Barely Legal (album)

Barely Legal is the debut studio album by Swedish rock band The Hives, from Fagersta, Sweden.

Barely Legal
Studio album by The Hives
Released	22 September 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Punk rock, garage punk, hardcore punk
Length	27:21
Label	Burning Heart, Epitaph
Producer	Pelle Gunderfelt
The Hives chronology
Oh Lord! When? How? (1996) Barely Legal (1997) A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album's second track, "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T", had a video produced, but it was not commercially released until it was included as an extra on some pressings of Your New Favourite Band. The band later recorded an EP by the same name.

The album sleeve features three quotations from fake newspaper reviews. These quotations are originally from British newspapers referring to the Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Randy Fitzsimmons, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Well, Well, Well"		1:02
2.	"A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T"		2:12
3.	"Here We Go Again"		2:12
4.	"I'm a Wicked One"		1:45
5.	"Automatic Schmuck"		2:17
6.	"King of Asskissing"		1:46
7.	"Hail Hail Spit N' Drool"		1:27
8.	"Black Jack"	Mike Chandler, Mike Mariconda, Mike Tchang	2:45
9.	"What's That Spell?... Go to Hell!"		1:41
10.	"Theme from..."		2:49
11.	"Uptempo Venomous Poison"		1:13
12.	"Oh Lord! When? How?"		1:42
13.	"The Stomp"		1:54
14.	"Closed for the Season"		2:34

Personnel

• Howlin' Pelle Almqvist - vocals
• Nicholaus Arson - lead guitar/backing vocals
• Vigilante Carlstroem – rhythm guitar/backing vocals
• Dr. Matt Destruction - bass guitar
• Chris Dangerous – drums

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-09-02.

External links

• Burningheart.com. "Burning Heart Records: Album/Band Info". Burningheart.com.