The Best in Town

The Best in Town
Studio album by The Blackout
Released May 25, 2009
Recorded Sonic Ranch Studios, Alameda, Texas
Genre Post-hardcore, hard rock[1]
Length 34:18
Label Epitaph
Producer Jason Perry
The Blackout chronology
We Are the Dynamite!
(2007)		 The Best in Town
(2009)		 Hope
(2011)
Singles from The Best In Town
  1. "ShutTheFuckUppercut"
    Released: March 30, 2009
  2. "Children of the Night"
    Released: May 18, 2009
  3. "Save Our Selves (The Warning)"
    Released: August 3, 2009
  4. "I Don't Care (This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things)"
    Released: November 16, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Kerrang! [2]
Rock Sound [3]
Allmusic [4]
DEAD PRESS! link
Planet Loud [1]
Punktastic [1]

The Best in Town is the second album to by Welsh post-hardcore band The Blackout. The album was released on 25 May 2009 in Europe, and 23 June 2009 in the USA.[5] The track listing for the entire album was released by the band via their Myspace blog.[6]

Contents

Background

"ShutTheFuckUppercut" was first played on BBC Radio 1, where it was announced it would be released as a free download in April. This free download was actually offered for less than a week from March 26, but was released as a digital single from March 30. "Children of the Night" was the album's lead single, and was played for the first time on Radio 1 on April 13, 2009. The music video was released on Wednesday, April 15 on MTV's website. The studio recording features vocals from the Year 6 class of Herolgerrig Primary School, Merthyr Tydfil, where the band is from.[7]

The video for "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (I Don't Care)" was recorded at the Islington o2 Academy on the 5th September 2009. The video features Josh Franceschi of You Me At Six, as well as members of Kids In Glass Houses and Young Guns.[8]

The title for the song "I Love Myself And I Wanna Live" is a play on the title of the Nirvana song "I Hate Myself And I Want To Die".[9] The song "Save Our Selves" was largely based on a song previously written by Area 15 called "Robot".

Tracklisting

  1. "ShutTheFuckUppercut" - 3:14
  2. "Save Our Selves (The Warning)" - 3:35
  3. "Top of the World" - 3:28
  4. "The Fire" - 3:31
  5. "Children of the Night" - 2:57
  6. "Said & Done" - 3:22
  7. "Silent (When We Speak)" - 4:13
  8. "I Love Myself and I Wanna Live" - 3:14
  9. "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (I Don't Care)" (featuring Josh Franceschi of You Me at Six) - 3:33
  10. "We're Going to Hell... So Bring the Sunblock" - 3:10

Personnel

The Blackout

Production

References

  1. ^ a b Graham Finney (2009-05-25). "Planet loud.com The Best In Town: Record Review". Planet Loud. http://www.planet-loud.com/recordreview.php?album_id=12151. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
  2. ^ Correction - kerrang.com
  3. ^ Kearns, Emily (June 2009). "The Blackout – The Best in Town." Rock Sound (123): 91.
  4. ^ Tim Sendra (2009-06-09). "The Best In Town > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1572475. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
  5. ^ The Blackout Sign to Epitaph Records Worldwide - epitaph.com
  6. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=818522&blogID=470246922
  7. ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/merthyr/2009/03/05/blackout-s-deal-of-a-lifetime-91466-23063200/
  8. ^ http://ebtmactive.blogspot.com/2009/09/blackout-new-video-shoot.html
  9. ^ http://punkrockingchick.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-with-blackout.html
The Blackout
Sean Smith · Gavin Butler · Matthew Davies · James Davies · Rhys Lewis · Gareth "Snoz" Lawrence
Albums:
We Are the Dynamite · The Best in Town · Hope
EPs:
Demos:
Singles
"Hard Slammin'"  · "The Beijing Cocktail"  · "It's High Tide Baby!"  · "Children of the Night"  · "Save Our Selves (The Warning)"  · "I Don't Care (This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things)"  · "Higher & Higher"  · "Never By Your Side"  · "The Storm"