Goo Goo Dolls (album)

Goo Goo Dolls is the debut studio album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released on June 9, 1987 through Mercenary Records and Celluloid Records. The album was later reissued as, First Release.

History
Goo Goo Dolls is the hardest to find of all the band's studio albums, being only an LP, out of print, and not in wide circulation to begin with. The song "I'm Addicted" was the only song from Goo Goo Dolls represented on the band's 2001 compilation album, What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce. The song "Torn Apart" was also included on the compilation album Vol.2, which consisted of other album tracks, b-sides and rarities.

The album was recorded in three days during the winter of 1986, on a $750 budget at Trackmaster's Studio in Buffalo. The band admitted in their 1999 VH1 Behind the Music special that the album was recorded under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Rzeznik stated "[We had] a lot of beer, a lot of truck stop speed, a lot of pot...[I] don't remember a lot of it."

Band members

 * John Rzeznik – guitars, composer (tracks 1–4, 6–7, 9–14)
 * Robby Takac – bass, vocals, composer (tracks 1–4, 6–7, 9–14)
 * George Tutuska – drums, composer (tracks 1–4, 6–7, 9–14)

Other personnel

 * Jack Albert – engineer, piano
 * Pete Brown – composer (track 5)
 * Jack Bruce – composer (track 5)
 * J. Caruso – engineer


 * Eric Clapton – composer (track 5)
 * Buck Dharma – composer (track 8)
 * Nick Faigin – design