Goo Goo Dolls, also known as First Release,
is the first album

Album

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 by the Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...

. All of the songs are sung by bassist Robby Takac

Robby Takac

Robert Carl Takac, Jr., known as Robby Takac is one of the founding members of the Goo Goo Dolls, along with Johnny Rzeznik. He is the band's bassist and was formerly the lead singer on the Goo Goo Dolls' earlier albums....

, who was originally the band's lead vocalist. It is the hardest to find of all the band's studio albums, being only an LP, out of print, and not in wide circulation to begin with. The song "I'm Addicted" was the only song from Goo Goo Dolls represented on the band's 2001 compilation album, What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce

What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce

What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce is a Goo Goo Dolls album. It is more commonly known as Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce or EOAC. It was released in 2001 by Warner Bros. Records and is a compilation of Goo Goo Dolls songs released from 1987-2000.Tracks 1-4 are from the album Dizzy Up...

. The song "Torn Apart" was also included on the bands most recent compilation album Volume Two, which consisted of other album tracks, b-sides and rarities.

The album was recorded in three days during the winter of 1986, on a $750 budget. The band admitted in their 1999 Vh1 Behind the Music

Behind the Music

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 special that the album was recorded under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Rzeznik stated "[We had] a lot of beer, a lot of truck stop speed, a lot of pot...[I] don't remember a lot of it."

Track listing

1. "Torn Apart" – 2:05
2. "Messed Up" – 1:49
3. "Livin' in a Hut" – 2:40
4. "I'm Addicted" – 2:59
5. "Sunshine of Your Love
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   " – 2:48
   • Cream
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6. "Hardsores" – 1:31
7. "Hammerin' Eggs (The Metal Song)" – 2:27
8. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper
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   " – 2:18
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9. "Beat Me" – 2:27
10. "Scream" – 1:50
11. "Slaughterhouse" – 3:38
12. "Different Light" – 2:03
13. "Come On" – 2:13
14. "Don't Beat My Ass (With a Baseball Bat)" – 3:12