The Frogs (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Frogs

| type = studio

| artist = the Frogs

| cover = Thefrogsthefrogslp.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 8, 1988

| recorded = 1986–1988

| studio = Pearl (Milwaukee)

| genre = *Pop rock

• synth-pop

| length =

| label = Self-released
Moikai Records (reissue)

| producer = The Frogs

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = It's Only Right and Natural

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r173663}}

| noprose = yes

}}

The Frogs is the debut studio album by American rock band the Frogs. It was originally released in limited quantities (only 1010 LP copies),{{cite web|url=http://www.thefuton.com/frogs/discog.txt |title=Archived copy |accessdate=June 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219203511/http://www.thefuton.com/frogs/discog.txt |archivedate=December 19, 2013 }} and was re-released on CD by Moikai Records in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.dragcity.com/catalog/records/m3.html |title=M3 / The Frogs s/T |accessdate=August 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120010215/http://www.dragcity.com/catalog/records/m3.html |archivedate=November 20, 2008 }} The album was self-produced on 8-track and took a long time to record because of the engineer's limited availability. After this album the Frogs would release recordings made at home. This debut gave listeners a mere taste of the black humor that was to follow on their second album. In 2022, an "addition" version was released onto streaming services, containing alternate mixes and demos of the tracks.