Barely Legal (album)

Barely Legal
Studio album by The Hives
Released	22 September 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Punk rock, garage punk, hardcore punk
Length	27:21
Label	Burning Heart, Epitaph
Producer	Pelle Gunderfelt
The Hives chronology
Oh Lord! When? How? (1996)Oh Lord! When? How?1996 Barely Legal (1997) A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T (1998)A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T1998

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Barely Legal is an album released in September 1997 by then-unknown Swedish group called The Hives, from Fagersta, Sweden.

The album's second track, "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T", had a video produced, but it was not commercially released until it was included as an extra on some pressings of Your New Favourite Band. The band later recorded an EP by the same name.

The album sleeve features three quotations from fake newspaper reviews. These quotations are originally from British newspapers referring to the Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World.

Track listing

All songs, with the exception of Black Jack, written by Randy Fitzsimmons.

1. "Well, Well, Well" – 1:02
2. "a.k.a. I-D-I-O-T" – 2:12
3. "Here We Go Again" – 2:12
4. "I'm a Wicked One" – 1:45
5. "Automatic Schmuck" – 2:17
6. "King of Asskissing" – 1:46
7. "Hail Hail Spit N' Drool" – 1:27
8. "Black Jack" – 2:45
9. "What's That Spell?... Go to Hell!" – 1:41
10. "Theme from..." – 2:49
11. "Uptempo Venomous Poison" – 1:13
12. "Oh Lord! When? How?" – 1:42
13. "The Stomp" – 1:54
14. "Closed for the Season" – 2:34
15. "Lost and Found (Japanese bonus track) - 3:25
16. "Howlin' Pelle Talks to the Kids (Japanese bonus track) - 2:21

Personnel

• Howlin' Pelle Almqvist - vocals
• Nicholaus Arson - lead guitar/backing vocals
• Vigilante Carlstroem – rhythm guitar/backing vocals
• Dr. Matt Destruction - bass guitar
• Chris Dangerous – drums