Crisis (album)

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Crisis
Crisis cover
Studio album by Alexisonfire
Released Flag of United Kingdom Flag of Australia August 21, 2006
Flag of Canada Flag of United States August 22, 2006
Recorded Metal Works, Silo Recording Studio, Ontario, Canada, February-March 2006
Genre Post-Hardcore
Length 41:32
Label Flag of Canada Distort Entertainment
Flag of United States Vagrant Records
Flag of United Kingdom Hassle Records
Flag of Australia Shock Records
Producer(s) Julius Butty and Alexisonfire
Professional reviews
Alexisonfire chronology
Watch Out!
(2004)		 Crisis
(2006)


Alternative Cover
Alternate cover for North America release
Alternate cover for North America release
Cover Appearing on Vagrant Records US market release
Cover Appearing on Vagrant Records US market release

Crisis is Alexisonfire's third studio album, and the follow up to Watch Out!. The album was released in the UK on August 21, 2006 on Hassle Records and on Shock Records in Australia. Distort Entertainment released the album for Canada a day later than the UK release date, and Vagrant Records followed suit for the US market. The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling over 22,000 copies. Crisis was certified platinum in Canada just two weeks after its release.[citation needed] It is also the first Alexisonfire album to feature a title track.

The album art for Crisis features aftermath of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 that hit the Niagara Region and Western New York. The main covers feature the famous picture of a frost bitten man, a snowblower clearing the large accumulation of snow, and bare trees during the blizzard. Additional pictures of the event are included inside the album's booklet. The lyrics from the song "Crisis" are based on this event.

“
The temperature's through the floor,
Your fingers are turning black.
There's a crisis knocking at your door!


1-9-7-7!
1-9-7-7!
 ”

This is the first album to feature Jordan Hastings on drums, replacing founding member Jesse Ingelevics. Ingelevics was no longer a part of the band as of June 14, 2005, according to a statement on Alexisonfire's official website. The post cited that the band and Ingelevics had slowly grown apart, and that he wanted to spend more time with his family and his fiancée. The song "Keep It On Wax" is about his departure, and his alleged trash-talking about the band that followed.[citation needed] The album also features Planes Mistaken for Stars frontman Gared O'Donnell singing on the track "You Burn First".

There are limited editions of the album which include a USB flash drive containing bonus material. It includes the live performances of "Accidents" and "Mailbox Arson" at the SCENE Music Festival in St. Catharines, Ontario, the making of the videos "Passing Out in America" and "This Could Be Anywhere in the World", and a slideshow from their trip in Europe to the audio of a new song called "Thrones". There is also an extra song called, "My God is a Reasonable Man". The Vagrant Records version has an insert between the jewel case and original album cover, the insert changed thecover art for the US release, this wasn't done in any other market.

The single "Boiled Frogs" refers to George's dad, whose boss tried to cheat him out of a pension.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints" –3:48
  2. "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" – 4:03
  3. "Mailbox Arson" – 3:31
  4. "Boiled Frogs" – 3:57
  5. "We Are the Sound" – 3:40
  6. "You Burn First" – 2:40
  7. "We Are the End" – 3:46
  8. "Crisis" – 3:31
  9. "Keep It On Wax" – 3:48
  10. "To a Friend" – 3:15
  11. "Rough Hands" – 5:30

Bonus Tracks

  1. "My God Is a Reasonable Man" – 3:04
  2. "Thrones" – 4:16

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Video

  • "This Could Be Anywhere in the World"
  • "Boiled Frogs"

[edit] External links

Alexisonfire
George Pettit | Dallas Green | Wade MacNeil | Chris Steele | Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings

Jesse Ingelevics
Discography
Studio Albums: Alexisonfire | Watch Out! | Crisis
EPs: Math Sheet Demos | Pink Heart Skull Sampler | Brown Heart Skull Sampler | The Switcheroo Series: Alexisonfire vs. Moneen
Singles: "Pulmonary Archery" | "Counterparts and Number Them" | "Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas)" | "Accidents" | "No Transitory" | "Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama" | "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" | "Boiled Frogs"
Related content
Side projects: City and Colour | The Black Lungs

Record Labels: Defiance | Dine Alone | Distort | Equal Vision | Shock | Sore Point | Vagrant
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