Act Your Age (Home Grown album)

Act Your Age is the second album by the rock band Home Grown, released in 1998 by Outpost Recordings. It was the band's only album for a major label. It expanded their popularity and found them moving into a pop punk and pop rock direction musically. The album's most popular tracks were a new version of "Surfer Girl," a song which had originally appeared on their debut album That's Business and "Suffer" which also appeared on Geffen sampler Everything is Beautiful.[4] Act Your Age would be the band's final recording with their original lineup, as guitarist Ian Cone left the band shortly after its release.

Act Your Age
Studio album by
Home Grown
ReleasedJune 2, 1998
GenreSka punk
Pop punk
Skate punk
Length69:02
LabelOutpost Recordings
ProducerClif Norrell
Home Grown chronology
That's Business
(1995)		 Act Your Age
(1998)		 Kings of Pop
(2002)
Singles from Act Your Age
  1. "All That You Have/She's Anti (Promo Only)"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Surfer Girl"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Suffer"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunkFavorable[1]
AllMusic[2]
Los Angeles Times** [3]

The album contains a hidden track called "Too Many Stops" on track 15 after "Reflections." The song plays at 22:59 into the track and is followed by a 1-minute clip of the band members laughing uncontrollably.

Act Your Age was Home Grown's first album to chart; reaching #24 on Billboard's Heatseekers in 1998.[5]

Track listing
  1. "Nowhere Slow" (Lohrbach)
  2. "All That You Have" (Lohrbach)
  3. "She's Anti" (Tran)
  4. "Surfer Girl" (Lohrbach)
  5. "Last Nite Regrets" (Tran)
  6. "Suffer" (Lohrbach)
  7. "Your Past" (Tran)
  8. "Grow Up" (Lohrbach)
  9. "Piss Off" (Tran)
  10. "Let Go" (Lohrbach)
  11. "Bad News Blair" (Tran)
  12. "Kids" (Lohrbach)
  13. "Wow, She Dumb" (Tran)
  14. "Envy Me" (Tran)
  15. "Reflections" (Lohrbach) / "Too Many Stops"

Personnel

Album information
  • Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Sound City Studios, and Louie's Clubhouse
  • Mixed at Louie's Clubhouse
  • Produced, engineered, and mixed by Clif Norrell
  • Assistant engineers: John Sorensen, Greg Fidelman, Victor Janacua
  • Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk in New York
  • Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 15 written by Adam Lohrbach
  • Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 14 written by John Tran
  • Art direction by Pawn Shop Press
  • Cover photo by Stephen Stickler
  • Other photography by Alison Dyer

References
  1. Tate, Jason. "AbsolutePunk - Home Grown / Act Your Age". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Los Angeles Times review
  4. "Various - Everything Is Beautiful". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  5. "Act Your Age - Home Grown | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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