Welcome Interstate Managers

Welcome Interstate Managers
Studio album by Fountains of Wayne
Released	June 10, 2003
Recorded	2003, Stratosphere Sound
Genre	Power pop, alternative rock
Length	55:08
Label	S-Curve Records
Producer	Adam Schlesinger, Chris Collingwood, Mike Denneen
Fountains of Wayne chronology
Utopia Parkway (1999) Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) Out-of-State Plates (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10) link
Robert Christgau	(A-) link
Rolling Stone	link
The Tune	(B+) link

Welcome Interstate Managers is an album by Fountains of Wayne. It was released on June 10, 2003. The album's title was taken from a hotel marquee sign. The album received a Metacritic score of 86, or universal acclaim. The album includes the hit song "Stacy's Mom", which garnered significant airplay in 2003. "Mexican Wine" was the second single. The record label then promoted "Hey Julie", but the track did not match the chart success of "Stacy's Mom".

The ballad "All Kinds of Time", which describes a football quarterback executing a textbook-perfect play in slow-motion, was used by the NFL in a promotional video that first aired during the 2004 season. This song was also used in the Season 4 episode of Scrubs, "My Ocardial Infarction," which first aired on January 18, 2005, and the Season 1 episode of One Tree Hill, "Spirit in the Night". The song "All Kinds of Time" was also used in another episode of Scrubs, "My Half-Acre."

In December 2008, "Valley Winter Song" was used in an L.L.Bean commercial.

In 2009, Katy Perry performed a cover of "Hackensack" on MTV Unplugged.

In 2011, The Wonder Years did a cover of "Hey Julie" for the charity compilation album Vs. The Earthquake for earthquake and tsunami in Japan

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger.

1. "Mexican Wine" – 3:23
2. "Bright Future in Sales" – 3:06
3. "Stacy's Mom" – 3:18
4. "Hackensack" – 3:00
5. "No Better Place" – 4:06
6. "Valley Winter Song" – 3:35
7. "All Kinds of Time" – 4:22
8. "Little Red Light" – 3:35
9. "Hey Julie" – 2:37
10. "Halley's Waitress" – 3:35
11. "Hung Up on You" – 3:59
12. "Fire Island" – 2:57
13. "Peace and Love" – 3:26
14. "Bought for a Song" – 4:02
15. "Supercollider" – 5:05
16. "Yours and Mine" – 1:04
17. "Elevator Up" (Japan bonus track) – 4:02
18. "Adam's Mom" (Japan bonus track) – 3:18

Personnel

• Chris Collingwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Adam Schlesinger – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Jody Porter – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Young – drums