Good Views, Bad News

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Good Views, Bad News
Good Views Bad News Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Broadway Calls
ReleasedAugust 18, 2009
RecordedEarly 2009
Studio Fort Collins, Colorado
Genre Pop punk, punk rock
Length34:09
Label SideOneDummy
Producer Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore
Broadway Calls chronology
Broadway Calls
(2007)		Good Views, Bad News
(2009)		Comfort/Distraction
(2013)
Singles from Good Views, Bad News
  1. "Be All That You Can't Be"
    Released: July 21, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Good Views, Bad News is the second album by the punk rock band Broadway Calls. It was recorded at Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, [4] Produced by Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson [5] & Jason Livermore. [6]

Contents

Release

The album was preceded by the single "Be All That You Can't Be", released on July 21, 2009 [7] [8] on 7" vinyl in 3 colours. [9] On August 4, 2009, "Tonight Is Alive" was posted on the band's Myspace profile. [10] Three days later, a music video was released for "Be All You Can't Be". [11] On the album's release date, each of the tracks were made available for streaming through a different website, such as "Midnight Hour" through Punknews.org. [12] They appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August 2009. [13] Following this, they supported Streetlight Manifesto on their North American tour. [14] In October and November 2009, they supported the Bouncing Souls on their headlining US tour, and appeared at The Fest. [15] [16] In November and December 2009, they went on a European tour with Set Your Goals and Fireworks. [17] In January 2010, the band supported Anti-Flag on their headlining US tour for a few shows. [18] In March 2010, the band appeared at Harvest of Hope Fest and the South by Southwest music conference. [19] [20] Bookending these performances were a handful of shows with Red City Radio and Cobra Skulls. Following this, the band went on a North American tour with the Flatliners and Cobra Skulls until April 2010. [21] Additional dates were added, extending the trek into May 2010. [22] On May 13, 2010 a music video was released for "Basement Royalty". [23] In August 2010, the band performed at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. [22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Broadway Calls.

Good Views, Bad News
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight Hour"2:50
2."Be All That You Can't Be"2:57
3."Election Night"3:12
4."Basement Royalty"3:04
5."To the Sheets"2:45
6."Give Up the Ghost"2:56
7."Sundowners"3:09
8."Tonight Is Alive"3:48
9."Best Year"3:39
10."Wake Up Call"2:59
11."At the End"2:50
Total length:34:09
Bonus tracks
UK bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."The Call Out"2:11

Personnel

Ty Vaughn - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Matt Koenig - Bass/Vocals
Josh Baird - Drums / Percussion

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