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Andiamo is the second studio album released by
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. It was released on June 30, 2004, on
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and includes the single "Revolution" (which is also included on the compilation album '' Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1'') and a cover of the
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song "
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", with small lyrical changes included to include the song as the band's statement against the
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. The album title is
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and means, literally, "we go," but can also be translated as "let's go." The title of the album can be split to read "And I Am 0" ("And I Am Zero"), as seen faintly in the CD insert. ''(And) I Am Zero'' is the name of Authority Zero's live DVD, which was released in 2005. "Revolution" and "Painted Windows" had music videos made.


Track listing

# "Painted Windows" - 3:51 # "Revolution" - 2:25 # "Find Your Way" - 4:15 # "Madman" - 2:58 # "Taking on the World" - 3:48 # "Retreat!" - 4:48 # "Society's Sequence" - 1:17 # "A Thousand Years of War" - 3:15 # "
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" - 2:54 # "Chile Con Crudo (Instrumental)" - 1:59 # "Solitude" - 3:47 # "Siempre Loco" - 0:49 # "PCH-82" - 5:36 # " Rattlin' Bog"* - 2:47


Album art

The album's art is a play on
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's "No Swimming" image.


Hidden track

At the end of the album there is a
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, "Rattlin' Bog". The track was recorded live at a concert in the band's home state of
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and mixed by Erik Toms at SJS Studios in Scottsdale.


References

2004 albums Authority Zero albums Lava Records albums Albums produced by Michael Happoldt Albums produced by Ryan Greene {{2000s-punk-album-stub