Swain's First Bike Ride

Swain's First Bike Ride
Swain's First Bike Ride
	Original vinyl cover
Studio album by Fifteen
Released	1991;
Recorded	December 1990-January 1991
Studio	Sound and Vision Studios in San Francisco and Dancing Dog Studios in Emeryville, California
Genre	Punk rock
Length	40:10; 54:29 (CD version)
Label	Lookout (LK 040)
Producer	Kevin Army; Andy Ernst (CD bonus tracks)
Fifteen chronology
CD cover

Swain's First Bike Ride is the debut studio album by the Berkeley, California-based punk rock band Fifteen. It was originally released on vinyl in 1991 through Lookout Records^[1] with the catalog number LK 040. The songs can generally be described as mid-tempo punk rock with pop sensibilities. The album also has quite a few love songs (including "C#(tion)", which was covered by Green Day, and "Sweet Valentine"), which was something that was phased out on later albums. The record closes with Fifteen's only piano ballad, "The End", which is often considered to be one of the band's best songs. The album's CD edition, released on February 10, 1992, contains the band's self-titled EP from the previous year as bonus tracks. The album was re-released in 2017 by Dead Broke Records on vinyl, CD, and digitally.

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Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Jeff Ott, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intentions"	3:50
2.	"Definition"	4:25
3.	"C#(tion)"	4:06
4.	"Someday" (lyrics by Jack Curran; music by Ott and Curran)	4:17
5.	"Alienation"	3:25

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Implications"	4:17
7.	"Resolution"	4:56
8.	"Inclination" (lyrics by Jack Curran; music by Ott and Curran)	3:02
9.	"Subdivision"	4:24
10.	"The End"	3:25
Total length:		40:10

CD bonus tracks (*Fifteen* EP)
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Liberation" (lyrics by Ott and Ricardo Lopez)	2:58
12.	"Sweet Valentine" (lyrics by Jack Curran; music by Ott and Curran)	3:58
13.	"Devotion" (lyrics by Jack Curran; music by Ott)	3:55
14.	"Imagination" (lyrics by Jack Curran; music by Ott and Curran)	3:27
Total length:		14:19

Personnel edit

Jeff Ott – lead vocals, guitar, piano
Jack Curran (credited as Tommy Moreno) – bass, backing vocals
Mark Moreno – drums, backing vocals
Mikey Mischief – drums on CD bonus tracks

Production

Kevin Army – producer
Andy Ernst – producer of CD bonus tracks
John Golden – mastering

References edit

^ Twistworthy, Mark (February 2018). "FIFTEEN: Swain's First Bike Ride: LP". Razorcake (102): 84 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Twistworthy, Mark (February 2018). "FIFTEEN: Swain's First Bike Ride: LP". Razorcake (102): 84 – via Internet Archive.

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