''Don't You Fake It'' is the debut studio album by American

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. The title is taken from a line in the opening track, "In Fate's Hands". The album garnered mixed reviews from critics. ''Don't You Fake It'' debuted at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spawned three

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s: " Face Down", "False Pretense" and " Your Guardian Angel". To promote the record, the band toured across North America with appearances at music festivals.

Recording

In January 2006,

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reported that the band was in the process of recording their debut album.

Release

On March 4, 2006, "Face Down" was posted on the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' Myspace profile. A music video was released for the song three days later. In May 2006, they appeared at

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festival. ''Don't You Fake It'' was made available for streaming via

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on July 17, 2006, before being released a day later. They went on a headlining US tour in August and September 2006, where they were supported by

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, and then appeared at the

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festival. On January 26, 2007, the music video for "False Pretense" was posted online. In February and March 2007, the band headlined that year's

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. "False Pretense" impacted radio on March 13, 2007. The album was re-released on March 20. Following this, they appeared at

festival. From late June to late August, the band went on the 2007 edition of

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. "Your Guardian Angel" was released to radio on August 7. In October and November, the band went on a US tour with

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and New Years Day. In April 2008, the band went on an acoustic US tour, dubbed Unplugged and Unaffected. In early May, the band appeared at the 2008 edition of the

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Remaster

In 2014, the band released "Don't You Fake It (Alliance Edition)", a remaster of the album. The remaster, as told by the band, was specifically done for an iTunes release, but is also available on other platforms. The tracklisting is mostly identical to the original album, but removes "Damn Regret", and adds "Disconnected" from the Deluxe Edition as well as "The Grimm Goodbye" from certain releases of the original album.

Reception

Critical response

A writer for

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said that the band's overall musicianship was "a mouth-watering hybrid of the best traits associated with bands like

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praised the single "Face Down" as a highlight and commended both "Cat and Mouse" and "Your Guardian Angel" for breaking up the "steadfast urgency" throughout the album, but felt the overall sound was too reminiscent of contemporaries like

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, concluding that "it's all not quite enough to wash out the generic taste left in one's mouth by the end. The band may not be faking anything, but even earnestness isn't always enough." ''

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''s Chad Grischow said that there was "more promise than substance on their debut", giving praise to Ronnie Winter's vocal performance and the tracks for containing "a powerful rock punch with hard-crashing guitar riffs and driving beats supporting solid emo hooks", but said that it "fits a little too comfortably among the hundreds of other pop-punk and emo releases of the summer. It is certainly not the worst of them, but it is hardly the best either." He concluded that "in the overcrowded state of the genre their debut fails to make a splash."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and moved 25,000 copies in its first week. By August 2006, the album had sold over 100,000 copies, and has sold 852,000 copies as of August 2008. It was eventually certified

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in May 2016.

Track listing

*Tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12 and 14 originally appear on ''

''. **Tracks 1 and 11 have alternate names. ***In Fates Hands alternate name is Ass Shaker. ****Your Guardian Angel alternate name is The Acoustic Song.

DVD

*Making the Album – Behind the Scenes *" Face Down" (music video) *"False Pretense" (music video) *Behind the Scenes – "False Pretense" *On the Road with RJA

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Don't You Fake It''. ;The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus * Ronnie Winter –

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* Elias Reidy –

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, backing vocals * Duke Kitchens –

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* Joey Westwood –

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* Jon Wilkes –

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;Additional musicians *Randy Winter – drums, sequencers on "In Fate's Hands" and "Justify" *Dan Korneff –

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;Production *

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– producer, mixing *Isaiah Abolin – assistant engineer *Anthony Fontana – assistant engineer *Ted Young – assistant engineer *John Bender –

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– digital editing, engineer *Dan Korneff – digital editing, mixing on "The Grim Goodbye" *

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– mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC ;Artwork *Sean Mosher-Smith – creative direction *Dzark Design Bureau – design *Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2006 debut albums The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus albums Pop punk albums by American artists Albums produced by David Bendeth