Sorry for Partyin'

{{short description|2009 album by Bowling for Soup}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use American English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox album | name = Sorry for Partyin' | type = studio | artist = Bowling for Soup | cover = Bfssfp.JPG | alt = | released = October 12, 2009 | recorded = April–July 2009 <br/>Austin, Texas | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop-punk<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kerswell|first1=Ronnie|title=Bowling For Soup - Sorry For Partyin - Reviews|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/bowling-for-soup-sorry-for-partyin|website=Rock Sound|publisher=Freeway Press|accessdate=March 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330191009/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/bowling-for-soup-sorry-for-partyin|archive-date=March 30, 2016|date=October 18, 2009}}</ref> | length = 49:04 | label = Jive | producer = {{hlist|Linus of Hollywood|Jaret Reddick}} | prev_title = Bowling for Soup: Live and Very Attractive | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Merry Flippin' Christmas: Vol. 1 | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Extra chronology| | artist = Bowling for Soup studio | type = studio | prev_title = The Great Burrito Extortion Case | prev_year = 2006 | title = Sorry for Partyin' | year = 2009 | next_title = Fishin' for Woos | next_year = 2011 }} {{Singles | name = Sorry for Partyin' | type = studio | single1 = My Wena<ref name="Posterous2">{{cite web |last=Reddick |first=Jaret |title= hey UK friends...Are these ALL of our singles? anything I am missing?|url= http://jaretreddick.posterous.com/hey-uk-friendsare-these-all-of-our-singles-an |publisher=Posterous |accessdate=September 22, 2011 |date= September 21, 2011}}</ref> | single1date = July 28, 2009<ref name="mywenamusicvid"/> | single2 = No Hablo Inglés<ref name="Posterous2"/> | single2date = 2009 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AbsolutePunk |rev1score = (23%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1361141&page=1|title=Bowling For Soup - Sorry For Partyin'|date=October 6, 2009|publisher=AbsolutePunk|author=Fallon, Chris|accessdate=October 6, 2009}}</ref> |rev2 = AllMusic |rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1639590|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review: Sorry For Partyin'|date=October 9, 2009|publisher=Allmusic|author=Pemberton, Roach|accessdate=October 9, 2009}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Kerrang!'' |rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Citation | title = Sorry For Partyin' (JIVE) KKK | newspaper = Kerrang! | page = 54 | date = October 7, 2009|issue=1282}}</ref> }}

'''''Sorry for Partyin'''''' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Bowling for Soup. It is the band's final album to be released by Jive Records.<ref name="Posterous">{{cite web|title=A List of the 11 BFS studio albums (for my twitter peeps)|url=http://jaretreddick.posterous.com/a-list-of-the-11-bfs-studio-albums-for-my-twi|accessdate=January 6, 2010|date=January 5, 2011}}</ref> It was released on October 12, 2009, debuting at No. 104 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 47 on Rock albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bowling-for-soup/chart-history/|title=Bowling for Soup Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 2, 2026|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121093803/https://www.billboard.com/artist/bowling-for-soup/chart-history/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> No single was released to the radio for the album.<ref name="Podcast">Jaret's ninth Bowling for Soup podcast, released August 27, 2010.</ref>

==Production and recording== The band began working on the album in January 2009<ref name="firstdaystudio">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqkDjWRo0fM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/FqkDjWRo0fM |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=bfsTV 1.21.09 - First Day|date=January 21, 2009|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in Austin, Texas by working with people like Linus of Hollywood, Scott Reynolds, Tony Scalzo, Parry Gripp and Kim Shattuck.<ref name="endofrecord">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=5704115&blogId=474845594|title=Sorry For Partyin'|date=May 3, 2009|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}</ref><ref name="bfsstudioupdate2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX2FvIBKYvc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/dX2FvIBKYvc |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=bfsTV - 1.29.09 - Studio Update #2|date=January 29, 2009|publisher=Bowling for Soup via YouTube|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band entered the studio on January 21 with 18 demos and a list of names for possible guest appearances. The band recorded for over a month, recording 18 tracks and finished recording in early March 2009.

One local Austin, Texas fan by the name of Lindsay was selected by the band to sit in during the recording process with the purpose of providing studio updates that would be posted for the band's official website.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lindsay |title=Lindsay's First Studio Update |url=http://www.bowlingforsoup.com/news/lindsays-first-studio-update |website=bowlingforsoup.com |date=3 February 2009}}</ref> The recording process began with Gary's drumming sessions. "I Can't Stand L.A." was the first titled song published. Also that month Erik recorded bass for "I Don't Wish You Were Dead Anymore" and "America (Wake Up Amy).<ref name="endofrecord" /><ref name="laststudioupdate4">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFhU1VjOrQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/hGFhU1VjOrQ |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=bfsTV - 3.12.09 - studio update #4|date=December 3, 2009|publisher=Bowling for Soup via YouTube|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Guitars were recorded for "Choke", "If Only", and "BFFF" on January 31. In February "Goodbye Friend" and 4 more songs were recorded on guitar then Jaret would start the vocal tracks. Scott Reynolds of the band ALL would stop by to discuss singing on the album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lindsay |title=Lindsay's Studio Update # 4 |url=http://www.bowlingforsoup.com/news/lindsays-studio-update-5 |website=bowlingforsoup.com |date=23 February 2009}}</ref> Afterward, the band left Austin to record the B-sides for the album in their hometown.

Bowling for Soup recorded 27 songs for the album as of June 2009.<ref name="studioupdate5">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZLzZzaHkOM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/vZLzZzaHkOM |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=bfsTV - 6.26.09 - studio update #5|date=June 26, 2009|publisher=Bowling for Soup via YouTube|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On August 8, Jaret posted on Twitter that the band had enough songs for a double album, but will only be putting 12-14 of those songs onto this album.

==Release== In promotion for the album, the band embarked on a tour titled the "Party in Your Pants Tour".<ref name="partyinyourpants">{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlingforsoup.tv/tour/|title=::: PARTY IN YOUR PANTS TOUR 2009|publisher=Bowling for Soup Official Website|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}</ref> The tour only had dates scheduled in the UK beginning on October 17, 2009, in Glasgow and ending on October 29, 2009, in London.<ref name="partyinyourpants" /> They played a few shows in December 2009 leading up to Christmas. Following this, they embarked on a US tour in January and February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36371/tours-bowling-for-soup-us|title=Bowling for Soup (US)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | total_length = 50:02 | title1 = A Really Cool Dance Song | writer1 = Jaret Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length1 = 3:44 | title2 = No Hablo Inglés | writer2 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length2 = 3:30 | title3 = My Wena | writer3 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length3 = 2:50 | title4 = Only Young | writer4 = Reddick, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz | length4 = 3:46 | title5 = I Don't Wish You Were Dead Anymore | writer5 = Reddick, Tony Scalzo | length5 = 2:46 | title6 = BFFF | writer6 = Reddick | length6 = 3:52 | title7 = Me With No You | writer7 = Reddick, Zac Maloy | length7 = 3:44 | title8 = Hooray for Beer | writer8 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length8 = 3:27 | title9 = America (Wake Up Amy) | note9 = featuring Scott Reynolds and Parry Gripp | writer9 = Reddick | length9 = 3:26 | title10 = If Only | writer10 = Reddick | length10 = 3:39 | title11 = I Gotchoo | writer11 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length11 = 3:44 | title12 = Love Goes Boom | writer12 = Reddick, Maloy | length12 = 4:09 | title13 = I Can't Stand L.A. | writer13 = Reddick | length13 = 2:50 | title14 = Belgium Polka | note14 = hidden track on US edition; featuring Brave Combo | writer14 = Reddick | length14 = 3:35 }}

;Bonus tracks {{Track listing | headline = U.S. deluxe digital download | total_length = 65:56 | title15 = I Just Wanna Be Loved | length15 = 4:20 | title16 = Choke | length16 = 4:12 | title17 = Everything to Me | length17 = 3:52 }} {{Track listing | headline = U.S. Amazon.com deluxe digital download | title15 = I Just Wanna Be Loved | length15 = 4:20 | title16 = Choke | length16 = 4:12 | title17 = Everything to Me | length17 = 3:52 | title18 = Reality | length18 = 3:30 | note18 = bonus track on amazon.com only<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002R98TVE |title=Sorry For Partyin': Bowling For Soup: MP3 Downloads |accessdate=March 10, 2012}}</ref> }} {{Track listing | headline = UK edition | total_length = 65:40 | title15 = I Just Wanna Be Loved | length15 = 4:20 | title16 = Walk of Shame | length16 = 3:57 | title17 = Amateur Night | length17 = 3:51 | title18 = I Gotchoo (Other Version) | writer18 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length18 = 3:34 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition | total_length = 53:23 | title15 = My Girlfriend Sucks | length15 = 3:21 }}

;B-sides {{Track listing | title1 = Amateur Night<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bowlingforsoup.fancorps.com/headquarters/forums.php?topic_id=992479&page=1#post_992479 |title=Bowling for Soup : The new album ''Fishin' for Woos'' out now |publisher=Bowlingforsoup.fancorps.com |accessdate=2013-07-26 |archive-date=July 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716032036/http://bowlingforsoup.fancorps.com/headquarters/forums.php?topic_id=992479&page=1#post_992479 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | note1 = Bowling for Soup decided to give out a new song titled "Amateur Night" for free on their street team site for a limited time. When opened with iTunes the album comes up as ''Sorry For B-sides''. Also available on the U.K. version of the album | writer1 = | length1 = 3:52 | title2 = I'll Always Remember You (That Way) | note2 = featuring Kim Shattuck of The Muffs; released as part of the ''My Wena EP'' | writer2 = | length2 = 3:40 | title3 = Goodbye Friend | note3 = released as part of the ''My Wena EP''. The song was also made available as a free download on the band's official online store in memory of Jeff "FFroe" Roe from December 17–18, 2009 | writer3 = | length3 = 3:51 | title4 = Girl All The Bad Guys Want (Acoustic Version) | note4 = from ''Sorry For Partyin' Instant Downloads'' when you pre-order the CD from the band's website | writer4 = | length4 = 3:35 | title5 = My Wena (Acoustic) | note5 = from ''Sorry For Partyin' Instant Downloads'' when you pre-order the CD from the band's website | writer5 = | length5 = 2:43 | title6 = Mediocre{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} | note6 = demo | writer6 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length6 = 3:11 }}

==Singles and videos== {{Infobox album | name = My Wena EP | type = EP | artist = Bowling for Soup | cover = BFSMy Wena.jpg | alt = | released = August 7, 2009<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|title=My Wena - EP by Bowling for Soup|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/my-wena-ep/325541242|publisher=iTunes|access-date=December 31, 2010|date=August 7, 2009}}</ref> | recorded = April–July 2009 <br/>Austin, Texas | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop-punk | length = 10:20 | label = RCA/Jive<ref name="iTunes"/> | producer = Linus of Hollywood, Jaret Reddick | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} According to frontman Jaret Reddick in his ninth Bowling for Soup podcast, "No Hablo Inglés" was supposed to be released to radio stations in January 2010 as the album's first single. However, Bowling for Soup was dropped from Jive Records shortly after the release of ''Sorry for Partyin''' and because of this, songs like "My Wena" and "No Hablo Inglés" that had released music videos were not released as radio singles.<ref name="Podcast"/>

===My Wena=== The song "My Wena" first previewed on May 5, 2009, on the Lex and Terry show. A music video for the song was filmed and the video was released on July 21, 2009.<ref name="mywenamusicvid">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jBPWbA-oOg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210032535/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jBPWbA-oOg |archive-date=2009-12-10 |url-status=dead|title=Bowling For Soup - My Wena|date=2009-07-21|publisher=Bowling for Soup|via=YouTube|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}</ref> The song was released to iTunes on July 28, 2009.<ref name="mywenaitunes">{{cite web|url=https://www.myspace.com/bowlingforsoup|title=Bowling for Soup on Myspace Music!|publisher=Bowling for Soup via Myspace Music!|accessdate=July 22, 2009}}</ref> The video was filmed at and around Gary Wiseman's home in Prosper, TX. Dallas photographer Jason Janik shot the single's cover art in between filming for the video. An EP featuring the song, titled the ''My Wena EP'' was released digitally August 7, 2009.<ref name="iTunes"/> A clean version of the "My Wena" video (later titled the "Puppy Version") was released on the band's official YouTube page on August 28, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRtsv9yH5w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/LxRtsv9yH5w |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Bowling For Soup - My Wena (The Clean Version)|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{Track listing | headline = ''My Wena EP'' | title1 = My Wena | writer1 = Jaret Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length1 = 2:49 | title2 = I'll Always Remember You (That Way) | note2 = featuring Kim Shattuck of The Muffs | writer2 = Reddick, Zac Maloy | length2 = 3:40 | title3 = Goodbye Friend | writer3 = Reddick, Linus of Hollywood | length3 = 3:51 }}

===No Hablo Inglés=== The song "No Hablo Inglés" first premiered to members on the BFS Army site to those who had contributed. The page claims this is the first single.<ref>[http://bowlingforsoup.fancorps.com/headquarters/exclusives.php?exclusive=707 official single from ''Sorry for Partyin<nowiki>'</nowiki>'']</ref>

The music video for the song is a parody of the As seen on TV infomercials. In the video, Jaret Reddick stands in front of a TV studio audience and portrays a motivational speaker offering his "fool-proof" solution to any problem – simply reply "No Hablo Inglés" (Spanish for "I don't speak English") and the problem disappears. The video features a telephone number (which answers to a Bowling for Soup fan line) and an address (a private mailbox at a UPS Store in Flower Mound, Texas, located south of Denton).

==Release history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Country ! Date |- |United Kingdom |October 12, 2009<ref name="SXSW 09">{{cite web| title =Bowling For Soup SXSW 09 Interview Music Video on Roxwel| publisher =Roxwel.com| date =March 2009| location =Austin, Texas| url =http://www.roxwel.com/player/sxsw09bowlingforsoup.html%22%3EBowling%20For%20Soup%20-%20SXSW%2009%20Interviewl?detect_mediatype=flv&detect_bitrate=_700&big=1| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074256/http://www.roxwel.com/player/sxsw09bowlingforsoup.html%22%3EBowling%20For%20Soup%20-%20SXSW%2009%20Interviewl?detect_mediatype=flv&detect_bitrate=_700&big=1| archive-date =July 15, 2009| df =mdy-all}}</ref> |- |United States ||October 13, 2009<ref name="Soupers">{{cite news | title = Soupers serve it hearty with anniversary concerts, new CD | newspaper = Times Record News | date = May 22, 2009 | url = https://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/may/22/stirring-it-up/ }}</ref> |- |Japan |October 14, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCP-40094 |title=Sorry For Party'n Bowling For Soup [CD] |publisher=Cdjapan.co.jp |accessdate=March 10, 2012}}</ref> |}

==Personnel==  '''Bowling for Soup''' * Jaret Reddick — vocals, rhythm guitar, co-producer * Erik Chandler — bass, backing vocals * Chris Burney — lead guitar, backing vocals * Gary Wiseman — drums '''Production''' * Linus of Hollywood - co-producer, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, gang vocals, fart noises, percussion * Peter McCabe - engineering at Wire Recording Studio, Austin, TX * Assisted by Joey Benjamin * Will Krienke - studio assistant * Matt Ralls & Kent Chandler - studio interns * Casey Diiorio - engineering at Valve Studios, Dallas, TX ("No Hablo Inglés"); additional recording at Valve Studios, Dallas, TX and Kingsize Soundlabs, Los Angeles * Chris Lord-Alge - mixing at Mix L.A. * Keith Armstrong & Nik Karpen - assistant mix engineers * Brad Townsend & Andrew Schubert - additional mix engineering * Tom Coyne - mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC * Tony Scalzo - piano & organ on "BFFF", piano on "If Only" and "I Don't Wish You Were Dead Anymore" * Scott Reynolds - chorus vocals on "America (Wake Up Amy)" * Parry Gripp: vocals on "America (Wake Up Amy)", gang vocals on "Only Young" and "Hooray for Beer" * Zac Maloy - backing vocals on "Love Goes Boom" * Teresa LaBarbera Whites - A&R * Andy Somers - booking at The Agency Group * Mike Swinford - management for Rainmaker Artists * Mike McKoy - legal at Serling Rooks & Ferrara * Album Photography by Jason Janik * Peter McCabe, Brad Bond & Joshua Marc Levy - additional photography * Joshua Marc Levy and Brad Bond - package art direction & design * Steven Ray Brown - 15th Anniversary cake illustration ;BFS crew * Dave "Termite Dave" Hale - tour manager * Tony "T-Ride" Gattone - guitar & bass tech * Jacob "Pinky" Henry - stage manager, monitors, drum tech * Blake Hunt - merch * Wayne Neil - driver * Sherman

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2009) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Scotland|86|date=20091024|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2026}} |- {{album chart|UK2|84|date=20091024|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2026}} |- {{album chart|UKDigital|76|date=20091024|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2026}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|13|date=20091024|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2026}} |- ! scope="row"| UK Physical Albums (OCC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9527/bowling-for-soup/|title=Bowling For Soup Songs and Albums|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=March 20, 2026}}</ref> | 82 |- {{album chart|UKRock|4|date=20091024|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|104|artist=Bowling for Soup|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|47|artist=Bowling for Soup|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 1, 2026}} |}

==Notes== *'''A''' {{Note|note_a1}} Featured in frontman Jaret Reddick's fifth Bowling for Soup podcast, released January 15, 2010.

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

Category:2009 albums Category:Bowling for Soup albums Category:Jive Records albums