Role Model (Bodyjar album)

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Role Model
Role Model, Bodyjar, Album Artwork.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 October 2013
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, Power Punk
Length37 mins
Label UNFD
Producer Tom Larkin
Bodyjar chronology
Is It Alive
(2007)
Role Model
(2013)
New Rituals
(2021)
Singles from Role Model
  1. "Fairytales"
    Released: 12 September 2013
  2. "Hope Was Leaving"
    Released: 1 October 2013 [1]

Role Model is the seventh studio album from Australian punk rockers Bodyjar. It was released by UNFD on 18 October 2013. [2] The music produced from this album includes a more power punk outcome which is similar to their other album Plastic Skies. It is the final Bodyjar album to feature original bassist Grant Relf, Who would leave the band in 2019.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Petty Problems"3:26
2."Role Model (ft. Ahren Stringer of The Amity Affliction)"2:35
3."My Mistakes"3:47
4."Stranglehold"3:41
5."Fairytales"2:50
6."Vessel"3:02
7."Hope Was Leaving (ft. Joey Cape of Lagwagon)"3:38
8."Break This Feeling"3:32
9."Natural Selection"2:30
10."If This Is It"3:34
11."Together Alone"2:44
12."Light"2:32
Total length:37mins

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 30

Personnel

Bodyjar

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References

  1. Mike Hohnen. "Bodyjar Announce New Album 'Role Model', Unveil New Video 'Fairytales' – MusicFeeds". MusicFeeds . Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. "UNFD". Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. "Australiancharts.com – Bodyjar – Role Model". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2020.