Same Old Tunes
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tiny Tunes / Same Old Tunes
| type = Studio album
| artist = Millencolin
| cover = Millencolin - Tiny Tunes cover.jpg
| alt =
| released =
| recorded = August 1994 at Unisound Studios in Örebro, Sweden
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Ska punk, punk rock, melodic hardcore
| length = 31:16
| label = Burning Heart, Epitaph
| producer = Millencolin
| prev_title = Skauch
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Life on a Plate
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tiny Tunes / Same Old Tunes
| type = studio
| single1 = Da Strike
| single1date = 16 December 1994
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = Studio
| cover = Millencolin - Same Old Tunes cover.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Cover of the re-release titled Same Old Tunes
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r375135|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
Same Old Tunes is the debut album by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on 28 October 1994 in Sweden by Burning Heart Records under the original title Tiny Tunes.
The song "Da Strike" was released as the album's single, with an accompanying music video.
Controversy
The album's title and cover art mimicked the cartoon television show Tiny Toon Adventures, leading to a number of copyright infringement lawsuits against the band when the album was re-released in the United States on 22 September 1998 through Epitaph Records. Warner Bros, the owner of Tiny Toon Adventures, sued the record label and caused the band to change the title and cover art. They chose the title Same Old Tunes to reflect the fact that the album's track list had not changed.{{cite web |url=http://millencolin.com/bio/story.htm |title=The Story of Our Band |access-date=8 April 2007 |author=Millencolin |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061022062840/http://www.millencolin.com/bio/story.htm |archive-date = 22 October 2006}}
The band also printed T-shirts for the song "Chiquita Chaser" that imitated the logo of Chiquita Brands International, who threatened them with a lawsuit causing them to cease production of the shirts.{{cite web |url=http://www.millencolin.com/merch/tshirtography.htm |title=Millencolin other merch |access-date=8 April 2007 |author=Millencolin }}
Track listing
All songs written by Nikola Šarčević except where noted.
{{Track list
|title1 = Mr. Clean
|length1 = 2:41
|title2 = Chiquita Chaser
|length2 = 2:40
|title3 = Diznee Time
|length3 = 3:41
|title4 = Domestic Subway
|length4 = 1:38
|title5 = Fazil's Friend
|length5 = 1:52
|title6 = Leona
|length6 = 2:21
|title7 = House of Blend
|length7 = 2:56
|title8 = Da Strike
|length8 = 3:01
|title9 = Mystic Reptile
|note9 = Mathias Färm
|length9 = 2:45
|title10 = Dance Craze
|length10 = 2:01
|title11 = The Einstein Crew
|length11 = 2:58
|title12 = Take It or Leave It
|length12 = 2:43
}}
Personnel
=Millencolin=
- Nikola Šarčević – lead vocals, bass guitar
- Erik Ohlsson – guitar
- Mathias Färm – guitar
- Fredrik Larzon – drums
=Additional musicians=
- Fredrik Folcke – saxophone on "Da Strike"
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqiNMfophBRgKSRf-KzuSmBlkGZDpW80a Same Old Tunes] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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