My Republic

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My Republic

Studio album by Good Riddance
Released	June 27, 2006
Recorded	Motor Studios, San Francisco, U.S.
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	30:40
Label	Fat Wreck Chords
Producer(s)	Bill Stevenson Jason Livermore
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Good Riddance chronology
Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection (2003)	My Republic (2006)	---

My Republic is the seventh full length album from Californian hardcore punk band, Good Riddance. It was released on June 27, 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. It was also released on 220 limited edition tan colored vinyl pressings. The album marks not only the return of Sean Sellers on drums, having been absent for two albums, but also the return to a Californian studio, Motor Studios in San Francisco. The previous four albums and an EP had been recorded in Fort Collins, Colorado. It also continued their prolonged allegiance with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore.

It is the bands first album for three years, their previous outing being Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection – released in May, 2003. However, some of the band members had not been idle. Russ Rankin had recorded an album with his side-project band, Only Crime – which also counts Bill Stevenson among its ranks – called To the Nines, it was released in 2004, also on Fat Wreck Chords. Luke Pabich and Sean Sellers had also been busy with their side project, Outlie. They released Companions to Devils and Saints in 2004 on Porterhouse Records.

For the first time since 1995, a Good Riddance album did not contain a hidden track at the end of the disc. It was, however, an enhanced CD which had live footage, an interview and a PETA campaign video which, it must be said, is not for the feint-hearted. The band is a prominent champion of the vegetarian cause. See separate section for details of the enhanced content.

1 Track listing
2 Enhanced CD content
3 Credits
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Russ Rankin, unless stated

"Out Of Mind" – 2:22
"Texas" – 2:03
"Shame" – 1:48
"Tell Me Why" – 2:30
"Torches And Tragedies" (Rankin, Luke Pabich) – 1:28
"Darkest Days" – 2:41
"Up To You" – 1:27
"Regret" – 2:17
"Boise" – 3:06
"Rise And Fall" (Rankin, Pabich) – 1:39
"Broken" – 2:31
"Save The Children" (Rankin, Pabich) – 2:07
"This Beast Is Dangerous" (Rankin, Pabich) – 1:47
"Uniform" – 2:55

Track 14 IS 2:55 – there is NO hidden track

[edit] Enhanced CD content

Good Riddance – Live in Santa Cruz, California, August 2005
- "Weight of the World" from A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion, 00:00 – 2:15
- "Heresy, Hypocrisy and Revenge" from Operation Phoenix, 2:16 – 4:40
- "All Fall Down" from For God and Country, 4:41 – 7:13

PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – documentary: "Meet Your Meat"

[edit] Credits

Russ Rankin – vocals
Luke Pabich – guitar
Chuck Platt – bass
Sean Sellers – drums

Recorded at Motor Studios, San Francisco, USA
Produced and engineered by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore
Mixed by Jason Livermore and Bill Stevenson
Mastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Additional engineering by Johnny Schou, Andrew Berlin, and Jamie McMann
Pre-production recorded by Atom Myers at Synergy Sound, Aptos, California, USA
Live footage in enhanced mode produced by Guerin Myall, Randy Tan, and Atom Myers at Strike Four Entertainment with Luke Pabich