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Track Listing
1. Welcome to the New South
2. Ghosts of Me and You
3. Look What Happened
4. Science of Selling Yourself Short, The
5. Short Fuse Burning
6. Motown Never Sounded So Good
7. Upwards War and Downturned Cycle, The
8. Escape From the a-Bomb House
9. Best Wishes to Your Black Lungs
10. She's Gonna Break Soon
11. That's Why They Call It a Union
12. Plastic Cup Politics
13. The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out / Screws Fall Out
14. Surrender - (bonus track)
| Details | | Producer: | Rob Cavallo | | Distributor: | WEA (distr) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Less Than Jake: Chris (vocals, guitar); Roger (vocals, bass); JR (saxophone); Buddy (trombone); Vinnie (drums).
Additional personnel: Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); Luis Conte (percussion); Heather Tabor (background vocals).
Recorded at Piety Street Recording, New Orleans, Louisiana and Morning View Studio, Malibu, California between October and December 2002.
This limited-edition of ANTHEM features a bonus DVD and T-shirt.
Less Than Jake: Chris (vocals, guitar); Roger (vocals, bass); JR (saxophone); Buddy (trombone); Vinnie (drums).
Additional personnel: Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); Luis Conte (percussion); Heather Tabor (background vocals).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Still soldiering on in 2003 after spending the prior decade being overlooked by the commercial masses during the pop-punk revolution, Less Than Jake hits the ground running with ANTHEM and its collection of songs touching on the insecurity and social woes afflicting the band's core teen audience. When this Florida quintet isn't bashing out songs about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown ("She's Gonna Break Soon") or lacking faith in yourself ("The Science of Selling Yourself Short") they're keeping the mood suitably bleak by singing about lacking direction in life ("The Upwards War and the Down Turned Cycle").
Amid all this doom-and-gloom, horn players Buddy and JR give the proceedings a peppy edge with a one-two punch that accentuates Less Than Jake's ska influences, particularly on the caffeinated "Plastic Cup Politics" and Mighty Mighty Bosstones-flavored "Look What Happened." Even though Less Than Jake take an unusually serious approach towards ANTHEM, this former Bon Jovi opening act manages to inject some levity by including a bonus cover of "Surrender" and doing Cheap Trick proud.
Still soldiering on in 2003 after spending the prior decade being overlooked by the commercial masses during the pop-punk revolution, Less Than Jake hits the ground running with ANTHEM and its collection of songs touching on the insecurity and social woes afflicting the band's core teen audience. When this Florida quintet isn't bashing out songs about a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown ("She's Gonna Break Soon") or lacking faith in yourself ("The Science of Selling Yourself Short") they're keeping the mood suitably bleak by singing about lacking direction in life ("The Upwards War and the Down Turned Cycle").
Amid all this doom-and-gloom, horn players Buddy and JR give the proceedings a peppy edge with a one-two punch that accentuates Less Than Jake's ska influences, particularly on the caffeinated "Plastic Cup Politics" and Mighty Mighty Bosstones-flavored "Look What Happened." Even though Less Than Jake take an unusually serious approach towards ANTHEM, this former Bon Jovi opening act manages to inject some levity by including a bonus cover of "Surrender" and doing Cheap Trick proud.
Industry Reviews
...A high energy joyride that's pleasantly fast-paced...
CMJ (06/02/2003)
...Their way tuneful, sorta emo seventh album often lives up to its title... - Grade: B
Spin (07/01/2003)
3 out of 5 stars - ...A precision-produced guided missile seeking the hearts of socially awkward skate punks everywhere...
Rolling Stone (06/12/2003)
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