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Greatest Hits 1984-1987,Reggie and the Full Effect

- Greatest Hits 1984-1987
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Reggie and the Full Effect
Released 1999

Brandi's Birthday Song
02:26
878 plays

My Dad/Happy Chickens (Kirksta Party to Go Mix)
00:22
625 plays

Pick Up the Phone Master P
00:20
564 plays

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songs

- 1
- Drunk Guy at the Get Up Kids Show
- 00:06
- 352 plays

- 2
- Girl, Why'd You Run Away?
- 02:31
- 2,765 plays

- 3
- Fiona Apple Kiss My Black Ass
- 00:05
- 455 plays

- 4
- What's Wrong
- 03:36
- 2,367 plays

- 5
- Props to Tha Queen of Pop A.K. A Keep on Climbin' That Velvet Rope ...
- 00:06
- 315 plays

- 6
- Your Girlfriends Hate Me
- 02:25
- 2,355 plays

- 7
- Megan Is My Friend to the Max
- 03:07
- 1,943 plays

- 8
- My Dad/Happy Chickens (Kirksta Party to Go Mix)
- 00:22
- 625 plays

- 9
- Another Runaway Song
- 03:35
- 1,502 plays

- 10
- Drunk Guy Talks Chemicals to Us at the Get Up Kids Show
- 00:27
- 556 plays

- 11
- Your Boyfriend Hates Me
- 03:26
- 3,047 plays

- 12
- Pick Up the Phone Master P
- 00:20
- 564 plays

- 13
- Where's Your Heart?
- 03:02
- 1,307 plays

- 14
- Get to the Choppa!
- 00:14
- 275 plays

- 15
- Better for You
- 07:28
- 1,109 plays

- 16
- Everything's Okay
- 02:12
- 2,966 plays

- 17
- Just a Reminder
- 00:05
- 206 plays

- 18
- Brandi's Birthday Song
- 02:26
- 878 plays

album review

Greatest Hits 1984-1987 is actually the debut for Reggie and the Full Effect, which in itself is actually a side project for Get Up Kids guy James Dewees and assorted pals from the Kansas City music scene. While Get Up Kids have written their fair share of songs about girls, Reggie tracks like "Girl, Why'd You Run Away" and "Your Girlfriends Hate Me" dump the melodramatic overtones that lace Dewees' day job, preferring sarcasm to sappiness. The love of hooks carries over, although Greatest Hits leans more toward trashy punk-pop sweetened with prominent keyboard wizardry. There's a glut of halfway-successful comedy bits here, too, ranging from entertaining recordings of idiots ("Drunk Guy Talks Chemicals to Us at the Get Up Kids Show") to glorified inside jokes that don't resonate ("My Dad - Happy Chickens (Kirksta Party to Go Mix)," "Pick Up the Phone Master P"). Musical highlights include the ragged Cars riff "Everything's Okay," as well as the aforementioned "Girl, Why'd You Run Away," which melds thickheaded metal to WEE-oo WEE-oo synths and heartfelt harmonies. Overall, a nice opportunity for Get Up Kids fans to help Dewees and his buddies blow off a little steam. Everyone else, go buy a Me First and Gimme Gimmes record. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide