Hate Your Friends
The Lemonheads · 1987
36 min · 20 tracks · alternative rock
A raw collection of punk-inflected melodies and angst-filled lyrics, capturing youthful disillusionment in under three minutes per track.
Top tracks — play these first
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Hate Your Friends — The titular track encapsulates the album's ethos with driving energy and a catchy chorus that resonates with teenage rebellion.
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Glad I Don't Know — Opening with an infectious riff, this track cleverly captures a sense of carefree naivety mixed with an underlying urgency, setting the tone for the album.
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Don't Wanna — At just under two minutes, this song delivers a punchy critique of apathy with an urgency that reflects the band's punk roots and youthful angst.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album captures youthful angst with raw energy but lacks the polish and depth of later works.
What we noticed
- The album features a consistent use of distorted guitars and straightforward drumming, typical of punk rock aesthetics.
- Several songs employ a verse-chorus structure, but often with abrupt transitions that reflect the raw energy of the performances.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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5/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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4/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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6/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- brief energetic bursts of emotion
- for quick listen breaks
- frantic pace for restless minds
- sing-along anthems with friends
Maybe skip if you
- prefer longer, drawn-out tracks
- dislike short, punchy songs
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in June 1987, 'Hate Your Friends' is The Lemonheads' debut album, marking their entry into the alternative rock scene. At this point, the band was still finding its sound, honing a blend of punk rock and catchy melodies that would define their future work.
- Stylistic neighbors
- The Posies· Teenage Fanclub· Matthew Sweet
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Glad I Don't Know 1:27
- 2 I Like To 0:53
- 3 Rabbit 1:17
- 4 Don't Wanna 1:39
- 5 3-9-4 1:54
- 6 Nothing True 1:59
- 7 Second Chance 2:08
- 8 Sneakyville 1:04
- 9 Amazing Grace 1:25
- 10 Belt 1:49
- 11 Hate Your Friends 2:20
- 12 Don't Tell Yourself 3:04
- 13 Uhhh 1:30
- 14 Fed Up 2:52
- 15 Rat Velvet 1:39
- 16 Fucked Up 1:01
- 17 Ever 2:49
- 18 Sad Girl 1:47
- 19 Buried Alive 2:40
- 20 Gotta Stop 1:10
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