Make Your Mama Proud

1996 studio album by Fastball

Studio album by

Fastball

Released

April 6, 1996

Recorded

1996

Genre

Rock, pop punk

Length

35:46

Label

Hollywood

Fastball chronology

Make Your Mama Proud
(1996)

All the Pain Money Can Buy
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

Make Your Mama Proud is the debut album released by the rock band Fastball.^[3]^[4] The track "Are You Ready For The Fallout?" was issued to some radio stations as the single for the record.

The album had sold over 5,500 copies as of April 1998.^[5]^[6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that Fastball "never sacrifices melody to haste, and the results bounce with nifty, cheek-poking ease."^[7]

Track listing

#	Title	Length	Music
1	Human Torch	2:40	Tony Scalzo
2	She Comes ‘Round	3:27	Miles Zuniga
3	Make Your Mama Proud	2:10	Tony Scalzo
4	Back Door	2:20	Miles Zuniga
5	Are You Ready for the Fallout?	3:13	Tony Scalzo
6	Nothing	1:51	Tony Scalzo
7	Boomerang	2:57	Miles Zuniga
8	Eater	2:42	Tony Scalzo
9	Knock It Down	2:08	Miles Zuniga
10	Lender	1:58	Tony Scalzo
11	Altamont	3:08	Miles Zuniga
12	Emily	2:07	Tony Scalzo
13	Seattle	2:49	Miles Zuniga
14	Telephone Calls	2:14	Tony Scalzo

Personnel

Tony Scalzo - vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar
Miles Zuniga - vocals, guitar
Joey Shuffield - drums, percussion

References

^ "Make Your Mama Proud - Fastball | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 295. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone fastball album guide.
^ "Rockonomics 101". Texas Monthly. March 1, 1999.
^ Booth, Philip. "Fastball strikes one for the charts". Orlando Weekly.
^ "Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 26 August 1998. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
^ "Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 25 April 1998. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
^ The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide. Fireside. 1997. p. 254.