Don't You Fake It

Don't You Fake It
Studio album by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Released July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)
Recorded December 2005–January 2006
Studio Water Music Recorders, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre
Length 44:28
Label Virgin
Producer David Bendeth
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus chronology
Ass Shaker/Justify/Face Down EP
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Don't You Fake It
(2006)
Lonely Road
(2009)Lonely Road2009
Deluxe edition

"Deluxe Edition" cover
Singles from Don't You Fake It
  1. "Face Down"
    Released: July 4, 2006
  2. "False Pretense"
    Released: March 13, 2007
  3. "Your Guardian Angel"
    Released: August 7, 2007
  4. "Damn Regret"
    Released: 2008

Don't You Fake It is the debut studio album by American rock band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. The title of the album is taken from a line in the opening track, "In Fate's Hands".

Recording

In January 2006, AbsolutePunk reported that the band was in the process of recording their debut album.[6]

Release

It released on July 18, 2006. In February and March 2007, the band headlined the 2007 edition of the Take Action Tour.[7] "False Pretense" impacted radio on March 13.[8] The album was re-released on March 20. From late June to late August, the band went on the 2007 edition of Warped Tour.[9] "Your Guardian Angel" was released to radio on August 7.[10] In October and November, the band went on a US tour with Amber Pacific and New Years Day.[11] In April 2008, the band went on an acoustic US tour, dubbed Unplugged and Unaffected.[12] In early May, the band appeared at the 2008 edition of the Bamboozle festival.[13]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
IGN6.6/10 [14]
RockLouder[15]

By August 2006, the album had sold over 100,000 copies.[16] By August 2008, the album had sold 852,000 copies.[17] It was eventually certified platinum in May 2016.[18]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ronnie Winter, except where noted.

Don't You Fake It
No.TitleLength
1."In Fate's Hands"3:27
2."Waiting"2:56
3."False Pretense"2:27
4."Face Down"3:10
5."Misery Loves Its Company"3:14
6."Cat and Mouse"3:27
7."Damn Regret"2:44
8."Atrophy"3:16
9."Seventeen Ain't So Sweet"3:20
10."Justify"3:26
11."Your Guardian Angel" (includes 1:30 of silence)5:21
12."The Grim Goodbye" (Winter, Duke Kitchens, Thomas Amason, Thomas Wurth, DanWagler) (hidden track; does not appear on all editions of the album)7:40
Total length:44:28

DVD

Personnel

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Additional musicians
  • Randy Winter – drums, sequencers on "In Fate's Hands" "Justify"
  • Dan Korneff – strings

Charts

References

  1. "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus: Don’t You Fake It Review".
  2. "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It".
  3. 1 2 "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It".
  4. "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It".
  5. 1 2 Allmusic review
  6. "AbsolutePunk.net". AbsolutePunk. SpinMedia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  7. "Routing for Take Action Tour 2007 revealed". Alternative Press. December 6, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  8. "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. March 6, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  9. "Throwdown added to Warped 07; Madina Lake drop off". Alternative Press. April 26, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  10. "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  11. "Drummer of Amber Pacific arrested in Philadelphia". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. October 20, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  12. "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus announce acoustic East Coast tour". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 6, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  13. "Chiodos, Finch, the Starting Line, Senses Fail on Bamboozle 08". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. November 9, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  14. JR (July 21, 2006). "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It". IGN. Archived from the original on September 28, 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  15. RockLouder review
  16. Kohli, Rohan (August 30, 2006). "Soundscan Results: Week Ending August 27th, 2006". absolutepunk.net. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  17. Cohen, Jonathan (August 18, 2006). "Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Recording New Album". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  18. 1 2 "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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