'' is the first album by the band
The W's . The name of the album is derived from the fact that the letter
W is the fourth from the last letter in the
Latin Alphabet .
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The album was well received, achieving #4 on
Billboard's Heatseekers chart and "Top Contemporary Christian" charts, and #147 on "The Billboard 200".
4 Although the album was pulled from the shelves of
LifeWay Christian Resources stores for containing "indecent" words
5 the album eventually sold over 200,000 units.
6 The album received two
Dove Awards in 1999, first for "Modern Rock Album of the Year," and "Modern Rock Record Song of the Year" for the song "The Devil Is Bad".
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The hidden track is a tribute to the band
Five Iron Frenzy , performed in the style of
Wesley Willis .
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# "Open Minded"
# "The Devil Is Bad" ()
# "Frank"
# "J.P."
# "Moses"
# "Pup"
# "King of Polyester"
# "Jason E"
# "Alarm Clock"
# "Flower Tattoo"
# "Dexter"
# "Hui"
- Andrew Schar - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- Brian Morris - Drums, Cover Art Talent
- Valentine Hellman - Tenor Sax, Clarinet
- Bret Barker - Trumpet
- Todd Gruener - Bass, vocals
- James Carter - Alto Sax, background vocals
- All songs were written by The W's except:
- ---"Frank" and "Dexter" were written by Todd Gruener
- ---"Flower Tattoo" was written by Hunter Oswald
- Produced by Masaki Liu
- Executive Produced by Frank Tate
- Mastered by Ken Lee at Kenneth Lee Mastering, Oakland, CA
- Album design and Layout by Aaron James
- Photography by David Dobson
