Making Enemies Is Good

Making Enemies Is Good is an album by Backyard Babies, released in 2001. The album includes the band's hit songs "The Clash" and "Brand New Hate". Making Enemies Is Good was produced by Thomas Skogsberg, who also contributed a keyboard solo to the song "Colours".

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, glam punk
Length	42:11
Label	RCA/BMG
Producer	Thomas Skogsberg & Backyard Babies
Backyard Babies chronology
Total 13 (1998) Making Enemies Is Good (2001) Stockholm Syndrome (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Kerrang!	[2]
Metal Rules	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love to Roll"		2:04
2.	"Payback"		3:04
3.	"Brand New Hate"	Backyard Babies, Ginger	3:01
4.	"Colours"		4:49
5.	"Star War"		3:06
6.	"The Clash"	Backyard Babies, Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikström	3:06
7.	"My Demonic Side"		3:36
8.	"The Kids Are Right"		2:57
9.	"Ex-Files"		3:36
10.	"Heaven 2.9"		2:50
11.	"Too Tough to Make Some Friends"		2:17
12.	"Painkiller"	Backyard Babies, Tyla	5:33
13.	"Bigger W/A Trigger"		2:06
Total length:			42:11

All tracks are written by Backyard Babies, except where noted.

Personnel

Backyard Babies

• Nicke Borg – lead vocals, guitar
• Dregen – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Star War"
• Johan Blomqvist – bass guitar
• Peder Carlsson – drums

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 82 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 72

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[8]	Gold	40,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.