Pop Crimes
2009 studio album by Rowland S. Howard
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Pop Crimes is the second solo album by Australian musician Rowland S. Howard, released on 16 October 2009. The album was released ten years after Howard's previous solo album Teenage Snuff Film, and 2+1⁄2 months before his death from liver cancer on 30 December.[5][6] Pop Crimes was released in the United States by Fat Possum Records in August 2014.[7] Remastered versions of both Howard's solo albums were released by Mute Records in Europe, Fat Possum in America and Bloodlines in Australia on 27 March 2020.[8]
Released16 October 2009
RecordedSummer 2008 – Winter 2009
StudioBirdland Studios, Melbourne
Length38:19
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| Released | 16 October 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2008 – Winter 2009 | |||
| Studio | Birdland Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Liberation (Australia) Fat Possum (US) | |||
| Producer | Lindsay Gravina | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters | 9/10[1] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| NME | [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Rowland S. Howard, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(I Know) A Girl Called Jonny" |
| 3:51 |
| 2. | "Shut Me Down" | 4:20 | |
| 3. | "Life's What You Make It" | 6:42 | |
| 4. | "Pop Crimes" |
| 7:23 |
| 5. | "Nothin" | 3:51 | |
| 6. | "Wayward Man" | 3:42 | |
| 7. | "Ave Maria" | 4:01 | |
| 8. | "The Golden Age of Bloodshed" | 4:29 | |
| Total length: | 38:23 | ||
Personnel
- Rowland S. Howard – vocals and guitar
- Mick Harvey – drums and organ
- J.P. Shilo – guitar, violin, "general strangeness" and bass guitar (except track 1, 5, 8)
with:
- Brian Hooper – bass guitar (6,8)
- Sean Stewart – bass guitar (1)
- Jonnine Standish – vocals (1)
- Technical
- Ken Taylor – artwork, design
- Karl Scullin – cover photography
