Because I'm Awesome

Because I'm Awesome is the second studio album by the American punk band The Dollyrots. It was released on March 13, 2007 on Blackheart Records.

Because I'm Awesome
Studio album by The Dollyrots
Released	March 13, 2007
Recorded	The Dog House (Woodland Hills, CA), Encore B (Burbank, CA), Big Brown Sound (Woodland Hills, CA), Seedy Underbelly (Valley Village, CA)
Genre	Punk rock
Length	40:41
Label	Blackheart Records
Producer	John Fields, Jacques Wait
The Dollyrots chronology
Eat My Heart Out (2004) Because I'm Awesome (2007) A Little Messed Up (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Melodic	[1]

Tracks featured in TV shows include "Because I'm Awesome", featured on Ugly Betty and "Watch Me Go (Kissed Me, Killed Me)", featured on The Simple Life. The song "Because I'm Awesome" was also featured in a back-to-school commercial for Kohl's department store as well as the 2008 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. The band performed "Because I'm Awesome" on an episode of Greek as well.

Reception

Rick Anderson on Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five.^[2] Anderson described the album as "the same tight, gleefully snotty bubblegum punk as what you heard on Eat My Heart Out, except maybe just a bit bigger and just a bit sonically fuller this time around – par for the course when a band like this starts to mature and gets the budget of an established label behind it."^[2] Lana Cooper on website PopMatters awarded the album eight out of ten,^[3] describing the band's sound as "the same as it ever was, with clever, catchy lyrics running around a track of straightforward, chugging pop-punk".^[3] In a positive review, Bill James on website Monsters and Critics said that "the album as a whole is more than can be described in any one track"^[4] and that it contained "fun, rollicking songs, often laced with a political barb and punk attitude to create a unique sound".^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Because I'm Awesome"	3:20
2.	"My Best Friend's Hot"	3:09
3.	"Out of L.A."	3:13
4.	"Brand New Key" (Melanie Safka)	2:52
5.	"Hysteria"	3:00
6.	"A Desperate S.O.S."	2:55
7.	"Watch Me Go (Kissed Me, Killed Me)"	3:10
8.	"This Crush"	3:36
9.	"Cat Calling"	3:09
10.	"17"	2:36
11.	"Nobody Wants U"	3:51
12.	"Turn You Down"	3:08
13.	"Tummy Tum Tum"	2:42

All tracks are written by The Dollyrots except where noted.

Enhanced footage

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tokyopop Out of L.A video"
2.	"SXSW video"

Japanese edition bonus tracks^[5]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Kick Me to the Curb"	2:55
15.	"Goodnight Tonight"	3:20

Digital edition bonus tracks^[6]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Boom Room"	1:53
15.	"Rebel Angel"	2:40

Personnel

The following people worked on the album:^[7]

The Dollyrots Kelly Ogden – vocals, bass, spoons Luis Cabezas – guitar, vocals, piano Amy Wood – drums Other musicians Melanie Cabezas – additional backing vocals Chris Black – additional backing vocals Jimmy Coup – additional backing vocals Kenny Laguna – additional backing vocals

Production John Fields – producer, recording, mixing Chris Testa – recording Steven Miller – mixing Jacques Wait – producer, recording, mixing, preproduction/demos Kenny Laguna – additional production Derek Bramble – recording Luis Cabezas – additional production Greg Calbi – mastering Cover Steve Dixey – cover artwork Robert Jones – bunny illustration Carianne Laguna – layout/design Jed Luczynski – back tray photo Sonja Pacho – inside photo