A Hangover You Don't Deserve


A Hangover You Don't Deserve is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bowling for Soup. It was released on September 14, 2004, as their third album with Jive Records. The first single, "1985", quickly became a Top 40 staple, peaking at No. 5 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.

Critical reception

Johnny Loftus, writing for AllMusic, praised the catchability of the first three tracks and Jaret Reddick's songwriting on songs like "Ohio ", but was critical of the album containing typical pop punk production that made the band sound too close to similar bands like Goldfinger and Lit, saying that "most of the time it's very hard to hear Bowling for Soup around Hangovers radio and video-ready sheen." Entertainment Weekly writer Brian Hiatt felt that tracks like "1985" were not enough to sustain a whole album, saying that, "Like a lower-SATs version of Fountains of Wayne, the Texas quartet tries to write silly/clever lyrics to go atop their high-carb pop melodies. But too much of the humor functions on a Jackass: The Band level."

Track listing

Each version of the album, excluding the DualDisc version, has a number of tracks that are four to five seconds of complete silence, titled "", between the last song and "Ohio ". The number of tracks varies upon the version, but "Ohio " and "Belgium " are tracks 43 and 44 respectively on all versions.

B-sides

DualDisc Version

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Bowling for Soup

Album – Billboard
YearChartPosition
2004Billboard 20037

Singles – Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
2004"1985"Adult Top 405
2004"1985"The Billboard Hot 10023
2004"1985"Top 40 Mainstream10
2004"1985"Top 40 Tracks13