Hand Over Your Loved Ones is the second studio album released by American alternative rock band Wheatus

Wheatus

Wheatus are an American rock group from Northport, New York. They are known for their 2000 single "Teenage Dirtbag" which was featured in the movie Loser, as well as in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill.-1995-2002: Formation and Wheatus:...

. The album was released on 8 September 2003 by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

. Due to conflicts between the band and their record label, the album was poorly promoted, failed to sell well and only one single, "American In Amsterdam", was released from it. Free from their contract with Sony, Wheatus released five songs from the album on iTunes as The Lemonade EP in 2004, followed in 2005 by a complete re-release of the album, with two additional songs, entitled Suck Fony

Suck Fony

Suck Fony is a re-release of American alternative band Wheatus' poorly-promoted second album Hand Over Your Loved Ones. The album was released in February 2005 on the band's own record label, Montauk Mantis, after they decided to leave Sony BMG...

, on the band's own record label, Montauk Mantis

Montauk Mantis

Montauk Mantis is the record label created by rock group Wheatus following their departure from Sony Records. There is currently a website being built. The logo consists of the Wheatus 'W' logo, with the regular 'W' vertically reversed over the top....

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Track listing

1. "American In Amsterdam" – 3:58
2. "The Song That I Wrote When You Dissed Me" – 4:04
3. "Anyway" – 4:09
4. "Freak On" – 4:44
5. "Lemonade" – 3:22
6. "The Deck" – 2:38
7. "Fair Weather Friend" – 3:25
8. "Randall" – 4:18
9. "Whole Amoeba" – 3:07
10. "Dynomite Satchel Of Pain" – 14:57

Credits

• Brendan B. Brown
  Brendan B. Brown
  Brendan B. Brown is an American musician from Northport, New York. Commonly known as BBB to fans, Brown is the only remaining founder member, lead vocalist, and guitarist in the pop rock band Wheatus, which he formed in 1995 with his brother, Pete Brown.While in Wheatus, Brown had two hits which...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , samples
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  , tambourines, shakers
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• Peter Brown – drums
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  , backing vocals, turntables
• Mike McCabe – bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Shannon Harris – rhodes
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  , clavinet
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , hammond organ
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  , tambourines
• Liz Brown – backing vocals
• Kathryn Froggatt – backing vocals
• Philip A. Jimenez– banjo
  Banjo
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  , turntables
• David Froggatt –- whistling
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  , kookaburra
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• Rakiem Walker – saxophone
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• Gerald Thomas – baritone sax
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• Michael Lewis – trumpet
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• Benjamin Morss – rhodes
• Bendji – timbales
  Timbales
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