How I Learned To Stop Worrying (Remastered)

by The Bigger Lovers

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The first issue of "...worrying" on CD from 2001. It's even got one of those infernal stickers on the top that'll have you struggling like it's the early aughts all over again. Black Dog Records.

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1.	Catch & Release 02:00	lyrics	buy track
(hide away those magazines ... underneath the bed)
2.	I'm Here 02:24	lyrics	buy track
(I never wanted to leave, but you asked me to go)
3.	Change Your Mind 04:22	lyrics	buy track
(only takes a sieve...)
4.	Forever Is Not So Long 02:05	lyrics	buy track
(but I know what I like and why I like it, it works for me)
5.	Steady On Threes 03:21	lyrics	buy track
(if you're missin' the comfort, you can blame it on me)
6.	Casual Friday 05:51	lyrics	buy track
(though we don't tingle any more, I'll leave it up to you)
7.	Threadbare 02:40	lyrics	buy track
(that tone of voice can pierce through thick and thin)
8.	America Undercover 02:39	lyrics	buy track
(no wonder I'm drinking)
9.	Summer (of Our First Hello) 05:22	lyrics	buy track
(if you try too hard it's sure to turn out worse)
10.	A Year Ago 03:22	lyrics	buy track
(takes twice as much to get her tight)
11.	Out of Sight 05:08	lyrics	buy track
(five years back I had on different clothes)
12.	Needy (Bonus Track) 01:47		buy track
13.	Private Party (Bonus Track) 04:02		buy track

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Hey thanks: Daniel Presley, Jeffrey Reed, Chris Hudson, John Guarnieri, Ma & Pa Tobias, Betty Tobias, Steve Hobson, Philip Healy and the Knobs, Jeff & Elizabeth Booth, Jesse Jameson, Ric Menck, Bob Salerno, Elise Brown, Collette Hain, Lori Hill, Tom Ussia, Amy Morrissey, Tyler Harold, John Hampton, Steve Stone, Matt Kelley, the Hain & Dininni families, Kara Lafty, Dave Mauk, John Lilley, Pat Ford, Brad Green, Jen Leimgruber, Bruce Warren, Jim McGuinn, Jesse Flavin, Mike Kennedy, Andy Williams, friends, families, lax creditors and you. Extra special thanks to Brad Newsome for equipment, musicianship, transport, expertise, a cell phone, several magazines, a can of fix-a-flat and four or five dollars.

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released March 8, 2011

Recorded roughly between Halloween and Thanksgiving 1999 at Wisteria Studios, Wilmington, DE. Mixed Feb. 2000 by Daniel Presley at Parkgate Studios, E. Sussex, UK. Transferred from tape and remastered November 2010 by John Senior, Paul Hammond & Paul Sinclair at Elm St. Studios, Conshohocken, PA, and Fat City, Blue Bell, PA. Remastering supervised by Ed Hogarty.

Produced & Recorded by Daniel Presley.
Asst. Engineer: Brad Newsome

All songs written by Scott Jefferson (What's That Horrible Music?, BMI) and/or Bret Tobias (Mary Metcalf Music, ASCAP), except for Summer (of Our First Hello), written by Tobias/Hogarty (Mary Metcalf Music, ASCAP/Seven Caesars Music, BMI).

The Bigger Lovers are Patrick Berkery, Ed Hogarty, Scott Jefferson and Bret Tobias

Additional musicianship courtesy of Brad Newsome, Steve Hobson and Daniel Presley.
Cover photo by rob@tbtmo.com
Band photo by Brad Newsome

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The Bigger Lovers Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

the lovers were Scott, Pat, Ed and Bret. we played our first show around '98? Jesse was the drummer then, but not for long. we made an ambitious first record which came out in '01, followed by a more buttoned up one in '02. then we made a hairy one in '04 and broke up soon after and reformed for a minute in 2011 and made a little ep. we all still hang out occasionally and do other music-y things. ... more

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