Thicker than Water (album) explained

Thicker than Water
Type:	Album
Artist:	H2O
Cover:	ThickerThanWater.jpg
Released:	October 7, 1997
Recorded:	June 21–27, 1997
Studio:	Brielle Studios, New York City
Genre:	Hardcore punk, melodic hardcore
Length:	29:56
Label:	Epitaph Records
Producer:	H2O, Larry Buksbaum, Dean Rispler
Prev Title:	H2O
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	F.T.T.W.
Next Year:	1999

Thicker than Water is the second album by American punk band H₂O, released on October 7, 1997. It was their first of two albums to be released on Epitaph Records. The album peaked at number 42 on Billboard Top Heatseekers chart in October 1997.

"Friend" is a cover of a song by Marginal Man, a Washington D.C. Dischord Records punk band from the 1980s.

"Everready" and "Thicker than Water" were featured in the video game Street Sk8er.

They did a video for "Everready" with CIV appearing as a news reporter.

Track listing

All music by H₂O. Lyrics by Toby Morse, Todd Morse and Rusty Pistachio, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Universal Language" – 0:59
2. "Everready" – 2:11
3. "Talk Too Much" – 1:30
4. "I See It in Us" (Max Capshaw, H₂O) – 2:10
5. "Sacred Heart" – 2:15
6. "Innocent Kids" – 0:45
7. "Scarred" – 1:59
8. "Go" – 2:24
9. "This Time" – 2:00
10. "Friend" (Marginal Man) – 1:38
11. "A Plus" – 2:22
12. "Phone Song" – 2:06
13. "Responsible" – 1:35
14. "Wake Up" – 1:06
15. "Thicker than Water" – 2:06
16. "No Fucking Tears" – 2:43

• Track 16 was an unlisted track

Personnel

H₂O

• Toby Morse – vocals
• Todd Morse – guitar, vocals
• Rusty Pistachio – guitar, vocals
• Adam Blake – bass, backing vocals
• Todd Friend – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Recorded June 21–27, 1997 at Brielle Studios, New York City
• Produced by H₂O, Larry Buksbaum with Dean Rispler
• Engineered, mastered and mixed (at Sound On Sound, New York City) by Larry Buksbaum
• Pre-production at Loho Studios, New York City

External links

• Epitaph Records
• Blackout Records