People Like People Like People Like Us
People Like People Like People Like Us puts Backyard Babies’ punk-sprint energy and Swedish garage/sleaze-rock grit right at the front.
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Track List
- People Like People Like People Like Us
- Cockblocker Blues
- Dysfunctional Professional
- We Go a Long Way Back
- Roads
- Blitzkrieg Loveshock
- The Mess Age (How Could I Be So Wrong)
- I Got Spades
- Hold 'Em Down
- Heroes & Heroines
- You Cannot Win
- Things to Do Before We Die
Liner Notes
People Like People Like People Like Us is the fifth album, pushing punk's sprint-like drive and a Swedish garage/sleaze-rock grit to the front. Released in April 2006 and produced by The Hellacopters' Nicke Andersson — a reunion of sorts with a comrade from the band Dregen once belonged to. Distorted guitar, rough choruses and unpretentious rhythm push the songs forward all at once.
What's bracing is the stance of prioritizing riff momentum and the heat of a band playing in one room over fine ornamentation. The members have said Andersson taught them how to “play together.” “Dysfunctional Professional” reached No. 3 on the home singles chart, and “The Mess Age (How Could I Be So Wrong)” was a hit too. From the opening title track through “Cockblocker Blues” to the closing “Things to Do Before We Die,” the flow never stalls. The previous year they'd toured the US and Europe with Social Distortion. Rough yet never forgetting the hooks — a straight-ahead rock 'n' roll album.