- punk rock
- 29 min
- 12 tracks
- Fat Wreck Chords
Have a Ball is the first studio album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 1997 on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. The album is made up entirely of "Hits of the '60s and '70s", with the exception of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", originally released in 1983.
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Spare, unpretentious, classical in form and effortless.
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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Tracks
- 1Danny’s Song2:10
- 2Leaving on a Jet Plane2:32
- 3Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard2:43
- 4One Tin Soldier2:01
- 5Uptown Girl2:22
- 6I Am a Rock2:04
- 7Sweet Caroline2:53
- 8Seasons in the Sun2:27
- 9Fire and Rain1:24
- 10Nobody Does It Better2:28
- 11Mandy2:27
- 12Rocket Man3:17
12 tracks, 29 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Fat Wreck Chords
- Released
- July 29, 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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