, Chuck JacksonWhitney Houston 
2."Hello"Lionel RichieLionel Richie 
3."End of the Road"Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl SimmonsBoyz II Men 
4."Ain't No Sunshine"Bill WithersBill Withers 
5."Nothing Compares 2 U"PrinceThe Family 
6."Crazy" (contains an interpretation of "Six Pack" by Black Flag, written by Greg Ginn)Seal, Guy SigsworthSeal 
7."Isn't She Lovely"Stevie WonderStevie Wonder 
8."I Believe I Can Fly"R. KellyR. Kelly 
9."Oh Girl" (contains an interpretation of "Race Against Time" by GBH)Barbara Acklin, Eugene RecordThe Chi-Lites 
10."I'll Be There" (contains an interpretation of "Just What I Needed" by The Cars, written by Ric Ocasek)Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis, Willie HutchThe Jackson 5 
11."Mona Lisa"Ray Evans, Jay LivingstonNat King Cole 
12."Save the Best for Last" (contains an interpretation of "Pretty Vacant" by the Sex Pistols)Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman, Jon LindVanessa Williams 
13."Natural Woman"Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry WexlerAretha Franklin 

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review


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