A Lesson in Romantics

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A Lesson in Romantics

Studio album by Mayday Parade

Released

July 10, 2007

Genre

Emo, alternative rock, indie rock

Length

46:42

Label

Fearless

Producer

Zack Odom
Kenneth Mount

Professional reviews

AbsolutePunk.net (85%) link
For the Sound link
The Album Project link

Mayday Parade chronology

Tales Told By Dead Friends
(2006)

A Lesson in Romantics
(2007)

Singles from A Lesson in Romantics

"When I Get Home, You're So Dead"
Released: 2007

A Lesson in Romantics is the full length debut album from American rock band Mayday Parade through Fearless Records. The album was released on July 10, 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album was produced by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, who also produced American pop punk/power pop band Cartel's debut album Chroma.

1 Album information
2 Track listing
3 Chart performance
4 Miscellanea
5 References

[edit] Album information

On June 30, 2007, the entire album leaked onto the Internet. A day before the album's release, on July 9, 2007, the entire album was put onto AOL Music for an album listening party.

The first single from the album was "When I Get Home, You're So Dead". Its music video was shot September 20th in Los Angeles, California and premiered on MySpace on November 14, 2007.^[1] Prior to the release of "When I Get Home, You're So Dead", the band used a live video to promote "Black Cat", which was first believed to be the first single. The band is currently touring around the United States to promote the album, ending on March 22 in Greenville, South Carolina. Jamie All Over will be the second single and was shot in New York May 6.

[edit] Track listing

"Jamie All Over" – 3:36
"Black Cat" – 3:23
"When I Get Home, You're So Dead" – 3:13
"Jersey" – 3:29
"If You Wanted a Song Written About You, All You Had to Do Was Ask" – 4:04
"Miserable at Best" – 5:17
"Walk on Water or Drown" – 3:29
"Ocean and Atlantic" – 3:30
"I'd Hate to Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About" – 4:01
"Take This to Heart" – 4:07
"Champagne's for Celebrating (I'll Have a Martini)" – 3:56
"You Be the Anchor That Keeps My Feet on the Ground, I'll Be the Wings That Keep Your Heart in the Clouds" – 4:38

[edit] Chart performance

As of January 9, the album has reached two of the Billboard charts. It debuted at number 8 after its release,^[2] to leave the chart five weeks later. After that, it returned to the chart twice. The second time, it re-entered at number 45,^[3] to slowly return into the top 10 on chart edition of January 15.^[4] The sudden success is believed to be due the band's tour and promotion of the album around the country.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers^[2]	8
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums^[5]	31

[edit] Miscellanea

"A Lesson in Romantics" was the title of a Defining Moment song. Derek Sanders, Jeremy Lenzo, and Brooks Betts were all a part of Defining Moment.
"Miserable at Best" is assumed to be about Jason Lancaster's wife, as the first lyric of the song is "Katy don't cry", and Katy is the name of Jason Lancaster's wife.
"Jamie All Over", the first track on the album, is a cover originally recorded by Lancaster's previous band, Kid Named Chicago, which also included fellow drummer Jake Bundrick and guitarist Alex Garcia. Featured in this song is Jason's little brother Daniel Lancaster who was formerly the singer of Save it For Sunrise and We Are Action, now in Stages and Stereos . All of which are very popular Tallahassee bands.
Tyler Torres sings guest vocals on "Take This To Heart"
"Black Cat" was selected to be featured on the official 2007 Warped Tour Compilation.