You Make Me Hate Music

• Artist: Finechina
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• Release Date: March 26, 2002
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

It takes major brass to name an album You Make Me Hate Music -- wiseass music critics live for the kind of snarky wordplay such titles engender. Lucky for Finechina, it's difficult to hate the record outright, at least for anyone weaned on '80s mope rock like the Smiths, the Cure, and New Order, but it's hard to love, either -- the synth pop textures that dominated Finechina's earlier efforts are largely absent this time out, but the band is still struggling to define its own identity, and while it's easy to spot the aforementioned influences, moments of inspiration are in short supply. Frontman Rob Withem is capable of some fine lyrical moments, however -- for example, "Rock Can't Last Forever" begins "So I heard you got a punk band/What's so punk about that?" -- and to Finechina's credit, the band wears its Christianity a lot less overtly than many of its Tooth & Nail brethren. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Hug Every Friend	Rob Withem	Fine China	(4:01)
The Unsuccessful	Rob Withem	Fine China	(4:03)
Rock Can't Last Forever	Rob Withem	Fine China	(4:55)
Don't Say Nothing	Rob Withem	Fine China	(2:38)
You Were a Saint	Rob Withem	Fine China	(5:11)
Boo to the Freaks	Rob Withem	Fine China	(1:53)
The World Wants Me Dead	Rob Withem	Fine China	(3:21)
Your Heart Was Made of Gold	Rob Withem	Fine China	(3:53)
You Ain't Happy	Rob Withem	Fine China	(3:55)
Forget the Experts	Rob Withem	Fine China	(4:29)

Credits

Thomas Walsh (Drums), Terry Norman Taylor (Producer), Matt Wignall (Photography), Andrew D. Prickett (Mastering), Joshua Block (Keyboards), Rob Withem (Voices), Wayne Everett (Percussion), Rob Withem (Guitar), Greg Markov (Guitar (Bass))