Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions

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Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions
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ReleasedJuly 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)
Genre Acoustic punk [1]
Length33:08
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer Mike Brown
Face to Face chronology
Protection
(2016)
Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions
(2018)
Live in a Dive
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions is the eleventh studio album by the American punk band Face to Face. Hold Fast was released on July 27, 2018, by Fat Wreck Chords on CD and LP. The album consists of ten new acoustic versions of popular Face to Face songs from previous albums, spanning the band's entire career.

Contents

Background

On 30 May 2018, Fat Wreck Chords announced that Face to Face would put out a new album called Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions on July 27 that year. A song from the new album, "Disconnected", was released the same day. [3]

An acoustic US tour to support the upcoming album was announced on 7 June. A new song called "Keep Your Chin Up" was released the same day. [4]

On 20 July, a week before the album's official release, "All for Nothing" was released. [5] A music video for the song was released later that year. [6]

Track listing

  1. "All for Nothing" - 3:08 (originally recorded for Laugh Now, Laugh Later , 2011)
  2. "Disconnected" - 4:04 (originally recorded for Don't Turn Away , 1992)
  3. "Shame On Me" - 3:21 (originally recorded for Reactionary , 2000)
  4. "Keep Your Chin Up" - 3:40 (originally recorded for Protection , 2016)
  5. "Velocity" - 3:17 (originally recorded for Big Choice , 1995)
  6. "AOK" - 3:37 (originally recorded for Big Choice, 1995)
  7. "Don't Turn Away" - 2:48 (originally recorded for Don't Turn Away, 1992)
  8. "Blind" - 3:25 (originally recorded for Face to Face , 1996)
  9. "Ordinary" - 2:53 (originally recorded for Face to Face, 1996)
  10. "Bill of Goods" - 2:54 (originally recorded for How to Ruin Everything , 2002)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 27
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 10

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