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- Make Your Mama Proud
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Fastball
Released 1996

She Comes 'Round
03:26
980 plays

Telephone Calls
02:14
927 plays

Human Torch
02:40
846 plays

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songs

- 1
- Human Torch
- 02:40
- 846 plays

- 2
- She Comes 'Round
- 03:26
- 980 plays

- 3
- Make Your Mama Proud
- 02:10
- 778 plays

- 4
- Back Door
- 02:19
- 837 plays

- 5
- Are You Ready For The Fallout?
- 03:13
- 1,456 plays

- 6
- Nothing
- 01:50
- 746 plays

- 7
- Boomerang
- 02:57
- 835 plays

- 8
- Eater
- 02:43
- 716 plays

- 9
- Knock It Down
- 02:09
- 777 plays

- 10
- Lender
- 01:59
- 720 plays

- 11
- Altamont
- 03:07
- 821 plays

- 12
- Emily
- 02:07
- 828 plays

- 13
- Seattle
- 02:50
- 803 plays

- 14
- Telephone Calls
- 02:14
- 927 plays

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album review

Make Your Mama Proud may not be the most innovative album on earth, but it certainly isn't lacking when it comes to being free-spirited and inspired and having a healthy sense of fun. Greatly influenced by punk and new wave's reckless aggression, as well as power-pop's love of memorable hooks, Fastball is a band that rocks intensely but isn't without a strong melodic sense. A variety of comparisons can be made -- everyone from the Knack, Elvis Costello and Generation X to the Beatles -- but freewheeling numbers like "Knock It Down," "Human Torch" and "Back Door" show that these natives of Austin, Texas have an appealing energy of their own. At times, Fastball combines punk-ish sensibilities with early- to mid-1960s touches, two examples being "Are You Ready for the Fallout" and "Altamont." For those who like their power-pop with lots of bite, Make Your Mama Proud merits close attention. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide