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All the Pain Money Can Buy
Studio album by
Fastball
ReleasedMarch 10, 1998 (1998-03-10)
Recorded1997
Genre
Length42:03
LabelHollywood
Producer
Fastball chronology
Make Your Mama Proud
(1996) 		All the Pain Money Can Buy
(1998) 		The Harsh Light of Day
(2000)
Singles from All the Pain Money Can Buy
  1. "The Way"
    Released: January 7, 1998[1]
  2. "Fire Escape"
    Released: July 20, 1998[2]
  3. "Out of My Head"
    Released: January 25, 1999[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[6]
Pitchfork5.1/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Village VoiceC [10]

All the Pain Money Can Buy is the second studio album by American rock band Fastball, released on March 10, 1998, on Hollywood Records. The album includes the hit singles "The Way" (1998), "Fire Escape" (1998), and "Out of My Head" (1999). The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in June 1998 and went Platinum in September of the same year, making it Fastball's most successful release.[11]

Background

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The members of Fastball still had side jobs as late as January 1998. Tony Scalzo worked the graveyard shift at The Bagel Manufactory in Austin. He, Shuffield, and Zuniga would be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien just four months later. Fastball's second album, All the Pain Money Can Buy, was released on Hollywood Records. Within just six months, it had sold more than a million copies.[citation needed]

The single "The Way" stayed on top of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven weeks, and was a top-five hit on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart. Scalzo was inspired to write the song in 1997 after reading a news article about Lela and Raymond Howard, an elderly couple who had disappeared in Texas. Though Lela had Alzheimer's and Raymond was recovering from brain surgery, the couple had been driving to a local festival. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route.[12] Scalzo chose to imagine that they began reminiscing and decided to become ethereal beings on a permanent romantic trip, the answer to the song's question, "Where were they going without ever knowing the way?"[13]

Fastball followed up "The Way" with a second single, "Fire Escape", and a third single, "Out of My Head", which reached the top ten on Billboard's Top 40 chart and was a top ten hit on the Adult Top 40 chart for 29 weeks. The album's promotional tour featured Marcy Playground and Everclear, after which Fastball moved to the H.O.R.D.E. Tour.

In 1999, Fastball received two Grammy Award nominations as a result of All the Pain Money Can Buy. One was for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and the other was Best Long Form Video for "The Way". They also received an MTV Award nomination for Best New Artist.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Way"Tony Scalzo4:17
2."Fire Escape"Miles Zuniga3:21
3."Better Than It Was"Scalzo2:48
4."Which Way to the Top?" (featuring Poe)
  • Zuniga
  • Jeff Groves
3:50
5."Sooner or Later"Zuniga2:39
6."Warm Fuzzy Feeling"Scalzo1:55
7."Slow Drag"Zuniga3:37
8."G.O.D. (Good Old Days)"Scalzo3:31
9."Charlie, the Methadone Man"Zuniga3:17
10."Out of My Head"Scalzo2:32
11."Damaged Goods"Zuniga3:02
12."Nowhere Road"Scalzo3:25
13."Sweetwater, Texas"Zuniga3:53
Total length:42:03
European release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Freeloader Freddy"Scalzo3:10
15."This Guy's in Love with You" (Herb Alpert cover)
3:33
16."Sweetwater, Texas" (Live)Zuniga4:16
Total length:53:08
Australia limited edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Quit Your Job"Scalzo2:14
2."The Way" (Unpaved Acoustic Version)Scalzo3:43
3."Freeloader Freddy"Scalzo3:08
4."Fire Escape" (Live)Zuniga3:14
5."This Guy's in Love with You"
  • Bacharach
  • David
3:35
20th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Quit Your Job"Scalzo2:15
15."Freeloader Freddy"Scalzo3:09
16."The Way" (Cassette demo)Scalzo3:43
17."Fire Escape" (Demo)Zuniga3:32
18."Slow Drag" (Demo)Zuniga3:43
19."Sweetwater, Texas" (Demo)Zuniga3:17
20."Androgynous" (The Replacements cover)Paul Westerberg1:51
21."This Guy's in Love with You"
  • Bacharach
  • David
3:33
22."The Way" (Unpaved Acoustic Version)Scalzo3:43
Total length:71:23

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]

Fastball

  • Tony Scalzo – vocals (lead on 1, 3, 6, 8, 12), bass guitar, keyboards
  • Miles Zuniga – vocals (lead on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13), guitar
  • Joey Shuffield – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

  • Kim Bullard – organ, keyboards, programming
  • Bennett Salvay – electric piano, horn arrangement
  • Poe – vocals on "Which Way to the Top?"
  • Walt Vincent – piano on "Sooner or Later"
  • Guy Fantasy – background vocals on "Sooner or Later"
  • Dennis Farias – trumpet on "G.O.D. (Good Old Days)"
  • Rick Braun – trumpet on "G.O.D. (Good Old Days)"
  • Nick Lane – trombone on "G.O.D. (Good Old Days)"
  • Doug Norwine – tenor sax on "G.O.D. (Good Old Days)"
  • Greg Smith – baritone sax on "G.O.D. (Good Old Days)"
  • Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick – cello on "Charlie, the Methadone Man"

Production

Charts

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 84
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 18
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 108
US Billboard 200[20] 29

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Reece, Doug (April 25, 1998). "Hollywood Has a Hit with Rockers Fastball". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 17. p. 92. 'The Way,' which shipped to modern rock and triple-A stations Jan. 7...
  2. ^ "Fire Escape". Radio & Records. No. 1257. July 17, 1998. p. 146. Modern Rock, AAA and Rock Radio July 20!
  3. ^ "Adds for January 25 & 26". Gavin Report. No. 2239. January 22, 1999. p. 36.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "All the Pain Money Can Buy – Fastball". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (March 6, 1998). "Fastball: All the Pain Money Can Buy (Hollywood)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Willman, Chris (April 17, 1998). "All the Pain Money Can Buy". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  7. ^ Mirov, Nick. "Fastball: All The Pain Money Can Buy: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "Fastball: All the Pain Money Can Buy". Q (146): 116. November 1998.
  9. ^ Randall, Mac (April 16, 1998). "Fastball: All The Pain Money Can Buy". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 22, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 1, 1998). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  11. ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Database Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  12. ^ "Salado couple shared passions for church, each other". Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  13. ^ Staggs, Matt (April 23, 2014). "Memoir in a Melody: The Tragic Disappearance Behind Fastball's 'The Way'". signature-reads.com. Penguin Random House. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  14. ^ All the Pain Money Can Buy (liner notes). Fastball. Hollywood. 1998. HR-62130-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  16. ^ "Fastball Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "Fastball: All the Pain Money Can Buy" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  18. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Fastball – All the Pain Money Can Buy". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  19. ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Adam F – FYA". zobbel.de. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  20. ^ "Fastball Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  21. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Fastball – All the Pain Money Can Buy". Music Canada. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  22. ^ "American album certifications – Fastball – All the Pain Money Can Buy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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