Almost Here (The Academy Is album)

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Almost Here
Almost Here cover
Studio album by The Academy Is...
Released February 8, 2005
Recorded Wisner Productions (St. Cloud, Florida)
Genre Pop punk
Indie rock
Length 32:57
Label Fueled by Ramen
Producer James Paul Wisner
Professional reviews
The Academy Is... chronology
The Academy EP
(2004)		 Almost Here
(2005)		 From the Carpet
(2006)

Almost Here is the first full-length album by The Academy Is..., released on February 8, 2005 by Fueled by Ramen. It debuted at #20 on the Billboard Heatseakers chart, as well as at #24 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.[1] The album spawned three singles: "Checkmarks", "Slow Down", which was chosen through an online poll on the band's website, and "The Phrase That Pays".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written by Mike Carden and William Beckett, with the exception of "Down and Out" which was written solely by William Beckett. All lyrics by William Beckett.[2]

  1. "Attention" – 2:53
  2. "Season" – 3:34
  3. "Slow Down" – 4:04
  4. "The Phrase That Pays" – 3:17
  5. "Black Mamba" – 2:46
  6. "Skeptics and True Believers" – 2:54
  7. "Classifieds" – 2:52
  8. "Checkmarks" – 3:00
  9. "Down and Out" – 4:30
  10. "Almost Here" – 3:06

[edit] Personnel

  • William Beckett – vocals
  • Michael Carden – guitar
  • Andy Mrotek – drums
  • Michael Guy Chislett – guitar
  • Adam T. Siska – bass

[edit] Classifieds

"Classifieds" was supposed to be one of the singles off of the album and a video was made for this song. For unknown reasons, this video was never released, but the video's director posted it on YouTube.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Academy Is...: Artist Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on 28 December, 2005.
  2. ^ Liner notes on The Academy Is... album Almost Here.
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