Get Disowned is Hop Along's second full-length album. It was released in March 2012 on Hot Green Records in the US and Big Scary Monsters in the UK/Europe. In 2016 it was reissued by Saddle Creek.
| Get Disowned | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 5, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 40:03 | |||
| Label | Hot Green Records, Big Scary Monsters, Saddle Creek | |||
| Producer | Hop Along | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[2] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[3] |
| Punknews.org | [4] |
| Spin | 7/10[5] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.0/5[6] |
Background and recording
editHop Along approached former Algernon Cadwallader guitarist Joe Reinhart to produce the album because vocalist Frances Quinlan preferred to work with a friend rather than a stranger. The band was met with time constraints during recording due to the members being involved with other projects. Consequently, the recording process lasted two years. Because of this, Quinlan described the album as a "collage".[7] They recounted, "I remember going to my job, taking the train, and then racing back on my bike to the warehouse to get working on the record because we had five days and then we’d have a month until we could get to work on it again".[8]
The album contains lyrical themes involving death and loss.[9]
Reception and legacy
editGet Disowned was met with acclaim several years after its original release. In 2018, Stereogum cited the album as a "crucial" work of Philadelphia indie rock in the early 2010s, along with Hurry's Everything/Nothing.[10]
Get Disowned was ranked on several decade-end lists. BrooklynVegan's Andrew Sacher dubbed it "the kind of album that was just too good to stay underground forever." He singled out its "raw, humble charm" that helped it "remain just as much a gem as it was the day it was quietly released."[11]
Blink-182 bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus referred to the album's second track "Tibetan Pop Stars" as "the most painfully beautiful song ever".[12] The track has continued to receive critical acclaim in recent years. In a 2020 list ranking emo's 100 best songs, the staff of Vulture placed the track highly at #10. The site's David Anthony wrote that it "so succinctly summed up everything great about the genre", noting the band's perfectly achieving "a distinct subtlety" evident in other of emo's best bands.[13] In a 2022 article listing emo's "most important" songs for each year from 1985 to then, The Ringer chose "Stars" for the year 2012.[14]
Accolades
edit| Publication | Country | Type | List | Year | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The A.V. Club | US | Decade-end | The 50 best albums of the 2010s | 2019 | 23 | [15] |
| BrooklynVegan | 141 Best Albums of the 2010s | 54 | [11] | |||
| WXPN | The 25 Best Albums of the Decade, 2010-2019 | 13 | [16] | |||
| Sputnikmusic | Top 100 Albums of the 2010s | 2020 | 22 | [17] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Some Grace" | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Tibetan Pop Stars" | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Diamond Mine" | 5:32 |
| 4. | "No Good Al Joad" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Kids on the Boardwalk" | 2:50 |
| 6. | "Laments" | 6:43 |
| 7. | "Trouble Found Me" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Sally II" | 2:32 |
| 9. | "Young and Happy!" | 4:53 |
| 10. | "Get Disowned" | 2:52 |
| Total length: | 40:03 | |
Personnel
edit- Hop Along
- Tyler Long - bass
- Frances Quinlan - vocal, guitar, piano, steel drum, rhodes, banjo, autoharp
- Mark Quinlan - drums, percussion, organ, accordion, piano
- Joe Reinhart - guitar, bass, synthesizer, piano, rhodes, tambourine
- Additional musicians
- Chrissy Tashjian - backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, & 10)
- Dominic Angelella - guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 9)
- Production
- Joe Reinhart - engineering
- Ryan Schwabe - mastering
- Peter Helmis - layout
References
edit- ^ Donelson, Marcy. "Get Disowned – Hop Along". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (February 29, 2016). "Hop Along: Get Disowned". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ Flander, Matthew (March 3, 2016). "Hop Along: Get Disowned". PopMatters. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ "Hop Along - Get Disowned | Punknews.org". Punknews.org. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ Gaca, Anna (March 18, 2016). "Review: Hop Along Set Themselves On Fire To Keep Us Warm On 'Get Disowned'". Spin. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "Hop Along: Get Disowned". Sputnikmusic. December 12, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ "Inside Headroom Studio with Hop Along: Hear the new single "Waitress," learn more about Painted Shut". 9 March 2015.
- ^ "The World's Best Kept Secret: An Interview with Hop Along". 18 January 2016.
- ^ Cohen, Ian. "Hop Along: Get Disowned". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (November 13, 2018). "Emo Revival Heroes Algernon Cadwallader Are Back (In Print)". Stereogum. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
…,referring to the Hot Green label whose tiny discography includes Hop Along's Get Disowned and Hurry's Everything/Nothing, crucial documents of early 2k10 indie rock in Philly.
- ^ a b BrooklynVegan staff (December 31, 2019). "141 Best Albums of the 2010s". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Cohen, Ian. "Hop Along: Get Disowned". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ Vulture staff (February 13, 2020). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ "The Best Emo Songs of Every Year, 1985 to Now - The Ringer". The Ringer. July 25, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ The A.V. Club (November 20, 2019). "The A.V. Club's 50 favorite albums of the 2010s". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ The Key (December 2, 2019). "The 25 Best Albums of the Decade, 2010-2019". WXPN. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ Sowing (April 10, 2020). "Top 100 Albums of the 2010s: #30-11". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 19, 2023.