Remains (Alkaline Trio album)

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Remains
Alkaline Trio - Remains cover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2007
Recorded2000–2006
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, emo
Length69:38
Label Vagrant
Producer Matt Allison, Alkaline Trio, Jerry Finn
Alkaline Trio chronology
Crimson
(2005)
Remains
(2007)
Agony & Irony
(2008)
Scraps Companion CD
Alkaline Trio - Scraps cover.jpg

Remains is a compilation album from Alkaline Trio.

Contents

The album is a collection of 22 tracks that the band has recorded for various compilations, EPs, B-sides and international releases. The disc also includes three new live tracks from a 2006 concert at Avalon in Los Angeles. Vocalist/guitarist, Matt Skiba describes the collection as "an unintentional sort of bookend for our career thus far." [1] A DVD that includes 45 minutes of material, including all the band's videos from From Here to Infirmary , Good Mourning , and Crimson , accompanies the disc. Included is exclusive B-roll and behind-the-scenes footage from the band's live shows.

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
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AbsolutePunk.net 79% [2]
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LAS Magazine8.8/10 [6]
PopMatters 7/10 [7]
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On November 6, 2006, Remains was announced for release. [10] The band explained: "...in the midst of the torrent of recording albums and touring to support them -- we will book into a studio and record some more... These truly are the remains of the last half-decade." [10] On December 31, the band posted an e-card, which contained "We Can Never Break Up" and "Hell Yes" available for streaming. [11] It was released on January 31, 2007, through Vagrant. [10] On February 6, a music video was released for "Warbrain". The video includes live footage of the band from a New Year's Eve show. [12] The album peaked at #64 on Billboard 200. By August 2008, the album sold 60,000 copies. [13] A vinyl repressing of the album was released through Newbury Comics on February 3, 2023, and was limited to 500 copies.

Track listing

  1. "Hell Yes" - 3:49
  2. "My Standard Break from Life" - 2:34
  3. "Dead End Road" - 3:08
  4. "Metro" - 3:41
  5. "Jaked on Green Beers" - 3:27
  6. "Queen of Pain" - 3:56
  7. "While You're Waiting" - 4:06
  8. "Rooftops" - 2:15
  9. "Old School Reasons" - 2:51
  10. "Warbrain" - 2:28
  11. "Fine Without You" - 3:15
  12. "Hating Every Minute" - 3:03
  13. "Dead and Broken" - 2:09
  14. "Sadie" - 4:38
  15. "If You Had a Bad Time" - 3:38
  16. "Wait for the Blackout" - 3:28
  17. "We Can Never Break Up" - 3:10
  18. "Don't Say You Won't" - 2:21
  19. "Buried" - 3:16
  20. "Dethbed" (Live) - 3:12
  21. "My Standard Break from Life" (Live Acoustic) - 2:42
  22. "I'm Dying Tomorrow" (Live) - 2:31

Origins of tracks

Scraps companion album

On Valentine's Day 2007, the band posted a bulletin on their MySpace giving a downloadable template and cipher. When printed and aligned correctly with the booklet in the Remains album, the template gave a user name and a password. When the cipher was deciphered, it gave a web address to go to. This website contained a downloadable album and cover file. The cipher and template accessible to Blood Pact members was different from those of the general public.

MySpace Scraps Tracks

  1. "Private Eye" (Acoustic) - 3:38
  2. "Crawl" (Acoustic) - 4:23
  3. "This Could Be Love" (Acoustic) - 4:15
  4. "Cringe" (Live) - 2:24
  5. "You've Got So Far to Go" (Live) - 2:58
  6. "Mr. Chainsaw" (Live) - 3:37
  7. "She Took Him to the Lake" (Live) - 2:32
  8. "Crawl" (BBC) - 4:27
  9. "Heaven" (BBC) - 3:35
  10. "Over at the Frankenstein Place" - 2:32
    Total - 34:18

Blood Pact Scraps Tracks

  1. "Fine Without You" (Remix)
  2. "Burn" (Alleged Remix)
  3. "Prevent This Tragedy" (Live)
  4. "Warbrain" (Demo)

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