| Home School Valedictorian | ||||
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| Studio album by Adelitas Way | ||||
| Released | June 7, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | September 2010 - December 2010 | |||
| Genre | Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | |||
| Length | 38:36 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Dave Bassett Tadpole |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Alternative Addiction | [2] |
| Melodic.net | [3] |
| Revolver | [4] |
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Home School Valedictorian is the second album by Las Vegas, Nevada hard rock band Adelitas Way, released on June 7, 2011.
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Adelitas Way entered the studio in September 2010 with writer/producer Dave Bassett (Shinedown, Versamerge) and Tadpole (Disturbed, Adelitas Way, Finger Eleven) in Malibu, California to record the band's follow up to their self-titled debut on Virgin Records.
On January 31, the band announced that their new album Home School Valedictorian would be released on May 17. On February 4, they premiered their first single off of the Home School Valedictorian album on KOMP 92.3 titled "Sick". It was then announced the band's new album Home School Valedictorian would be pushed back to June 7. The first single off the album "Sick" hit radio on April 5, and was released as single on iTunes and Amazon on March 15. On April 15, a sample was put on the Adelitas Way YouTube of the upcoming album. The first single "Sick" hit #1 on the active rock charts, the bands follow up single "The Collapse" was released on August 22 to rock radio. The second single off Home School Valedictorian "The Collapse" has reached #3 on the Active Rock Radio Chart and #15 on Mainstreem Rock Radio Chart.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Collapse (Dejesus,Bassett)" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Sick (Dejesus, Fredrickson)" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Alive (Dejesus, Bassett)" | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Criticize (Dejesus, Bassett)" | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Good Enough (Dejesus, Bassett)" | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Cage the Beast (Dejesus, Wallen, Stafford)" | 3:16 |
| 7. | "I Can Tell (Dejesus, Wallen, Stafford)" | 3:39 |
| 8. | "Somebody Wishes They Were You (Dejesus, Bassett)" | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Move (Dejesus, Bassett, Stafford)" | 3:20 |
| 10. | "I Wanna Be (Dejesus, Connolly)" (feat. Tyler Connolly) | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Hurt (Dejesus, Wallen, Stafford)" | 3:56 |
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Total length:
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38:36 | |
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 66 |
| U.S. Billboard Rock Albums | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Hard Rock Albums | 4 |