Hearts on Parade | ||||
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Released | April 12, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Studio | Black in Back | |||
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Length | 38:22 | |||
Label | Maverick | |||
Producer | Butch Walker, American Hi-Fi | |||
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Hearts on Parade is the third studio album by American rock band American Hi-Fi. It was released on April 12,2005,through Maverick Records. The album peaked at #129 on the US Billboard 200. Hearts on Parade received a nomination for "Album of the Year" at the Boston Music Awards in 2005.
This was the band's only album to feature Jason Sutter on drums before the 2007 return of original drummer Brian Nolan.
Sessions for Hearts on Parade were held at Black in Back Studios,with Butch Walker and the band co-producing the album. Paul David Hager handled recording;he mixed almost every track at Skip Saylor Recording,with assistant engineer Ian Blanch. "Hell Yeah!" and "Separation Anxiety" were mixed at Conway Recording Studios with assistant engineer Kevin Szymanski. George Marino mastered the album at Sterling Sound in New York City. [1]
Hearts on Parade was released on April 12,2005. Then went on a US tour,dubbed the Coast to Coast Roast,in June and July 2005 with Reel Big Fish,Punchline and Zolof the Rock &Roll Destroyer. [2] American Hi-Fi dropped off the tour on the around the end of June,as Reel Big Fish frontman Aaron Barrett explains:"they weren't being received very well by the ska kids,and because they were pretty burnt out from being on tour for a year and a half non-stop". [3]
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Chart Attack | Favorable [5] |
IGN | 2.8/10 [6] |
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The album earned a positive review from critic Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe . He called it a "fizzy adventure",and he also stated that "almost every track is a Top 40 hit waiting to happen". [9]
All lyrics by Stacy Jones,all music by American Hi-Fi. [1]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Maybe Won't Do" | 3:26 |
2. | "Hell Yeah!" | 3:06 |
3. | "The Geeks Get the Girls" | 2:50 |
4. | "We Can't Be Friends" | 3:22 |
5. | "Something Real" | 3:50 |
6. | "Highs and Lows" | 3:17 |
7. | "The Everlasting Fall" | 3:29 |
8. | "Separation Anxiety" | 3:35 |
9. | "Baby Come Home" | 2:51 |
10. | "Where Did We Go Wrong" | 3:06 |
11. | "Hearts on Parade" | 5:24 |
Total length: | 38:22 |
Personnel per booklet. [1]
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American Hi-Fi is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Stacy Jones, lead guitarist Jamie Arentzen, bassist and backing vocalist Drew Parsons, and drummer Brian Nolan. Prior to the group's formation, Jones was well known for being a drummer in the successful alternative rock bands Veruca Salt and Letters to Cleo. American Hi-Fi has a close relationship with Miley Cyrus, whose band shares two members with American Hi-Fi. The group has a mixed musical style that includes influences from pop-punk, alternative rock, and power pop.
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