''Background Music'' is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band
Give Up the Ghost. The album was originally released on June 12, 2001 through
Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records is an independent record label based in Albany, New York. It was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo, singer for the punk bands Youth of Today, Shelter, and Better Than a Thousand.
The label originally existed solely to ...
under the name American Nightmare, but was later reissued in 2003 under the name Give Up the Ghost after another band named American Nightmare filed a
cease and desist
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order. ''Background Music'' was also reissued in 2011 through
Deathwish Inc.
Deathwish, Inc. is an American independent record label conceived by Jacob Bannon of Converge and Tre McCarthy in 2000. Their first release was '' Deeper the Wound'', a split album between Converge and Japanese band Hellchild on April 23, 2001. D ...
in celebration of the band's reunion shows.
Track listing
# "(We Are)" – 2:38
# "There's a Black Hole in the Shadow of
the Pru" – 2:00
# "AM/PM" – 3:05
# "Shoplifting in a Ghost Town" – 2:51
# "I Saved Latin" – 0:22
# "Postmark My Compass" – 2:15
# "I.C. You Are Feeling Drake" – 2:09
# "Hearts" – 1:03
# "
God Save the Queen
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" – 2:00
# "Your Arsonist" – 2:48
# "Farewell" – 2:22
References
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Equal Vision Records albums
Deathwish Inc. albums
2001 albums