Odd How People Shake

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Odd How People Shake
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ReleasedJune 17, 2003
RecordedApril to May 2003
StudioInterlace Studios, Hillsboro, Oregon
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Length41:03
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Fear Before the March of Flames chronology
Odd How People Shake
(2003)
Art Damage
(2004)
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Odd How People Shake is the first studio album by the post-hardcore band Fear Before the March of Flames. [6] [7] It was released in 2003 via Rise Records. [8] [9] On a budget of $1,500, the album was recorded and co-produced with Kris Crummett at Interlace Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon, from April to May 2003, while the band members were still in high school. A music video was released for the song "The 20th Century Was Entirely Mine".

Contents

It was re-released by Equal Vision Records in January 2004.

Critical reception

Drowned in Sound wrote that "this debut is far from the fully-realised final product, but as blueprints for future releases go, it's pretty special." [4]

Track listing

All music written by Fear Before the March of Flames. Piano written by Adam Fisher and Kris Crummett.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Fashion Tips Baby"Adam Fisher1:58
2."Go Wash Your Mouth... I Don't Know Where It's Been"David Marion6:29
3."Given to Dreams"Fisher3:35
4."Girl's Got a Face Like Murder"Fisher1:56
5."The Lisbon Girls, Oh the Lisbon Girls"Fisher2:30
6."The 20th Century Was Entirely Mine"Marion3:21
7."Sarah Goldfarb, Where Are Your Manners?"Fisher3:07
8."On the Bright Side, She Could Choke"Fisher3:03
9."Motelroom.Grandpiano"Fisher3:01
10."What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas"Marion12:14

Personnel

Fear Before the March of Flames
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