Let Your Body Take Over

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Let Your Body Take Over
Letyourbodytakeovercover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 31, 2006
RecordedJune 2006
StudioApplehead Recording
Genre Post-hardcore
Length40:21
Label Victory
Producer Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner
Four Letter Lie chronology
This Scarecrow Needs a Flame
(2005)
Let Your Body Take Over
(2006)
What a Terrible Thing to Say
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 83% [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Punknews.orgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Let Your Body Take Over is the full-length debut album from the post-hardcore band Four Letter Lie.

Contents

Background and production

On February 11, 2006, Four Letter Lie signed to Victory Records; until April 2006, they played various across the country with a variety of bands. In May 2006, they went on a US tour with Glory of This. [4] [5] Let Your Body Take Over was recorded at Applehead Recording in Woodstock, New York in June 2006. [6] [7] Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner both produced, recorded and mixed the album. Michael Fossenkemper mastered it at Turtletone. [6]

Release

On September 29, 2006, "Feel Like Flame" was posted on the band's Myspace profile; a music video appeared in early October 2006. [8] "Naked Girl Avalanche" was posted on their Myspace on October 14, 2006; Let Your Body Take Over was released on October 31, 2006. [9] In January and February 2007, the band supported Roses Are Red on their tour of the U.S. [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Four Letter Lie, all lyrics written by Brian Nagan and Kevin Skaff. [6]

No.TitleLength
1."Diary of a Scientist"0:37
2."Full Tilt Boogie"3:11
3."Naked Girl Avalanche"3:46
4."Feel Like Fame"3:31
5."The Ordinary Life"4:10
6."It Was a Business Doing Pleasure"2:26
7."Let Your Body Take Over"3:46
8."Baby, You're My Bad Habit"3:43
9."Firecracker"3:41
10."Tell Me About Everything"3:50
11."Cowboys & Indians (featuring Doug Robinson of The Sleeping)"3:31
12."Rocky Loves Emily"4:09

Personnel

Personnel per back panel. [6]

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