Kaboom! (album)

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KABOOM!
KABOOM Album Cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2011 (2011-10-25) [1]
Genre
Length42:02
Label Photo Finish/Atlantic [1]
Producer
I Fight Dragons chronology
Welcome to the Breakdown
(2010)
KABOOM!
(2011)
DEMOlition - 12 Demos That Didn't Make KABOOM!
(2010)
Singles from KABOOM!
  1. "KABOOM!"
    Released: September 26, 2011
  2. "The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth [5] "
    Released: October 11, 2011
  3. "Save World Get Girl [6] "
    Released: May 3, 2012
  4. "cRaZie$"
    Released: January 17, 2013

KABOOM! is the debut studio album by American chiptune-based rock band I Fight Dragons, released in 2011 by Photo Finish Records. When the band won their release from the record label, they started offering it for free on their site. [7] This has, however, been replaced with the band's newest album, Canon Eyes. [8]

Contents

Versions of the band's discography on USB Dogtags, released on the official online store, included an exclusive piano-ballad version of a track, titled "I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me" at the end of the album. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Mazzaferri, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Fanfare"0:30
2."KABOOM!" (Brian Mazzaferri/Matt Mahaffey)3:16
3."Save World Get Girl" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)2:47
4."cRaZie$" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)2:59
5."Gloria (Interlude)"0:53
6."My Way" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)3:27
7."With You" (feat. Kina Grannis)3:48
8."Fight For You" (Mazzaferri/Mahaffey)3:03
9."The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth" (Mazzaferri/Greg Wells/Nasri Atweh)3:08
10."Disaster Hearts"3:30
11."Don't You?"3:45
12."Working"3:03
13."Before I Wake"3:57
14."Suburban Doxology"3:55
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
19."I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me"2:46

Personnel

I Fight Dragons

Additional musicians

Production

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