Five Stories Falling

Five Stories Falling
EP by Thursday
Released	October 22, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Emo, screamo
Length	23:46
Label	Victory
Producer	Sal Villanueva
Thursday chronology
Full Collapse (2001) Five Stories Falling (2002) War All the Time (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	Unfavorable [2]
IGN	9/10 [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Five Stories Falling is a five-song EP released by Thursday in 2002. The first four tracks are live versions of songs from Full Collapse , recorded while the band performed on the Vans Warped Tour. The fifth track, a new song named "Jet Black New Year", quickly became popular amongst fans; the song featured Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performing screamed background vocals. The EP also featured stories by each of the band members, including touring (and now permanent) keyboardist Andrew Everding.

On their UK Tour in 2006, when introducing the song "Jet Black New Year", lead singer Geoff Rickly publicly urged the crowd present not to purchase this E.P. but to download "Jet Black New Year" instead.^{[ citation needed ]}

It reached #197 on the Billboard 200. ^[5]

Tracks

All lyrics are written by Geoff Rickly; all music is composed by Thursday.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Autobiography of a Nation" (live)	4:25
2.	"Understanding in a Car Crash" (live)	5:26
3.	"Standing on the Edge of Summer" (live)	4:18
4.	"Paris in Flames" (live)	4:50
5.	"Jet Black New Year"	4:49

Personnel

• Geoff Rickly - vocals
• Tucker Rule - drums, backing vocals
• Tom Keeley - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Tim Payne - bass, backing vocals
• Steve Pedulla - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Gerard Way - backing vocals on "Jet Black New Year"
• Sal Villanueva - production, engineering
• Rumblefish - mixing

Charts

Chart performance for Five Stories Falling

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [5]	197
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [6]	6
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [7]	10

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Green, Stuart (February 1, 2003). "Thursday Five Stories Falling". Exclaim!. Ian Danzig. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
3. "Reader Review: Five Stories Falling". IGN . May 22, 2003. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018.
4. Rolling Stone review
5. "Thursday Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
6. "Thursday Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
7. "Thursday Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2025.