How I Quit Smoking

How I Quit Smoking
Studio album by Lambchop
Released	January 30, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Alternative country
Length	52:55
Label	Merge
Producer	"Your Starry Eyes"
Lambchop chronology
I Hope You're Sitting Down/Jack's Tulips (1994) How I Quit Smoking (1996) Thriller (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	5/5[2]
Mojo	[3]
NME	8/10[4]

How I Quit Smoking is the second studio album by the American rock band Lambchop, released on January 30, 1996, by Merge Records.

The song "The Man Who Loved Beer" is an adaptation of the poem "The Man Who Was Tired of Life" from the ancient Egyptian text Dispute between a man and his Ba (c. 2000–1700 BC). The song was in turn later covered by David Byrne.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kurt Wagner, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For Which We Are Truly Thankful"		2:59
2.	"The Man Who Loved Beer"	Wagner Donald Charles Book "Unknown Egyptian, c. 1990 B.C."	2:48
3.	"The Militant"		3:36
4.	"We Never Argue"		4:14
5.	"Life's Little Tragedy"		4:16
6.	"Suzieju"		4:24
7.	"All Smiles and Mariachi"		3:31
8.	"The Scary Caroler"		4:43
9.	"Smuckers"		4:33
10.	"The Militant" (reprise)		2:56
11.	"Garf"		4:31
12.	"Your Life as a Sequel"		4:19
13.	"Theöne"	Wagner Elton John Bernie Taupin	4:55
14.	"Again"		1:10
Total length:			52:55

Personnel

Sourced from AllMusic.[1]

Lambchop

• Kurt Wagner - vocals, guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar
• Paul Niehaus - double neck guitar
• John Delworth - Farfisa and Hammond organs
• Jonathan Marx - clarinet, cornet, alto sax, vocals
• Deanna Varagona - alto and baritone saxophones, vocals
• Allen Lowrey - drums

References

1. Wolff, Kurt. "How I Quit Smoking – Lambchop". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
2. "Lambchop: How I Quit Smoking". Alternative Press. No. 94. May 1996. p. 67.
3. "Lambchop: How I Quit Smoking". Mojo. No. 150. May 2006. p. 121.
4. "Lambchop: How I Quit Smoking". NME. January 20, 1996. p. 44.