Quite Contrary

2016 studio album by Pansy Division

Quite Contrary

Studio album by

Pansy Division

Released

September 9, 2016

Genre

Queercore, pop punk, power pop

Label

Alternative Tentacles

Producer

Pansy Division

Pansy Division chronology

That's So Gay
(2009)

Quite Contrary
(2016)

Quite Contrary is the seventh studio album, ninth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, it was released on September 9, 2016 by Alternative Tentacles.^[1]^[2]

The cover features cover models Marcus Ewert and Moon Trent, who were the cover models for Pansy Division's 1996 album Wish I'd Taken Pictures. The band has playfully called Quite Contrary their “grandpa record” -- intended to describe growing older for a generation of gay men whose role models were decimated by AIDS.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"He's Trouble"	Ginoli	3:15
2.	"Love Came Along"	Freeman	3:38
3.	"You're on the Phone"	Reader, Freeman, Illades	2:22
4.	"Kiss Me at Midnight (New Year's Eve)"	Ginoli	3:45
5.	"Halfway to Nowhere"	Freeman	3:06
6.	"Work on It, Babe"	Ginoli	3:01
7.	"I'm the Friend"	Ginoli	2:27
8.	"Blame the Bible^[4]^[5]"	Reader, Freeman, Illades	3:38
9.	"Mistakes"	Ginoli	2:07
10.	"It's a Sin"	Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe	3:37
11.	"My Heart Aches for You"	Ginoli	2:09
12.	"(Is This What It's Like) Getting Old"	Freeman	2:52
13.	"Too Much to Ask"	Ginoli	3:11
14.	"Something Beautiful"	Ginoli	4:49

Personnel

Pansy Division

Jon Ginoli – guitar, vocals
Chris Freeman – bass, vocals
Luis Illades – drums, percussion
Joel Reader – lead guitar, vocals

References

^ Locker, Melissa (2016-09-15). "Interview: Pansy Division: a quarter-century of queercore". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
^ Portwood, Jerry (2016-08-09). "Pansy Division's Jon Ginoli on Gay Punk Band's 25th Anniversary, New LP". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
^ JHONI JACKSON (2016-08-24). "Pansy Division's Luis Illades on Making a Record for a Generation Without Gay Punk Icons". Remezcla. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
^ White, Caitlin (2016-09-29). "Premiere: Watch Queercore Legends Pansy Division Confront Homophobia In 'Blame The Bible'". Uproxx: the Culture of Now. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
^ "Pansy Division release video for "Blame the Bible"". Punk Rock Theory. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-17.