Hand Over Your Loved Ones

Hand Over Your Loved Ones
Studio album by Wheatus
Released	8 September 2003 14 February 2005 (Suck Fony)
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	48:48 55:52 (Suck Fony)
Label	Columbia Montauk Mantis (Suck Fony)
Producer	Brendan B. Brown
Wheatus chronology
Wheatus (2000) Hand Over Your Loved Ones (2003) Lemonade (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(Suck Fony)[2]
entertainment.ie	(Hand Over Your Loved Ones)[1]
Leeds Music Scene	(Suck Fony)[3]
The Guardian	(Hand Over Your Loved Ones)[4]

Hand Over Your Loved Ones (re-released as Suck Fony) is the second studio album released by American rock band Wheatus.

Background

Hand Over Your Loved Ones, according to frontman Brendan B. Brown, is "a really glossy pop record that had a lot of radio friendly singles on it."^[5]

Release

The album was released on 8 September 2003 by Columbia Records. Due to conflicts between the band and their record label, the album was poorly promoted, failed to sell well and only one single, "American In Amsterdam", was released from it. Free from their contract with Sony, Wheatus released five songs from the album on iTunes as The Lemonade EP in 2004.

The album was re-released on 14 February 2005 under the name Suck Fony,^[6] on the band's own record label Montauk Mantis Productions, after they decided to leave Sony BMG.^[7] The re-released version includes two new tracks, including the original composition "William McGovern", and the Pat Benatar cover "Hit Me with Your Best Shot". The album is currently available directly from the band's official website for $10, and is available to download in various formats using a 'pay what you want' donation system where the customer can donate any amount to purchase the album. The album's title is a spoonerism of the phrase "Fuck Sony". A T-shirt was available for a period of time from the band's website with the album logo on the front.^[8]

Track listing

Hand Over Your Loved Ones

1. "American in Amsterdam" – 3:58
2. "The Song That I Wrote When You Dissed Me" – 4:04
3. "Anyway" – 4:09
4. "Freak On" – 4:44
5. "Lemonade" – 3:22
6. "The Deck" – 2:38
7. "Fair Weather Friend" – 3:25
8. "Randall" – 4:18
9. "Whole Amoeba" – 3:07
10. "Dynomite Satchel of Pain" – 14:57

Suck Fony

1. "The Deck" – 2:37
2. "Lemonade" – 3:23
3. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – 3:22
4. "Anyway" – 4:08
5. "Freak On" – 4:44
6. "William McGovern" – 3:48
7. "American in Amsterdam" – 3:57
8. "Fair Weather Friend" – 3:25
9. "Randall" – 4:18
10. "Whole Amoeba" – 3:08
11. "The Song That I Wrote When You Dissed Me" – 4:02
12. "Dynomite Satchel of Pain" – 4:17

• Hidden Tracks

13. "The Song That I Wrote When You Dissed Me" (Demo #1) - 3:21

14. "The Song That I Wrote When You Dissed Me" (Demo #2) - 3:45

Personnel

Band

• Brendan B. Brown – lead vocals, guitar, samples, tambourines, shakers
• Peter Brown – drums, backing vocals, turntables
• Mike McCabe – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Shannon Harris – Rhodes piano, clavinet, piano, hammond organ, tambourines

Other

• Liz Brown – backing vocals
• Kathryn Froggatt – backing vocals
• Philip A. Jimenez – banjo, turntables
• David Froggatt – whistling, kookaburra
• Rakiem Walker – saxophone
• Gerald Thomas – baritone sax
• Michael Lewis – trumpet
• Benjamin Morss – Rhodes piano
• Bendji – timbales

References

1. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927193204/http://entertainment.ie/cd_reviews/Wheatus+-+Hand+Over+Your+Loved+Ones/2902.htm
2. Hand Over Your Loved Ones at AllMusic
3. http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/3642/
4. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/aug/08/popandrock7
5. https://www.goldenplec.com/featured/brendan-b-brown-wheatus-interview/#
6. Suck Fony (Sleeve). Wheatus. Montauk Mantis Productions. 2004. none.
7. "American In Amsterdam" music video
8. Official Suck Fony microsite

External links

• Hand Over Your Loved Ones at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)