Five Lessons Learned, the Swingin' Utters' second album for Fat Wreck Chords, builds on the breakthrough of their first, A Juvenile Product of the Working Class. They don't depart from their hard-hitting retro-punk formula at all -- there's nothing here that couldn't have been recorded in 1978 or 1980 -- but their sense of humor is sharpening, as are their hooks. There are a couple of weak cuts, but they speed by so fast you won't even notice them, and that makes this the group's best record to date. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Five Lessons Learned
06/23/1998 | Fat Wreck Chords
All Music Guide Review
Five Lessons Learned Track Listing
Credits of Five Lessons Learned
- Fat Mike
- Bass, Producer
- Steve Zeigler
- Artwork, Layout Design, Photography
- Howie Pyro
- Bass
- Tom Griesser
- Sax (Baritone)
- David Murotake
- Sax (Tenor)
- Morty Okin
- Trumpet
- John Maurer
- Bass
- Swingin' Utters
- Producer, Artwork, Layout Design, Cover Art Concept, Concept, Main Performer, Cover Design
- Darius Koski
- Bass, Guitar, Accordion, Vocals, Violin
- Greg McEntee
- Percussion, Drums
- Adam Krammer
- Engineer, Mixing Assistant, Mixing
- Chris Shiflett
- Guitar
- Spike Slawson
- Vocals (Background)
- Van Burnham
- Producer, Design
- Paul Arthur
- Photo Stylist
- Seth Lorenzi
- Organ (Hammond), Piano (Electric), Vox Organ
- Max Ruber
- Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
- Lloyd "Rockin' Lloyd" Tripp
- Bass (Upright)
- Max Huber
- Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
- Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel
- Vocals
- Max Butler
- Mandolin
- Joe Gastwirt
- Mastering
- Ryan Greene
- Tambourine, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Van Hughes
- Trombone
















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