Hey! Album Explained
Hey! Album is the second album by the Atlanta rock band Marvelous 3.[1] [2] It was released by the band's Marvelous Records in 1998. Elektra Records picked it up for an early 1999 release, for which the band rerecorded about 40 percent of the album.[3] [4]
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote that the band "concocts an often fetching blend of glam-tinged power-pop and Elvis Costello-style gibes."
AllMusic called Hey! Album "a likeable, melodic album, full of self-conscious and self-deprecating lyrics bordering on preciousness."
Track listing
All songs written by Butch Walker.
Official studio release
- "You're So Yesterday" - 3:56
- "Freak of the Week" - 3:20
- "Until You See" - 4:20
- "Write it on Your Hand" - 3:23
- "Let Me Go" - 3:21
- "Every Monday" - 3:06
- "Indie Queen" - 4:52
- "#27" - 2:51
- "Mrs. Jackson" - 3:33
- "Over Your Head" - 3:40
- "Vampires in Love" - 4:01
- "Lemonade" - 6:42
Original independent release
- "You're So Yesterday"
- "Freak of the Week"
- "Until You See"
- "Let Me Go"
- "Every Monday"
- "Indie Queen"
- "Lemonade"
- "#27"
- "Just Wanna Go Home"
- "Over Your Head"
- "Mrs. Jackson"
- "Fastboat"
- "Cold As Hell"
Notes and References
- Web site: Marvelous 3 Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
- Web site: Where Ya Been? Marvelous 3 Now Down To One, SWV End 10 Years Of Resting Their Voices. https://web.archive.org/web/20140824024347/http://www.mtv.com/news/1534522/where-ya-been-marvelous-3-now-down-to-one-swv-end-10-years-of-resting-their-voices/. dead. August 24, 2014. Gil. Kaufman. MTV News.
- Flick . Larry . Big 'week' boosts Hi-Fi/Elektra's Marvelous 3 . Billboard . Jan 23, 1999 . 111 . 4 . 1, 103.
- News: Sculley . Alan . THE '70S PLUS THE '80S EQUALS THE MARVELOUS 3 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 18 Mar 1999 . Get Out . 25.