Box Car Racer (album)

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Box Car Racer
Box Car Racer cover
Studio album by Box Car Racer
Released May 21, 2002
Recorded Signature Sound & O'Henry Sound Studios
Genre Punk Rock
Emo
Pop Punk
Length 41:38
Label MCA
Producer(s) Jerry Finn
Professional reviews

Box Car Racer (2002) is an album by Box Car Racer, a side project of blink-182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. It is the lone album from the defunct project. It tells a story in which a boy sees a vision of the future; the world is to be destroyed by an over-zealous government. The boy and a group of outcasts travel far away to escape destruction. The boy also falls in love with one of the outcasts. It has been suggested that this story is continued in Angels and Airwaves' album We Don't Need to Whisper. It is clear however that We Don't Need To Whisper is a much more upbeat record as opposed to Boxcar Racer which is extremely dark compared to Tom Delonge's other projects.

The bassist for blink-182, Mark Hoppus, provided guest vocals on "Elevator" as did Tim Armstrong and Jordan Pundik, of Rancid and New Found Glory respectively, on "Cat Like Thief".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Feel So" – 3:29
  2. "All Systems Go" – 3:15
  3. "Watch the World" – 3:54
  4. "Tiny Voices" – 3:27
  5. "Cat Like Thief" – 4:24 (featuring Tim Armstrong and Jordan Pundik)
  6. "And I" – 3:13
  7. "Letters to God" – 3:16
  8. "My First Punk Song" – 1:01
  9. "Sorrow" – 3:28
  10. "There Is" – 3:18
  11. "The End with You" – 3:10
  12. "Elevator" – 2:45 (featuring Mark Hoppus)
  13. "Instrumental" – 1:58

[edit] Singles

  • I Feel So was released in April 2002 as the first single from this album. Following a delicate piano intro the song delves into a frantic, upbeat rhythm. Strong drum beats followed by thrashed power chords add a real sense of meaning and intent to this song. Quiet interludes once again lower the tone of the song but are soon overpowed by immense power within the guitar strums. The lyrics deal with heartbreak and turmoil as the protagonist explains how he would like to be in an ideal world.
  • There Is, the second single released from the album and featured the guitar and vocals of Delonge and a very intriguing drum loop by Barker. A music video was released which portrayed band members being arrested for playing the track late at night in the rain, which gives two lovers a chance to be together from their parents. The band played "There Is" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. DeLonge plays this song solo in Angels and Airwaves concerts.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional notes

  • On the inside spine on the Box Car Racer CD case, the words "'Chaos breeds life, when order breeds habit.' Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), The education of Henry Adams, 1907" are written. The quote is the same as the one tattoed around Travis Barker's neck.
  • On the back of the CD insert, in faint text is says "LN W 13 01 1". Which means longitude west 13 01 1 degrees, but with out the latitude, it is impossible to pinpoint an exact location on a globe.
  • The album's original title was "Burning In The Sun".[citation needed]
  • At shows the band played a cover of the song "Mandy", which was written by Scott English and made famous by Barry Manilow.
  • Delonge has said at concerts that Elevator was written about the events of September 11, 2001.

[edit] Charts

Year Chart Position
2002 The Billboard 200 12
2002 Top Canadian Albums 7
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