848064018759

Gold Medal

The Donnas

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Cat No: RLGM18751PMI
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Format Details: Gold Smoke Vinyl / Gold Smoke Vinyl

Release Date:  14 February 2025

Label:  Real Gone Music

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  848064018759

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    Famously formed in 8th grade for a school talent show, The Donnas began as a self-styled co-ed answer to The Ramones, playing gleefully unapologetic, pop-punk paeans to adolescent alienation and hedonism from a decidedly female perspective.
    But by the time of 2004's Gold Medal, their sixth album and second for the
    major label Atlantic, the group has clearly—dare we say it?--matured. With
    the notable exception of the single (and career highlight) "Fall Behind Me,"
    Gold Medal marks a move away from the Donnas' harder/faster ethos towards a more polished (acoustic guitars…whaaat?) pop sound veering towards '70s
    psychedelia under the helm of Avril Lavigne producer Butch Walker. And you can tell it from the album's graphics, which flash vintage, Peter Max-esque
    squiggles on the front cover and feature a faux black light poster inside (which we have reproduced for this reissue along with the original printed inner
    sleeve). The result was an album that lead vocalist Brett Anderson a.k.a Donna A. deems her favorite, and one that stands as probably the most underrated album in the band's fabulous catalog (most of which we have
    recently released here at Real Gone Music). Our reissue comes in gold smoke vinyl…an overlooked early-oughties gem!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Don’t Want to Know (If You Don’t Want Me)
      • 2. Friends Like Mine
      • 3. Don’t Break Me Down
      • 4. Fall Behind Me
      • 5. Is That All You’ve Got for Me

      Side 2

      • 1. It’s So Hard
      • 2. The Gold Medal
      • 3. Out of My Hands
      • 4. It Takes One to Know One
      • 5. Revolver
      • 6. Have You No Pride