Making Enemies Is Good

Making Enemies Is Good
Making Enemies Is Good
Studio album by Backyard Babies
Released	2001
Recorded	Great Linford Manor, Milton Keynes, UK;; Megaphon Studios, Stockholm, Sweden;; MVG Studios, Stockholm;; AKM Studio, Vaxholm, Sweden.
Genre	Hard rock, Punk rock
Length	42:11
Label	RCA/BMG
Producer	Thomas Skogsberg & Backyard Babies
Backyard Babies chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Metal Rules	^[2]

Making Enemies Is Good is an album by Backyard Babies, released in 2001. A number of tracks were co-written by Ginger of The Wildhearts. The album contains big hits such as "The Clash" and "Brand New Hate". The album was produced by the famous producer Thomas Skogsberg. Skogsberg also plays a keyboard solo in the song "Colours".

Track listing[]

All songs by Backyard Babies, except where noted.

"I Love to Roll" - 2:04
"Payback" - 3:03
"Brand New Hate" - 3:01 (Backyard Babies, Ginger)
"Colours" - 4:49
"Star War" - 3:06
"The Clash" - 3:06 (Backyard Babies, Thomander, Wikström)
"My Demonic Side" - 3:36
"The Kids Are Right" - 2:57
"Ex-Files" - 3:36
"Heaven 2.9" - 2:50
"Too Tough to Make Some Friends" - 2:17
"Painkiller" - 5:33 (Backyard Babies, Tyla)
"Bigger W/A Trigger" - 2:06

Personnel[]

Backyard Babies

Nicke Borg - lead vocals, guitar
Dregen - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Star War"
Johan Blomqvist - bass guitar
- drums

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[3]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[4]	82
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[5]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (2001)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	72

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)^[7]	Gold	40,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ Making Enemies Is Good at AllMusic
^ Metal Rules review
^ "Backyard Babies: Making Enemies Is Good" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Årslista Album – År 2001" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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[1] Making Enemies Is Good at AllMusic

[2] Metal Rules review

[ac_Finland_Backyard_Babies-3] "Backyard Babies: Making Enemies Is Good" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[ac_Germany4_Backyard_Babies-4] "Offiziellecharts.de – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[ac_Sweden_Backyard_Babies-5] "Swedishcharts.com – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[6] "Årslista Album – År 2001" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[SwedenBackyard_BabiesMaking_Enemies_Is_GoodalbumCertRef-7] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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