Crimes (album)

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Crimes
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004
RecordedMarch–April 2004, Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Post-hardcore
Length39:04
Label V2
Epitaph (reissue)
Producer John Goodmanson
The Blood Brothers chronology
...Burn, Piano Island, Burn
(2003)
Crimes
(2004)
Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 85/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound (9/10) [3]
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Stylus Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Crimes is the fourth studio album by the American band The Blood Brothers, released on October 12, 2004, by V2 Records. It was the band's first major label album. Produced by John Goodmanson, the album was recorded in two months in the band's hometown of Seattle.

Contents

Lyrical content

Much of the lyrics for the album are a political reaction to the mass media and the military policy of the Bush administration, [7] inspired heavily by the election year of 2004. "I thought the collective dissent of our generation would bring about positive change. When that didn't happen I felt like the bottom had fallen out," vocalist Jordan Blilie commented. [8]

Track listing

All songs written by The Blood Brothers.

  1. "Feed Me to the Forest" – 2:23
  2. "Trash Flavored Trash" – 2:38
  3. "Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck" – 3:14
  4. "Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers" – 4:31
  5. "Teen Heat" – 2:07
  6. "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy" – 3:52
  7. "Crimes" – 4:00
  8. "My First Kiss at the Public Execution" – 2:50
  9. "Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret" – 3:12
  10. "Beautiful Horses" – 1:47
  11. "Wolf Party" – 3:28
  12. "Celebrator" – 2:16
  13. "Devastator" – 2:45

2009 reissue bonus tracks [9]

  1. "Ladies and Gentlemen" - 2:46
  2. "Metronomes" - 4:55
  3. "Crimes (alt. version)" - 3:55
  4. "Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers (alt. version)" - 3:30
  5. "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck (live)" - 3:21
  6. "Trash Flavored Trash - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:44
  7. "Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 4:39
  8. "My First Kiss at the Public Execution - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:35
  9. "Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 3:45
  10. "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 4:04
  11. "Teen Heat - Live" (Reading Festival 2005) - 2:02

Album leak

The album was originally leaked as a 19-track unmastered CD. The following tracks were on the leaked version but not the final version of the album:

Of the cut tracks, "Ladies and Gentlemen". "Metronomes" and the alternate version of "Crimes" were released on the band's Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck EP released in 2006.

Personnel

The Blood Brothers
Additional performers
Production and design

Vinyl information

First pressing: 333 copies

Second pressing: 3,050 copies

Third pressing: 979 copies

Fourth pressing: 1,014 copies

Fifth pressing:

Sixth pressing

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