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Stop Drop and Roll!!!

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Stop Drop and Roll!!!
Studio album by
Foxboro Hot Tubs
ReleasedApril 22, 2008 (2008-04-22)
RecordedDecember 2007
StudioJingletown Studios in Oakland, California
GenreGarage rock,[1] rock and roll[1]
Length32:37
LabelJingle Town, Warner Music
ProducerChris Dugan
Singles from Stop Drop and Roll!!!
  1. "Mother Mary"
    Released: January 2008
  2. "The Pedestrian"
    Released: April 1, 2008
  3. "Stop Drop and Roll"
    Released: December 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Punknews.org[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Stop Drop and Roll!!! is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Foxboro Hot Tubs. The full album was first available for digital download on April 22, 2008, and was released on CD on May 20, 2008. The title track "Stop Drop and Roll" was featured in the 2010 American comedy film Get Him to the Greek, although it was not on the soundtrack album.

The album sold 19,000 copies in its first week of availability in the US,[4] and went on to sell over 55,000 copies there.[5]

Background and recording

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The album was recorded while Green Day were writing their eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown; they ended up recording this album because they "love to play music and be spontaneous, and after a few late night jams and a few too many bottles of wine, we were inspired to record some rockin' eight-track recordings".[6]

Initially the band made five tracks from the album available as a free EP download on the band's website which included a song that was omitted from the album "Highway 1" (this song was replaced on the album with a song called "Broadway"). On this EP, there were samples included at the beginning of the songs:

  • "Stop Drop and Roll" features a quote from the 1966 film "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" [7]
  • "Mother Mary" features French language from an unknown source. [8]
  • "Ruby Room" features a quote from the 1970 film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls".
  • "Red Tide" features a quote from a radio advertisement for The Ventures' 1969 album Underground Fire. [9]
  • "Highway 1" features a clip from The Troggs Tapes. [10]
  • "She's a Saint Not a Celebrity" also features a quote from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" [11]

These samples were removed from the album's official release and the free download is no longer available.

Cover art and packaging

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The original album art shown on the band's official website in December 2007 was updated for its full release in 2008. Changes included updating "6 songs" to "12 songs" and replacing "Highway 1" as mentioned on the cover with "Mother Mary", which was the first official single from the album and released to radio in 2008. The images features on the album were also rearranged.

The physical album release comes with the CD in a cardboard sleeve reminiscent of vinyl records, with the CD face resembling a vinyl record. The CD face also came with a humorous message that said "Warning: Do Not Play Side B". The album is also referred to as having a "Side A" and "Side B" like vinyl-era albums. The vinyl edition included a free CD version of the album.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Foxboro Hot Tubs.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Stop Drop and Roll"2:23
2."Mother Mary"2:46
3."Ruby Room"2:01
4."Red Tide"2:58
5."Broadway"3:30
6."She's a Saint Not a Celebrity"2:26
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Sally"3:02
2."Alligator"2:25
3."The Pedestrian"2:15
4."27th Ave. Shuffle"2:50
5."Dark Side of Night"2:57
6."Pieces of Truth"3:04

Personnel

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Production

Charts

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Chart performance of Stop Drop and Roll!!!
Chart (2008) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 58
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 73
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 37
US Billboard 200[4] 21

References

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  1. ^ a b c The album at Allmusic
  2. ^ Punknews.org (6 May 2008). "Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop Drop and Roll!!!". www.punknews.org.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review Archived May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "3 Doors Down Cruises to No. 1 on Album Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Billboard 9 May 2009 - GREEN DAY'S PUNK OPERA (p. 19) Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "Green Day side project releases new single - NME". NME. 1 April 2008.
  7. ^ "Stop Drop and Roll - Foxboro Hot Tubs".
  8. ^ "Mother Mary - Foxboro Hot Tubs".
  9. ^ "Red Tide - Foxboro Hot Tubs".
  10. ^ "Highway 1 - Foxboro Hot Tubs".
  11. ^ "She's a Saint Not a Celebrity - Foxboro Hot Tubs".
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Foxboro Hottubs – Stop Drop and Roll!!!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Foxboro Hottubs – Stop Drop and Roll!!!". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Foxboro Hottubs – Stop Drop and Roll!!!". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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