Failure is the debut album of The Posies

The Posies

The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...

. It was first released independently in 1988 on cassette only. In 1989 it was reissued on cassette, LP and CD in 1989 on PopLlama Records

PopLlama Records

PopLlama Records is an independent record label founded by record producer Conrad Uno in Seattle, Washington, in 1984. After making several of his own demos in his basement studio, Uno would produce the Young Fresh Fellows' debut album The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest at the bands request...

. Due to time playing time restrictions imposed by the LP manufacturer the band was forced to drop one song from the PopLlama LP edition. The CD version had no time restrictions and includes the same content as the cassette.

It was later remastered and reissued again in 2004 on Houston Party Records. "I May Hate You Sometimes" appears in Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995, and was also featured in the 2000 Daria

Daria

Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...

telemovie Is It Fall Yet?

Is It Fall Yet?

Is It Fall Yet? is the first of two movie-length installments featured in MTV's animated series Daria.The two telemovies, Is It Fall Yet? and Is It College Yet?, chronicled, respectively, the summer hiatus between the school years of seasons four and five, and the second served as the show's...

as the ending-credits song.

Track listing

All songs by Jon Auer

Jon Auer

Jonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....

 and Ken Stringfellow

Ken Stringfellow

Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...

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1. "Blind Eyes Open" – 3:55
2. "The Longest Line" – 3:12
3. "Under Easy" – 3:25
4. "Like Me Too" – 3:35
5. "I May Hate You Sometimes" – 3:20
6. "Ironing Tuesdays" – 2:56
7. "Paint Me" – 4:05
8. "Believe in Something Other (Than Yourself)" – 4:10
9. "Compliment?" – 3:22
10. "At Least for Now" – 3:33
11. "Uncombined" – 4:00
12. "What Little Remains" – 2:50

Bonus tracks (15th Anniversary edition)

1. "I May Hate You Sometimes" - Demo
2. "Paint Me" - Demo
3. "Like Me Too" - Demo
4. "Allison Hubbard" - Instrumental
5. "After May A Summer Dies a Swan" - Instrumental
6. "Blind Eyes Open" - Instrumental Demo
7. "I May Hate You Sometimes" - Alternative Version
8. "Compliment?" - Alternative Version

Personnel

• Jon Auer
  Jon Auer
  Jonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....
  
   - Guitar, vocals
• Ken Stringfellow
  Ken Stringfellow
  Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...
  
  - Guitar, vocals
• Rick Roberts - Bass
• Mike Musburger - Drums