''Attack of the Killer B-Sides'' is the third EP by American

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band

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. It was released on May 25, 2010, through

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. First vinyl releases of the EP were on clear white smoke (200 copies), toxic green (1300 copies), and pink vinyl (500 copies), the latter being a Hot Topic exclusive release. Pre-orders were taken a couple of weeks before on May 17.

Content

The EP features 4 songs, all recorded at The Wade Studios by

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and were previously released in some form by the band, though not on an album: * "Right Where You Want Me to Be" was released as a special stand-alone holiday single for Christmas in 2009. * "Since U Been Gone" was released on the 2008 re-release of '' For Those Who Have Heart'' (2007). * "Another Song About the Weekend" (Acoustic) was released on the special edition of '' Homesick'' (2009). * "Over My Head (Cable Car)" was released on the '' Punk Goes Pop 2'' (2009) compilation.

Reissues

The EP, along with ''For Those Who Have Heart'' and ''Homesick'', had a reissue on vinyl, in 2011. Another vinyl reissue was released, on August 13, 2013, in 3 different colors.

Reception

Thrash Hits reviewer Tom Doyle said that the first track, "Right Where You Want Me to Be", started "things off in pleasant enough fashion" with "its bouncing, super-infectious chorus". Doyle called the band's cover of

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's " Since U Been Gone" "a pretty sedate plod through a song which wasn’t really that good to begin with", and that their cover of The Fray's "

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" suited better to the band's style.

Track list

All songs written by

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Personnel

Personnel per ''Attack of the Killer B-Sides'' sleeve. ;A Day to Remember *Josh Woodard –

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*Alex Shelnutt –

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*Neil Westfall –

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–

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*Kevin Skaff –

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;Additional musician *

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– lead guitar (tracks 2–4) ;Production *

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*Mike Cortada – cover illustration *Doublej – layout *Adam Elmakias – band photo

References

; Footnotes ; Citations

External links

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