Heads Are Gonna Roll Explained

Heads Are Gonna Roll
Type:Album
Artist:The Hippos
Cover:The Hippos - Heads Are Gonna Roll cover.jpg
Released:August 24, 1999
Recorded:1998
Length:39:31
Label:Interscope
Producer:Mark Trombino, Chris Fudurich, Ariel Rechtshaid, Rich Zahniser
Prev Title:Forget the World
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:The Hippos
Next Year:2003

Heads Are Gonna Roll is the second album by the Los Angeles, California ska band The Hippos, released in 1999 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first album for a major record label and was their most successful, with the single "Wasting My Life" receiving some airplay on rock radio stations in the United States. Musically the album found the band transitioning from the ska-based structure of their debut album to a more pop-rock sound, using fewer ska rhythms and instead incorporating synthesizers. It includes a new version of the song "Far Behind" from their debut album Forget the World. The album's art is a reference to The Animals' self-titled album.

Heads Are Gonna Roll was The Hippos' last proper album as a committed band. Although they would continue to perform and record over the next few years, they did not release any other albums until the posthumous The Hippos in 2003, after quietly disbanding.

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