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Hold Your Country is the fourth studio album by American rock band Bulla, released in September 2004. The title is taken from the lyrics of the song "Fifty Shades of Grey". This is the first studio album without the guitarist Bill Lawrence since A Shoal of Dead Fish, and the first being recorded as a quartet.

Album
All lyrics written by John Langley, unless where noted.

0. Untitled (instrumental) - 1:35
 * 1) "Made in Taiwan" (music by Langley and Mike Sullivan) - 7:22
 * 2) "Buenos Aires" (music by Jim Hewitt and Stanley Miller) - 4:36
 * 3) "Blow" (music by Arnold) - 5:24
 * 4) "Fifty Shades of Grey" (lyrics co-written by Stanley Miller; music by Hewitt, Miller and Sullivan) - 5:00
 * 5) "Gun" (music by Hewitt and Miller) - 4:03
 * 6) Interlude (instrumental) - 0:57
 * 7) "Helicopters on the Skies" (music by Miller) - 6:03
 * 8) "Bodies" (music by Hewitt and Miller) - 3:56
 * 9) "Keep It Dark" (music by Hewitt and Miller) - 6:52
 * 10) "Blame It on the Rain" (music by Hewitt, Miller and Sullivan) - 5:00
 * 11) "Wrong Moment, Right Place" (music by Hewitt and Miller) - 5:42
 * 12) "Volcano World" (lyrics co-written by Sullivan; music by Hewitt, Langley and Miller) - 3:32
 * 13) "All by Myself" (lyrics co-written and music by Sullivan) - 2:58
 * 14) "Double Team" (written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass) - 3:08
 * 15) *"Don't Change Your Plans" (hidden track) (lyrics co-written by Sullivan; music by Langley) - 5:08


 * Outtakes


 * "Burn" (music by Langley)
 * "Evil Inside" (music by Sullivan)
 * "Halfway" ("Wrong Moment" working title)
 * "High Noon" (lyrics and music by Hewitt and Langley)
 * "Sometimes" (music by Hewitt)
 * "Stupid Girl" (music by Hewitt and Miller)

DVD

 * "Making of Hold Your Country" (documentary)
 * Red Rocks concert (May 22, 2004, except (*) recorded in May 23)
 * "Blame it on the Rain"
 * "Bad Company"
 * "Mad World"
 * "Animal Kingdom"
 * "Misery, Inc." (early version)
 * "Suit"
 * "Big Time"
 * "Spiders"
 * "Blow" (*)
 * "I Can't Explain"
 * "Big Devil"
 * "Sandbox"
 * "Volcano World"
 * "Insignificant Man"
 * "Bidding"
 * "Bodies"
 * "Sofasleeping"
 * "Sailor Moon"
 * "Gun"
 * "Double Team"

Special features:
 * Extra Vancouver concert
 * "Fifty Shades of Grey"
 * "Go"
 * "Made in Taiwan"
 * "Here"
 * "Bodies"
 * "Keep It Dark"
 * Low-budget videos
 * Music videos
 * "Suit"
 * "Animal Kingdom"
 * "Big Time"
 * "Volcano World"
 * "Bodies"
 * Studio recording sessions

Personnel

 * Bulla
 * Jim Hewitt - drums, percussion, cuíca on "Blame it on the Rain", tubular bells on "Fifty Shades of Grey", steel drum (on "Sometimes"), clavinet and talkbox on "Blame it on the Rain", sound effects on "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Volcano World", bongos on "All by Myself", backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, "Burn", "Don't Change Your Plans", "Sometimes" and "Stupid Girl")
 * John Langley - bass, fuzz pedal (on "Made in Taiwan" and "Evil Inside"), overdrive pedal (on "Blow") , modular synth on "Gun", distortion pedal (on "Helicopters on the Skies" and "Stupid Girl") , organ and piano plucking on "Volcano World", additional effects, trumpet on "Wrong Moment, Right Place", background vocals (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, "Burn", "Don't Change Your Plans", "Evil Inside" and "Stupid Girl")
 * Stanley Miller - lead (background on "All by Myself", "Double Team", "High Noon" and "Stupid Girl") vocals (all except the interlude, "Wrong Moment, Right Place", "All by Myself", "Double Team", "High Noon", "Don't Change Your Plans" and "Stupid Girl"), rhythm and lead guitar
 * Mike Sullivan - lead (on "Wrong Moment, Right Place", "All by Myself", "Double Team", "High Noon" and "Don't Change Your Plans"), keyboards, electric guitar (on "Volcano World", "All by Myself" and "Double Team") and background (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) vocals, MPC2000 sampler, Rhodes piano (on "Made in Taiwan", "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Bodies", "All by Myself", "Burn", "High Noon" and "Sometimes") , harmonium (on "Gun" and "Evil Inside") , programming, vocoder on "Made in Taiwan", sound effects and strings arrangement on "Fifty Shades of Grey"


 * Additional musicians
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda - additional guitar, keyboards, percussion
 * Ana Lenchantin, David Daniels, Jonathan Williams, Linnea Olsson, Martin Loveday - cello
 * Bruce White, Rachel Bolt - viola
 * Antonella Pareschi, Bernardo Bessler, Debbie Widdup, Julian Leaper, Marie Christine Bessler, Paz Lenchantin, Petra Haden - violin


 * Equipments
 * Gucci: Pearl drum kit and Vic Firth drumsticks
 * John Langley:
 * Basses: Fender Jazz, Ibanez and MusicMan
 * Pedals: Behringer Bod400, Boss Od-30 and MXR Fuzz Bass Deluxe
 * Doug Lawrence:
 * Guitars: Fender (Jaguar PF TPL and Olympic White, Squier Standard Telecaster Vintage Blonde and Stratocaster Mn Tidepool), Fernandes (1986 Craig Goldt) and Gibson Les Paul (Classic and Custom Red Wine)
 * Pedals: Dunlop Crybaby Wah Wah, Fuhrmann Lead Drive, Ibanez Tube Screamer and Mooler Green Mile
 * Stanley Miller: Danelectro (Vintage Baritone), Fender Stratocaster (HSS MN Black), Grestch (Electromatic SG), PRS (Custom 24) and Rickenbacker (360 Thinline)
 * Mike Sullivan:
 * Keyboards: Roland (E09 and Juno-D) and Yamaha PSR-450
 * Guitar: Gibson SG Deluxe 71
 * Piano: Fender Rhodes 1973


 * Production
 * Bulla - production
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda - production, recording
 * Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
 * Joe Gastwirt - mastering
 * Craig Hoover, David Cohen, Kevin Sullivan and Will Canterbury - technical assistance