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. It was recorded in November and December 2000. It was released on May 22, 2001. This was the first album to feature new drummer Michael McDermott, formerly of Murphy's Law and

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. The song "Manthem" is featured in the video game ''

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Release

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on their tour of Japan in March; however, due to an illness in drummer Michael McDermott's family, the band pulled out. In early May 2001, the band filmed a music video for "Gone". ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation'' was released in May 2001, through

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. In May and June 2001, the band toured Europe as part of the

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. In August 2001, the band filmed a music video for "True Believers" at

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in New York City. In February and March 2002, the band went on tours of the west and east coasts;

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supported on the west coast dates, while

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, the Arsons, and the Unseen supported the east coast shows.

Reception

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ranked "True Believers" at number 57 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs. ''Alternative Press'' ranked "True Believers" at number 50 on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s.

Track listing

All songs by

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# "That Song" – 2:03 # "Private Radio" – 2:13 # "True Believers" – 2:31 # "Better Life" – 1:50 # "The Something Special" – 3:25 # "Broken Record" – 2:50 # "Lifetime" – 3:22 # "Manthem" – 3:08 # "Break-up Song" – 1:52 # "Streetlight Serenade (To No One)" – 2:04 # "Late Bloomer" – 2:48 # "No Comply" – 1:58 # "Gone" – 4:07

Personnel

*Greg Attonito –

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 ...

*Pete Steinkopf –

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 ...

*Bryan Keinlen –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, artwork *Michael McDermott –

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s *John Seymour – engineer *Jonathon Leary – assistant engineer *Tim Gilles – technician *Robert Vosgien – technician

References

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