The Final Riot!

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The Final Riot!
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 24, 2008
RecordedAugust 12, 2008
Venue Congress Theater (Chicago, IL)
Genre
Length66:36
Label Fueled by Ramen
Paramore chronology
Live in the UK 2008
(2008)
The Final Riot!
(2008)
Brand New Eyes
(2009)
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The Final Riot! is the second official live album by the American rock band Paramore and was released on November 25, 2008, with a bonus DVD containing the full live concert plus behind-the-scenes footage.

Contents

The DVD was filmed on August 12, 2008, at the Congress Theater in Chicago on The Final Riot! Summer Tour. It contains a documentary entitled "40 Days of Riot!", showing the band on tour. It is available in a standard and limited deluxe edition, which includes a 36-color-page booklet of the tour, along with another documentary, 40 MORE Days of Riot!.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro, except where noted

The Final Riot! track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Born for This" 5:46
2."That's What You Get"
3:34
3."Here We Go Again" 4:10
4."Fences"
3:31
5."crushcrushcrush" 3:15
6."Let the Flames Begin" 5:38
7."When It Rains"
4:04
8."My Heart" 5:31
9."Decoy" (studio version on "Hallelujah" single and Riot! Hot Topic bonus track edition) 3:14
10."Pressure" 3:02
11."For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic" 4:27
12."We Are Broken"
  • Williams
  • J. Farro
  • Bendeth
5:25
13."Emergency" 5:23
14."Hallelujah" (contains excerpt from Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah") 4:57
15."Misery Business" 4:40

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for The Final Riot!
Chart (2008–2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 38
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [3] 31
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) [2] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 153
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [5] 18
US Billboard 200 [6] 88
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [7] 15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [8] 22

Certifications

Certifications for The Final Riot!
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Platinum10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Gold25,000*
United States (RIAA) [11] Gold50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for The Final Riot!
CountryDate
United KingdomNovember 24, 2008
United StatesNovember 25, 2008
AustraliaNovember 29, 2008
BrazilDecember 6, 2008 [12]
ColombiaDecember 8, 2008

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