If Memory Serves Us Well

If Memory Serves Us Well
Studio album by Death of Samantha
Released	December 3, 2013
Recorded	December 22, 2011
Studio	Venue Studios, Euclid, OH
Genre	Post-punk
Length	74:55
Label	St. Valentine
Producer	Death of Samantha
Death of Samantha chronology
Come All Ye Faithless (1989) If Memory Serves Us Well (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	(7/10)[2]

If Memory Serves Us Well is an album by post-punk band Death of Samantha, released on December 3, 2013 by St. Valentine Records. It comprises re-recordings of previously released Death of Samantha tracks.

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Petkovic, all music composed by John Petkovic, except "Couldn't Forget 'Bout That (One Item)" and "Blood Creek" by Doug Gillard.

No.	Title	Originally from (date)	Length
1.	"Coca-Cola and Licorice"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	4:01
2.	"Bed of Fire"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	2:05
3.	"Now It's Your Turn (To Be a Martyr)"	Come All Ye Faithless (1989)	3:36
4.	"Conviction"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	3:29
5.	"Couldn't Forget 'Bout That (One Item)"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	6:34
6.	"Savior City"	Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)	4:51
7.	"Good Friday" (Take Two Edit)	Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)	5:49
8.	"Rosenberg Summer"	Rosenberg Summer 7" (1989)	4:16
9.	"Sexual Dreaming"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	3:09
10.	"Blood & Shaving Cream"	Laughing in the Face of a Dead Man (1986)	3:02
11.	"Geisha Girl"	Come All Ye Faithless (1989)	5:48
12.	"Monkey Face"	Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)	3:24
13.	"Simple as That"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	3:20
14.	"Yellow Fever"	Laughing in the Face of a Dead Man (1986)	3:31
15.	"Turquoise Hand"	Strungout on Jargon (1986)	3:05
16.	"Harlequin Tragedy"	Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)	4:47
17.	"Amphetamine"	Amphetamine/Simple as That 7" (1985)	4:15
18.	"Blood Creek"	Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)	5:53

Personnel

Adapted from the If Memory Serves Us Well liner notes.^[3]

Death of Samantha Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals David James – bass guitar, backing vocals John Petkovic – lead vocals, guitar, clarinet Steve-O – drums

Production and additional personnel Death of Samantha – production, mixing Paul Gold – mastering Travis Harrison – mixing Mike Selfert – recording Craig Semetko – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2013	St. Valentine	CD, LP	SVR-30

External links

• If Memory Serves Us Well at Discogs (list of releases)

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Death of Samantha: If Memory Serves Us Well > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
2. Houle, Zachary (July 9, 2013). "Death of Samantha: If Memory Serves Us Well". PopMatters. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
3. If Memory Serves Us Well (booklet). Death of Samantha. Cleveland, Ohio: St. Valentine Records. 2013.