| Before the Blackout | ||||
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| Released | October 11, 2005 | |||
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| Length | 46:05 | |||
| Label | Drive-Thru | |||
| Producer | Dennis Hill, Kyle Homme | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 72% [1] |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | 5/10 [3] |
| Ox-Fanzine | 9/10 [4] |
Before the Blackout is Allister's third studio album.
On July 14, 2005, Before the Blackout was announced for release in three months' time; that same day, "Study in Economics" was made available for streaming. [5] It was released on October 11, 2005 on Drive-Thru Records. Between October and December 2005, they supported Fenix TX on their farewell US tour. [6] They closed the year playing four holiday shows with Catch 22. [7] From late January until early March 2006, the band supported Mest on their tour of the US. [8] In March and April 2007, Allister went on a tour of Japan, before breaking up. [9] They played a final show in Chicago, Illinois. [10]
(all songs written by Allister, except where noted otherwise)
The Japanese version of the album, issued through In-n-Out Records, includes a bonus track. The track, sung in Japanese, is a cover version of a 1993 The Boom song.
Fenix TX is an American pop punk band. The band originally formed as Riverfenix in 1995 in Houston, Texas. Under that name, they independently released an EP, G.B.O.H., and an album, Riverfenix, before having to change their name due to a cease and desist order from the estate of actor River Phoenix. Following the change of name, they signed with major label MCA Records in 1999. On MCA, they released two further albums, 1999's Fenix TX and 2001's Lechuza, which collectively sold over 600,000 units. The band broke up in 2002 over creative differences.
Allister is an American pop-punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1994 as Phineas Gage when the original band members were still in high school. In 1998, Allister became one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. They went on hiatus in 2007, then reunited in 2010, and have been touring and recording again since. They have released six studio albums: Dead Ends and Girlfriends (1999), Last Stop Suburbia (2002), Before the Blackout (2005), Countdown to Nowhere (2010), Life Behind Machines (2012), and 20 Years and Counting (2019). The band also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover.
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