Track Listing

1. Welcome To Loserville
2. Ticket Outta Loserville
3. Eddie's Song
4. Little Things
5. Party's Over
6. Boy Band
7. Sick
8. Slacker
9. Holly I'm The One
10. Wear Me Down
11. Murdered In The Mosh

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28563 in Music
• Released on: 2005-11-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Special Edition
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 50 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The debut album from young James Bourne’s post-Busted band is, like his ex-bandmate Charlie’s Fightstar project, a sojourn into heavier, punkier climes. Unlike Busted, though, Son Of Dork aren’t out to alienate an audience weaned on the likes of "Year 3000" and "What I Go To School For". Rather, Welcome To Loserville--recorded with the help of Pixies/Foo Fighters producer Gil Norton--is a gradual maturation into Blink 182-style pop-punk, the first date to Busted’s schoolboy crush. "Party’s Over" is an angsty morning-after-the-night-before number, Bourne lamenting "I just watched my girlfriend get laid on the sofa", while "Murdered In The Mosh" is a barbed snapshot of punk cred-chasers ("She’s into Jane’s Addiction but she doesn’t know their songs"). All in all, it’s something of a brave admission on Bourne’s part that it’s OK to be in a pop band--and if it’s a pop band that rocks, well all the better. And unlike Fightstar, it doesn’t feel like a calculated move to placate the metalheads. As he quips on the acerbic "Boyband": "These days they’re all under nine/ So I’ll be fine…"--Louis Pattison

CD Description
'Welcome To Loserville' is the debut album by ex-Busted member James Bourne's new band, the Son Of Dork. A collection of melodic punk rock stormers, the songs are full of exuberance and energy and are reminiscent of material by bands such as Busted and Blink 182. Includes the single 'Ticket Outta Loserville'.

Customer Reviews

amazing, spectacular, highly addictive
if you're into bands like NFG and Blink 182, don't buy this album. NFG and Blink and rock bands, sod are punk rock/pop. just because they aren't your type doesnt make them bad, i love them. every song is fun and poppy, upbeat and happy. i love the album and dont regret buying it at all, i think its awesome, and hope for the best for sod. its terrible that some people feel they cant like their music because they are too ashamed. i think everyone has the right to like a band, whatever it may be, and should never feel embarrassed. i dont care is people laugh at me, I LOVE SOD!

This is a credit to the pop-punk music industry!
What can I say, this is brilliant. In my opinion there are 8 good songs out of 10 on this album.

1)Ticket Outta Loserville-the first single from the album and a great one at that. I always feel very happy after listening to this. 9/10
2)Eddie's Song-what a brilliant song about a rockstar 'having 27 kids but he doesn't know'. I love this song. One of the best on the album. 10/10
3)Little things-quite corny but I still fell in love with it. Sounds like a McFly song but that's a good thing, right? I love the intro to this song. Great! 9/10
4)Party's Over-one of the weakest songs on the album, but still a pretty good song. Sounds like it was a bit rushed when being wrote. 7/10
5)Boy Band-WOW! This is so fantastic and I just can't get enough of it! Has a fab intro and one of the strongest songs on the album. Just one flaw; will James stop trying to sound so American when he says 'tune'! 10/10
6)Sick-what a brilliant song! Another of my favourites. Brilliant guitar near the end of the song. 10/10
7)Slacker-great song. Not much to say about it really. 9/10
8)Holly I'm The One-not the best song on the album but still a really good song with a good guitar. 8/10
9)Wear Me Down-personally for me the weakest on the album, but still a well written song. Sounds too much like Busted though. 7/10
10)Murder In The Mosh-fantastic song to end the album! Love it, love it, love it!! Fabulous intro! Excellent! 10/10

This album is a great buy and I'd advise anybody to buy this album for a pop/punk fan this Christmas!

Best first album EVER!!
I LOVE this album! It's amazing. For the first time in eleven months, I don't miss busted at all! James has come back with some of the most amazing tunes I've ever heard. It runs from being like, the cheesiest of cheesy pop, (Little Things) to teenage angst that is bordering on psychotic and scary (Sick) to very meloncholy sort of black humour (Party's Over) and everything in between. I really like the fact that the songs seem really honest. They talk about their own music, about the people who are too ashamed to admit they like pop music (Murder In The Mosh) and they laugh over the fact that they'll never be taken seriously because they do make pop music and yes, they are VERY cute. (Boyband) The only thing wrong with this album is it's too short. And James spends a lot of time hiding bushes...

These guys are awesome, and they can only get better. I would recommend this to anyone, anywhere. No matter who you are or what you listen to, there is at least one song on this album you will, (even begrudgingly, privately in your room when no one's watching) like.