Searching for a Former Clarity

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Searching for a Former Clarity
Searching for a Former Clarity cover
Studio album by Against Me!
Released September 6, 2005
Recorded April - May, 2005
Genre Punk rock
Length 47:00
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer J. Robbins
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Against Me! chronology
As the Eternal Cowboy
(2003)
Searching for a Former Clarity
(2005)
Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!
(2006)

Searching For A Former Clarity is Against Me!'s third full length album, and the follow-up to the controversial As The Eternal Cowboy, an album whose sound was a marked departure from the band's former style. With this album, the style shifts again, but the record still contains hints of their folk punk roots in songs such as "How Low" and "Joy." On November 11, 2005, the music video for "Don't Lose Touch" aired on MTV, a first for the band. A video for "From Her Lips To God's Ears (The Energizer)" was also released.

To date, the album has sold over 65,000 copies.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Miami" – 4:00
  2. "Mediocrity Gets You Pears (The Shaker)" – 2:38
  3. "Justin" – 3:57
  4. "Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners" – 4:08
  5. "From Her Lips To God's Ears (The Energizer)" – 2:35
  6. "Violence" – 5:34
  7. "Pretty Girls (The Mover)" – 2:45
  8. "How Low" – 4:27
  9. "Joy" – 2:12
  10. "Holy Shit!" – 2:53
  11. "Even At Our Worst We're Still Better Than Most (The Roller)" – 2:53
  12. "Problems" – 2:40
  13. "Don't Lose Touch" – 2:55
  14. "Searching For A Former Clarity" – 3:25

[edit] Leaked demos

Several months before the official release of the album, a set of demos were stolen and distributed on the internet over filesharing networks. Below is the unofficial track listing found most often on filesharing networks, with song titles as given by fans. With the exception of "Ed Is Sexy" and "Exhaustion," all of the tracks made the final cut of the album, though "Oh Good God!" was retitled "Holy Shit!" and "How Low Can You Go" was shortened to "How Low."

  1. "Miami"
  2. "Oh Good God!"
  3. "Ed Is Sexy"
  4. "Problems"
  5. "Exhaustion"
  6. "How Low Can You Go"
  7. "Joy v.1"
  8. "Joy v.2"
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