''Dance Gavin Dance'' (also known as "Death Star" due to the album cover art) is the second studio album by American

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band

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, released on August 19, 2008, on Rise Records. The album is a follow-up to the band's full-length debut studio album, ''

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'' (2007), and is their first studio release to feature clean vocalist

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and rhythm guitarist Zachary Garren, who replaced

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and Sean O'Sullivan, respectively, in 2007. The album was produced, mixed, and mastered by

Kris Crummett Kris Crummett is an American record producer and owner of the Interlace Audio in Portland, Oregon. Crummett started recording in 2002. He has worked with many notable indie music record labels, including Rise Records, Epitaph Records, Fearless Re ...

and recorded in

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. Following its release, the album peaked at number 172 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 26 on the

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chart. The self-titled album was supported by four singles. The lead single, "The Robot with Human Hair, Pt. 3", was released on May 11, 2008. The second single, "Alex English", named after the retired

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player Alexander English, was released on June 5. The third single, "Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine", was released on June 11. "Caviar", featuring

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of American

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, was released as the fourth and final single on August 15, 2008. An instrumental version of ''Dance Gavin Dance'' was released on November 29, 2019.

Track listing

;Notes * "Hot Water on Wool (Reprise)" is a direct follow-up to the previous track "Hot Water on Wool". * "People You Know" features a

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beginning at 4:46, which reprises the track "Uneasy Hearts Weigh the Most".

Personnel

;Dance Gavin Dance *

–

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Jon Mess Dance Gavin Dance is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2005. The band currently consists of vocalists Jon Mess and Tilian Pearson, lead guitarist Will Swan, rhythm guitarist Andrew Wells, and drummer Matthew Mingus. ...

–

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, backing clean vocals * Will Swan –

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*Zac Garren –

*Eric Lodge –

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*Matt Mingus –

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;Additional personnel * Kris Crummett –

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, mixing, and mastering * Mattias Adolfsson –

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dance Gavin Dance (Album) 2008 albums Dance Gavin Dance albums Rise Records albums Albums produced by Kris Crummett