Goo Goo Dolls (album)

Goo Goo Dolls
Studio album by Goo Goo Dolls
Released	June 9, 1987
Recorded	Winter 1986, The Farm Surrey
Genre	Punk rock
Length	34:01
Label	Mercenary, Celluloid
Producer	Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
First Release (1987) Jed (1989)Jed1989
Alternative Cover
Reissue cover

Professional ratings
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Goo Goo Dolls, also known as First Release, is the debut studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. All of the songs are sung by bassist Robby Takac, who was originally the band's lead vocalist. It is the hardest to find of all the band's studio albums, being only an LP, out of print, and not in wide circulation to begin with. The song "I'm Addicted" was the only song from Goo Goo Dolls represented on the band's 2001 compilation album, What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce. The song "Torn Apart" was also included on the compilation album Volume Two, which consisted of other album tracks, b-sides and rarities.

The album was recorded in three days during the winter of 1986, on a $750 budget at Trackmaster's Studio in Buffalo. The band admitted in their 1999 VH1 Behind the Music special that the album was recorded under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Rzeznik stated "[We had] a lot of beer, a lot of truck stop speed, a lot of pot...[I] don't remember a lot of it."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Torn Apart"	2:05
2.	"Messed Up"	1:49
3.	"Livin' in a Hut"	2:40
4.	"I'm Addicted"	2:59
5.	"Sunshine of Your Love" (Cream cover)	2:48
6.	"Hardsores"	1:31
7.	"Hammerin' Eggs (The Metal Song)"	2:27
8.	"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (Blue Öyster Cult cover)	2:18
9.	"Beat Me"	2:27
10.	"Scream"	1:50
11.	"Slaughterhouse"	3:38
12.	"Different Light"	2:03
13.	"Come On"	2:13
14.	"Don't Beat My Ass (With a Baseball Bat)"	3:12

Personnel

• Robby Takac - lead vocals, bass guitar
• Johnny Rzeznik - lead guitar, backing vocals
• George Tutuska - drums