Just a few months after its release, FFW has followed up their second album "More Noise" with "Reality. Sucks." This is the first FFW album to feature a sole songwriting credit from Ron Bushy. "While I'm happy to finally get a song writing credit here, [Max] Plarisse has looked it over and made a horrible edit. My first track written on the album, and its title is edited!" Bushy claims.
Personnel:
Mark Arm - lead vocals
Max Plarisse - guitar, lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, and hidden track
Ron Bushy - drums, vocals on track 3
Russ Eckerd - bass
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Track Listing:
All songs written by Plarisse except where noted
1. "I'll Always Be Beside You (With a Sharp Object In My Hands)" - 6:36
2. "Hey, Is That My Egg Beater?" - 2:43
3. "(Grumpy Old Man) In Search of a Woman" - 4:02 (Bushy)
4. "Sweet Deal! Free Sun Chips!" - 3:47
5. "IT WAS A SOUNDSTAGE ON MARS" - 2:42 (Eckerd)
6. "Reality. Sucks." - 8:38
7. "Gimme All Your Lovin' (Or Else)" - 5:35
8. "Didn't Mother Ever Tell You Not to Eat Desert Cacti?" - 5:59
9. "This Album Was Rushed. We're Sorry." - 7:09
- Hidden track at 5:34
A key track on the album is track 4, which documents a recent incident where a delivery truck, on its way to a Giant food store in Pittsburgh, accidentally crashed into a telephone pole near a theatre at where the band was playing, causing a signifigant amount of damage to the truck as well as injuring the truck driver and creating a huge traffic jam on the highway. Also of note is a hidden track at the end of the album in which Plarisse discovers on the internet that Jake Adjutant, his major influence, hates FFW and his first name and bursts into tears. It is currently unknown who recorded this and put it on the album.