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Hard-Off is the fifth and final studio album by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, released on December 18, 2015.[1] It marks the band's first full-length studio release since 2005's Hefty Fine. It is also the group's only full-length studio album with ex-members Daniel P. Carter and Adam Perry, although Carter and Perry had performed on miscellaneous non-album tracks. Between August 8, 2014 and September 3, 2015, five singles were released to promote the album: "Chew Toy", "American Bitches", "Dimes", "Clean Up in Aisle Sexy", and "Uncool as Me".[2][3][4]

Hard-Off
Studio album by Bloodhound Gang
Released	December 18, 2015
Recorded	2006–2015
Length	38:31
Label	Jimmy Franks Recording Company
Producer	Jimmy Pop
Bloodhound Gang chronology
Show Us Your Hits (2010) Hard-Off (2015)

The album was released on CD, vinyl, and digital download via bandleader Jimmy Pop's label Jimmy Franks Recording Company.[5][6] It is only available for sale via the Bloodhound Gang website.

The album had been planned for release at various dates under the title Getting Laid on a School Bus, which would also include the two tracks "Altogether Ooky" and "Screwing You on the Beach at Night" the band had released as non-album singles. There were also rumors that the record would be called Fishin' for Hookers.

History

On October 22, 2007, the Bloodhound Gang released a single called "Screwing You on the Beach at Night", which was accompanied by a video based on the one for Chris Isaak's 1990 single "Wicked Game". The group played a few shows in the UK and appeared on German TV to promote it.

In October 2008 Lupus Thunder quit the band; this was announced in a blog post on the band's MySpace by bassist Evil Jared.[7] Daniel P. Carter from A replaced Lupus as the lead guitarist. Carter has since stylized his name as Denial P. Cartier when performing with the band.[8]

Jimmy Pop announced during a radio interview in Boston that the band was working on a new album that would feature around 10-12 songs. Many news agencies reported that the name of the album would be called Getting Laid on a School Bus with a now likely release date of 2012. On December 4, Jimmy Pop recently announced that he "just narrowed 25-30 demos down to 10-12 to finish".[9]

In late 2010, the band released a new song called "Altogether Ooky". The music video is on YouTube. On March 31, Jimmy Pop confirmed via Twitter that the band was currently working on the album, but it would not be called Getting Laid on a School Bus but instead be called Fishin' for Hookers.[10]

At a Bloodhound Gang concert in the Netherlands in 2013, the group joked that they would release the album "by the time the North-South Line is completed".

Between 2014 and 2015, the group released "American Bitches", "Chew Toy", "Dimes", "Clean Up in Aisle Sexy" and "Uncool as Me" as singles. On March 26, 2021, "My Dad Says That's for Pussies" was included as a bonus track on the vinyl re-release of the band's best-of album Show Us Your Hits.

Critical response

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
laut.de	[11]
Ultimate-Guitar.com	3.3/10[12]
Heavy Pop	3/10[13]

Hard-Off has received mixed reviews, with many critics divided by its musical direction and lyrical content.

The Grim Tower stated "Musically and even vocally, the record seems to deliver exactly what it wants to. But the lyrical fodder is so much chaff that I don’t even know if it’s suitable for human consumption,"[14] with Laura Jaime of KRUI-FM stating that the "beats make you want to bop along to but the lyrics make you cringe."[15] However, Ricky Frankel of Punknews.org stated that "while the lyrics are definitely on par with their past releases, the Bloodhound Gang seem to have mellowed quite a bit in sound with this new release."[16]

Track listing

"Bumblebees" ends at 0:15. Following 45 seconds of silence, a hidden track (running 20 seconds) plays containing Jimmy Pop telling the listener to pick a number between 1 and 10. After the listener picks 7, Jimmy warns the listener not to change their answer.

Personnel

Band members[17]

• Jimmy Pop - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, samples, production
• Denial P. Cartier - lead guitar
• The Yin - drums
• Evil Jared - bass
• DJ Q-Ball - turntables, keys, programming

References

External links

• Bloodhound Gang official website

На других языках

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[de] Hard-Off

Hard-Off ist das fünfte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Alternative-Rock-Band Bloodhound Gang. Es erschien am 18. Dezember 2015 über Jimmy Franks Recording Company und 10 Jahre nach dem Vorgänger Hefty Fine und enthält 11 Lieder.

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