So You've Ruined Your Life

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So You've Ruined Your Life
SoYou'veRuinedYourLife.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003
RecordedApril–May, 2003
StudioStanley Recordings, Los Angeles
Mad Dog Studios, Burbank
Genre Pop-punk
Length46:50
Label TSR Records
Producer
Get Set Go chronology
So You've Ruined Your Life
(2003)
Ordinary World
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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CMJ (favorable) [2]

So You've Ruined Your Life is the debut studio album by American band Get Set Go, released on September 30, 2003 through TSR Records. The album displays the band's early pop-punk sound, and is the only album to feature founding members Patrick Flores and Amy Woods in its entirety. The hidden track, "Wait", has been used in the TV series Grey's Anatomy and has been used in the first volume of the series soundtrack. [3]

Contents

Background and recording

The band formed in 2002, originally under the name Vermicious K, then later on as All Your Bass Are Belong To Us, then finally as Get Set Go. After recording a 3-track demo with Ben Vaughn, the group gained the attention of the independent family-operated label TSR Records and were signed. The group then proceeded to work on their debut full-length in the spring of 2003, again hiring Vaughn to help with production. The group first recorded the drum and bass tracks at Stanley Recordings before going to Mad Dog Studios to record the vocals and guitars. The entire album was mixed at MT Studios, Burbank and finally mastered at Bernie Grundman Studios. The entire album took around 3 months to complete. [4]

The artwork for the album was done by artist Dave Johnson, who later did the cover art for the band's 2011 album Fury of Your Lonely Heart .

Critical reception

While not reviewed by many since its release, the attention the album did receive was positive. Brad Filicky of CMJ Magazine gave the album a positive review, stating "So You've Ruined Your Life proves that this is a group ready for its close-up and is bound to get the respect that it deserves". [2]

Commercial performance

Despite the fact that the band did a national tour to promote the album, [5] So You've Ruined Your Life failed to reach any sort of commercial success. By 2004, both Flores and Woods left the group to pursue other careers. Guitarist and vocalist Michael Torres would later fall into a state of depression and drug addiction, which eventually resulted in him getting sober and continuing Get Set Go with a revolving door of new members. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike TV.

No.TitleLength
1."Twenty-One"3:47
2."Jesus Christ Wore Leather"2:47
3."Kiss the Girl"3:51
4."I Want You"3:21
5."One With the Numbers"3:27
6."Go to the Mattress"3:09
7."Girl Is Sleeping"3:42
8."Break Your Heart"2:56
9."VKFD (The Fire Truck Song)"2:34
10."Lonely World"3:21
11."War"3:19
12."She Goes Round"2:36
13."What I Love About You"4:48
14."Wait" (Unlisted Track)2:46
Total length:46:50

Personnel

Adapted from the So You've Ruined Your Life liner notes. [4]

Get Set Go
Additional musicians
Production and design

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References

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