American Radass (This Is Important)

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American Radass (This Is Important)
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2012 (2012-08-07)
Genre Emo, math rock, indie rock
Label 6131 Records
Dads chronology
Brush Your Teeth, Again ;)
(2011)
American Radass (This Is Important)
(2012)
Pretty Good
(2013)

American Radass (This Is Important) is the first studio album by the American emo band Dads. It was released on 7 August 2012 by Flannel Gurl Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk (8.6/10) [1]

American Radass (This Is Important) has received critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on two reviews. [2] Vulture ranked the song "Shit Twins" at No. 95 on their list of the 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."If Your Song Title Has The Word "Beach" in It, I'm Not Listening to It."2:38
2."Get to the Beach!"1:47
3."Honestly, Chroma, Q&A"2:10
4."Aww, C'mon Guyz"3:01
5."Shit Twins"6:55
6."Grunt Work (The '69 Sound)"1:09
7."Groin Twerk"1:47
8."Big Bag of Sandwiches"3:31
9."Bakefast at Piffany's"4:20
10."Heavy to the Touch (Think About Tonight, Forget About Tomorrow)"4:18

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References

  1. Soloman, Blake (August 7, 2012). "Dads - American Radass (This Is Important)". AbsolutePunk . Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. "Critic Reviews for American Radass". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 13, 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Cohen, Ian (2020-02-13). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-05-08.