This album stands as a sad memorial to Doug Hopkins' ability to craft winning songs out of the abject misery of his own life. Hopkins had been thrown out of the band he formed before NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE was released, and by the time "Hey Jealousy" and "Found About You", two of his most engaging and self-deprecatory songs, had broken the band in America, he had taken his own life in a fit of depression. The album is not entirely about Hopkins (Jesse Valenzuela's "Mrs Rita" and Robin Wilson's "Allison Road" are also strong contenders), but it is his songs that remain longest in the memory. Gin Blossoms: Robin Wilson (vocals); Jesse Valenzuela (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Scott Johnson (guitar, background vocals); Bill Leen (bass); Phillip Rhodes (drums).Additional personnel: Doug Hopkins (guitar); Robbie Turner (pedal steel guitar); C.J. Chenier (accordion); Robert Becker (piano).Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennesee.This deluxe edition includes the complete album on disc one along with a second disc featuring various EP tracks, live versions, and outtakes not included on the original release. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Format: Vinyl Genre: Rock, Pop Remember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from Joco Records! Track Listing: A1 Lost Horizon 3:20A2 Hey Jealousy 3:56A3 Mrs. Rita 4:25A4 Until I Fall Away 3:51A5 Hold Me Down 4:50A6 Cajun Song 2:56B1 Hands Are Tied 3:17B2 Found Out About You 3:53B3 Allison Road 3:18B4 29 4:18B5 Pieces Of The Night 4:33B5 Cheatin' 3:25
