How Pop Can You Get?

How Pop Can You Get? was the first and only album by American band The Bats.

• Members were Jon Brion, Bill Murphy and Don "Riff" Fertman.
• It was recorded in New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut and released on the Gustav label (Gustav UA1001) in the fall of 1982.
• Called "The Pop(ulist) album of the Year" by OP: The Lost Music network, the record received much critical acclaim and was even a Billboard magazine "Recommended LP" when reviewed in the October 2, 1982 issue. The album, however, ultimately failed to chart.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by The Bats (Jon Brion, Bill Murphy, Don Fertman)

1. "Chauve-Souris" – :45
2. "How Pop Can You Get?" – 2:42
3. "Not Easy For Me" – 3:33
4. "Will She ever Come Around?" – 3:15
5. "Mr. Peculiar" – 2:45
6. "Living In Alaska" – 3:05
7. "Not My Girl Anymore" – 3:15
8. "Something Ventured" – 3:26
9. "Hey Teen-Age" – 5:25
10. "Why Does Suzy Have Bad Dreams?" – 3:07
11. "Paranoid Schizophrenic" – 3:01
12. "Every Night" – 3:58
13. "Too Out Bottom of the Ninth" – 7:26

Other websites

• ^{[permanent dead link]}-Download album at iTunes
• Review-"Willfully Obscure"
• Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Review-"Ex-Libris"
• Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Review Mog.com
• Nail Polish Soundtrack at IMDB