''Before the Blackout'' is

Allister Allister is an American pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1994 when the original band members were still in high school, and was originally named Phineas Gage. In 1998 Allister became one of the first bands to sign ...

's third studio album.

Release

On July 14, 2005, ''Before the Blackout'' was announced for release in three months' time; that same day, "Study in Economics" was made available for streaming. It was released on October 11, 2005 on

Drive-Thru Records Drive-Thru Records was a California-based independent record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. The label was partially responsible for popularizing the pop-punk/emo merger sound of the early to mid-2000s. After facing financi ...

. Between October and December 2005, they supported

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on their farewell US tour. They closed the year playing four holiday shows with Catch 22. From late January until early March 2006, the band supported

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on their tour of the US. In March and April 2007, Allister went on a tour of Japan, before breaking up. They played a final show in Chicago, Illinois.

Track listing

(all songs written by

, except where noted otherwise) # "Waiting" – 3:23 # "D²" – 4:09 # "A Lotta Nerve" (Allister, Dennis Hill) – 2:42 # "From the Ground Up" (Allister, Rory Cleveland) – 2:14 # "Blackout" – 4:08 # "Rewind" – 2:59 # "2 A.M." – 3:32 # "You Lied" – 3:23 # "A Study in Economics" – 3:35 # "Suffocation" – 2:55 # "Easy Answers" (Allister, Hill,

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) – 2:55 # "The Legend of Pegleg Sullivan" – 2:45 # "Potential Suicide" – 3:11 # "Alone" – 4:04 ;Bonus track The

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ese version of the album, issued through In-n-Out Records, includes a bonus track. The track, sung in Japanese, is a

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of a 1993

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song.

" Shima Uta" () – 3:06

Personnel

* Kyle Lewis -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Mike Leverence -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Scott Murphy -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, bass * Tim Rogner - vocals, guitar

References

{{Authority control Allister albums 2005 albums Drive-Thru Records albums