Fight the Frequency

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Fight the Frequency
Fight the Frequency Hi Fi.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 17, 2010
Recorded20072008
Genre Alternative rock, power pop
Length43:57
Label RED Distribution/Hi-Fi Killers
Producer American Hi-Fi
American Hi-Fi chronology
Live in Milwaukee
(2005)
Fight the Frequency
(2010)
Blood & Lemonade
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Ultimate Guitar 7/10 [2]

Fight the Frequency is the fourth studio album by American rock band American Hi-Fi, released on August 17, 2010. [3] Work on the album began in May 2007, when the band first entered the studio to record a follow-up to Hearts on Parade. But due to label issues and band members Stacy Jones and Jamie Arentzen touring as part of Miley Cyrus' backing band, the record's planned release for May 2009 was delayed until 2010. This is the first album to feature original drummer Brian Nolan since their 2003 album The Art of Losing . The album has been produced by the band themselves through their self-made label "Hi-Fi Killers". [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stacy Jones, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Fight the Frequency" (Kevin Hunter, Stacy Jones)3:57
2."This Is a Low"3:57
3."Where Love Is a Lie" (Hunter, Jones)3:51
4."Acetate" (Hunter, Jones)3:32
5."Lost" (Hunter, Jones, William Lefler, William Nutter, Gregory Strong)4:03
6."Keep It Like a Secret"3:09
7."Frat Clump"2:13
8."Lookout for Hope"3:18
9."A Taste for Crime"3:09
10."Stargazer"3:42
11."Bullet" (Hunter, Jones)3:55
12."Tiny Spark"5:11
Total length:43:57
iTunes edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Recover the Stars" (Hunter, Jones)4:18

Personnel

Production

Singles

"Lost" was the first and only single from the album. The video features the famous British model Keeley Hazell. Stacy Jones said that they did not do the video for the story line, just had fun with it.[ citation needed ]

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