Mute Math (album)

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Mute Math
Mute Math cover
Studio album by Mute Math
Released Flag of the United StatesJanuary 19, 2006
Flag of the United StatesSeptember 26, 2006 (Re-Release)
Flag of the United KingdomAugust 27, 2007
Flag of GermanyJuly 16, 2007
Recorded Nashville, TN
Genre Indie rock
Post-rock
Length 57:23
Label Teleprompt Records
Warner Bros. Records
Producer Mute Math, Tedd T
Professional reviews
Mute Math chronology
Reset
(2004)		 Mute Math
(2006)		 Live At The El Rey EP
(2006)
Singles from Mute Math
  1. "Typical"
    Released: April 10, 2007
  2. "Control"
    Released: January 15, 2008

Mute Math is the first full-length album by Mute Math, independently released by Teleprompt (formed in 2004 with production/management partners Tedd Tjornhom and Kevin Kookogey). The album was initially packaged in a jewel case and was sold exclusively at concert dates on their 2006 album tour. The release date was January 19, the first date of the tour.

Near the beginning of February 2006, the album was added to the Teleprompt Records online store, and was from then on sold in digipak form, both online and at concerts. According to Mute Math's management, Mute Math sold nearly 10,000 copies in the first month of its release, selling almost 100 copies per day via their website.[1]

The album was also released as a two-disc vinyl record in May of 2006.

On September 26, 2006, a remastered version of the album was released on Warner Bros. Records, featuring additional tracks from Reset. A limited-edition live EP was included with the first 25,000 copies. The album debuted on Billboard's Top Heatseekers Chart at #17. It reappeared on the same chart almost a year later at #28 on August 4, 2007 while the first radio single "Typical" debuted at #39 on Billboard's US Modern Rock Chart the same week.[2]. To date, the album has sold over 70,000 copies since its original release.

The second single from Mute Math, "Control", will be released to radio on January 15, 2008.[3]

Contents

[edit] Releases

[edit] Teleprompt version

(all songs written by Mute Math except where noted)

  1. "Collapse" – 1:12
  2. "Typical" – 4:12
  3. "After We Have Left Our Homes" – 1:14
  4. "Chaos" (Mute Math, Adam LaClave) – 4:54
  5. "Noticed" – 4:25
  6. "Without It" (Mute Math, LaClave) – 4:57
  7. "Polite" – 1:22
  8. "Stare at the Sun" – 4:33
  9. "Obsolete" – 4:32
  10. "Break the Same" – 7:22
  11. "You Are Mine" (Mute Math, Dave Rumsey) – 6:08
  12. "Picture" – 5:21
  13. "Stall Out" – 7:05

[edit] Warner Bros. version

  1. "Collapse" – 1:13
  2. "Typical" – 4:12
  3. "After We Have Left Our Homes" – 1:14
  4. "Chaos" – 4:54
  5. "Noticed" – 4:29
  6. "Plan B" – 4:46
  7. "Stare at the Sun" – 4:33
  8. "Obsolete" – 4:30
  9. "Break the Same" – 6:00
  10. "You Are Mine" – 4:43
  11. "Control" (Meany, King, LaClave) – 4:39
  12. "Picture" – 5:26
  13. "Stall Out" – 7:10
  14. "Reset" – 5:25

[edit] Differences in the remastered WBR release

The remastered version is mostly the same as the original version aside from the generally improved audio mix. There are, however, a few notable differences:

  • "Without It"/"Polite" is replaced by a new version of "Plan B", featuring re-recorded guitars along with various small differences.
  • "Obsolete" includes new vocals in the finale.
  • "Break the Same" is shortened by approximately 1 minute and 22 seconds. The second chorus and most of the bridge section are cut out. The block of time removed begins after the second verse and before the second pre-chorus (1:42 in the original version), and ends in the middle of the bridge section (3:01 in the original version). The skip actually occurs in the middle of the phrase "And we all freaked out"; an attentive listener will be able to hear the jump.
The lyrics omitted from this version (which can be heard in the live recording) are:
The different stars tonight will somehow fade the same
And all the tears we cry tell us we're made the same
And when we fall aside, let's hope we fall in place
We build our different lives, but they all break the same
Break the same
We all do, we all break the same
The song also has an added guitar part in verse 2.
  • "You Are Mine" is shortened by approximately 1 minute and 25 seconds. The reprise of the first verse is cut out, along with the chorus repetitions surrounding it. The block of time removed begins at the middle of the third chorus (3:39 in the original version) and ends at middle of the fourth chorus (5:00 in the original version).
  • A new version of "Control" is inserted between "You Are Mine" and "Picture", featuring re-recorded bass and drums.
  • "Picture" features a different vocal take of the first verse.
  • "Reset" appears after "Stall Out", with minor audio changes.
  • The compact disc face features revised artwork.

[edit] Disc artwork

[edit] Personnel

v • d • e
Mute Math
Paul Meany – Darren King – Greg Hill – Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas
Albums
Mute Math EPs: Reset | Live at the El Rey Singles: "Peculiar People" – "Typical" – "Transformers Theme" – "Control" – "Noticed" DVDs: Flesh and Bones Electric Fun
Related articles

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hartse, Joel (September 21, 2006). Cross to bear. Sacramento News & Review.
  2. ^ Billboard Chart History. Billboard (August 4, 2007).
  3. ^ Exile In America Press Release. Marketwire (November 26, 2007).