Quantity Is Job 1

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Overview

Quantity is Job 1 was Five Iron Frenzy's first release distributed by EMI, and most of it was written in a two-week period before being recorded.<ref name="Musique">Musique, Sucre'. (1999). Interview with Reese Roper, from bandoppler.com. Now hosted at the Internet Archive. [1]</ref> Unlisted on the package are tracks nine through seventeen, which include both "These Are Not My Pants (The Rock Opera)" and a studio outtake. Musically, the album captures the band's slapstick humor style<ref name="7b_22"/> in a way that almost equates to a live show. Douglas TenNapel created the artwork. Despite being billed as an EP, the album is roughly the same length as the band's other LPs.

Lyrical content

Lyrical themes addressed include unconditional love ("Dandelions"),<ref name="CMT_99_6"/> the riots in Denver after Super Bowl XXXII ("Get Your Riot Gear"),<ref name="CMT_99_6"/><ref name="FIF_bd2">Interview with Five Iron Frenzy. (2001). From bandoppler.com. Now hosted at the Internet Archive. [2]</ref> the constant rumors of the band's demise ("The Untimely Death of Brad").<ref name="CMT_99_6"/> The album also contains a cover of ELOs "Sweet Talkin' Woman." Perhaps the most cryptic song is the opener "My Evil Plan to Save the World", which according to Reese Roper is about "all of us that have ever thought that our own small minds could come up with a plan greater and more perfect than God's."<ref name="CMT_99_6"/>

"All That Is Good", which (according to one reviewer) is a reprise from 1 Thessalonians 5:21,<ref name="CMT_99_6"/> was written in response to the 1998 Ska Against Racism tour.<ref name="7b_23"/> In it the band questions the effectiveness of their faith and ministry on those around them.<ref name="7b_23"/>

Quantity also contains examples of Five Irons' "edgy sarcastic humor."<ref name="TBooth_Bell"/> The eight tracks of the "Pants" sequence is a multi-genre "rock opera" about a pair of pants which has no apparent owner. For the sequence, which was completely improvised in the studio, each band member was assigned a style.<ref name="7b_23">Template:Cite journal</ref> Styles include rap, reggae, and country western, among others. The sequence, according to Cross Rhythms, "actually IS more ridiculous than it sounds!",<ref name="CM_61"/> and has been called in other places "brilliance personified".<ref name="CCM_21_7"/>

Another example is "The Untimely Death of Brad", which is about the dangers posed by the Internet and tabloid culture.<ref name="7b_23"/> The song stems from a show where Brad was not available due to a wedding he was attending and Bret Barker replaced him on stage. Reese Roper joked that Brad was not performing because he was dead and, what happened next was "... someone made this posting on the internet that he was dead... It seemed there were always new rumors about it."<ref name="7b_23"/> The band helped to promote the rumors (in jest) by writing this song, releasing Brad Is Dead, a vinyl EP, and telling audiences that he had "passed on" at shows where he did not appear.<ref name="7b_23"/>

Track listing

All lyrics written by Reese Roper, except where noted otherwise. Template:Track listing

Personnel

Five Iron Frenzy

• Keith Hoerig – bass guitar, vocals on "Heavy Metal"
• Micah Ortega – guitar, vocals on "Hip-hop"
• Reese Roper – lead vocals
• Scott Kerr – guitar, vocals on "Cha Cha"
• Andrew Verdecchio – drums, vocals on "R&B"
• Dennis Culp – trombone, vocals, vocals on "Meat Loaf"
• Leanor (Jeff the Girl) Ortega – sax, vocals on "Salsa"
• Nathanael (Brad) Dunham – trumpet, vocals on "Reggae"