Baseball: An Album By Sayanything
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| Studio album by Say Anything | |||||
| Released | 2001 | ||||
| Recorded | A.D.D Studios, L.A., CA (Drums at Jewsversuscops Studios, Beverly Hills, CA) | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock, Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 72:05 | ||||
| Label | None | ||||
| Producer | Say Anything | ||||
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Baseball: An Album By Sayanything is the debut album from the American rock band Say Anything. At the time of the album's release, the band was known as Sayanything, which is the name that appears on the cover of the album. As few as 200 CD copies of the original album were pressed and have recently been bought by fans for more than $250 USD on eBay. Additional copies were pressed onto CD-R and sold by the band at their concerts. Today, the album is popular thanks to online distribution methods such as messageboards and P2P file-sharing.
The album has never attained any commercial success, though it has remained a consistent cult favorite. However, in a move reminiscent of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's rejection of his band's Pinkerton album, Say Anything frontman Max Bemis has all but disowned the recording, until very recently refusing to play any of its songs live. At a recent acoustic show on May 11 at the Chain Reaction, after fan requested he play 'Into the Night', Max stated "I promise we will start playing Baseball songs again. Some day. However, today is not that day"
Recently there have been rumors of re-issuing the album. Mostly because it is fairly unknown, yet still a prominent debut.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Colorblind" – 3:36
- "Showdown at P-Town" – 3:03
- "Into the Night" – 3:48
- "All My Friends" – 2:48
- "Ants in My Pants" – 4:57
- "The Ocean Liner Incident" – 2:39
- "Mackdaddy" – 3:45
- "Shameless" – 5:45
- "That's That (Do What We Want)" – 3:23
- "Resounding" – 4:19
- "Rats" – 4:54
- "(Dreaming of) Manhattan" – 4:44
- "Sure, Baby... Hold Back" – 4:46
- "The Last Great Punk Rock Song" – 3:59
- "Where the Hurt Is" – 7:41
- "All Choked Up" – 7:58 (unlisted track)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band
Max Bemis: Vocals/guitars/keys
Coby Linder: Drums and Percission
Michael Levin: Bass/vocals
Evan Span: Solo on "All My Friends"
Joey "D" Doleman: Sax on "Ants In My Pants"
[edit] Other Credits
Mastered by Brad Vance
Produced by Sayanything
Songs by Sayanything
Words by Max Bemis
[edit] Themes And Styles
[edit] Subject Matter
Whereas later works of the band are more self-focused (in the sense of finding one's self and their subsequent place in the world), lyricist Max Bemis focuses more on the typical subjects of pop punk and emo on Baseball: relationships, girls, the "scene," and music itself. A noteworthy example of this stew is at the junction between the songs "Sure, Baby... Hold Back" and "The Last Great Punk Rock Song." The former is a requiem for love lost and a reminder thereof in the form of The Four Tops' "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" playing on the radio. This bleeds into the latter with one mighty distorted chord, and the listener bares witness to Bemis's parody of himself, as he screams: "I've got a few songs about remorse/And I'll sing until my voice grows hoarse/But most are about girl problems.../I will wail about anarchy." The fact that the song is a rerecording of a version on a previous EP certainly suggests that these high-school dramatics did not leave Bemis quickly.
[edit] Musical Styles
The style of the album, like the majority of their material, is a characteristic blend of pop-rock, emo, and punk.
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