''Pass the Flask'' is the first studio album released by American post-hardcore band

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Reissue

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, an independent, now defunct record label. ''Pass the Flask'' sold approx 50,000 copies while on Fiddler. The Bled then signed to Vagrant Records to release their second album, '' Found in the Flood''. They reissued the first album on their new label

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, containing all of the songs from ''Pass the Flask'', as well as the almost impossible to find '' His First Crush'' and ''

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'' EPs and officially unreleased tracks that only family and friends had. Jeremy Talley, the guitarist, said that "it seemed like the right time to put them all on one disc and put it out there before too many people find out about the Internet."The bled - Pass The Flask (Reissue)
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" with the money from selling the CD twice.''Pass the Flask'' (reissue), (2007), ''

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Track origins

The first ten songs make up the reissue, coming from ''Pass the Flask''. Track 2 was originally entitled " Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt", but was changed for legal reasons. It is still listed as "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt" in the liner notes. Tracks 11–15 are from ''His First Crush'', 16–18 are from ''The Bled ''. Song 19, "Ok, But Here's How It Really Happened", has never been officially released before. Song 20, "Hotel Coral Essex" (original recording), is from a demo recorded for a 2004

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sampler, although it was later added to and released on ''Found in the Flood''. Finally, song 21, "Lay On My Cot", is said to have been "sent to us from deep space and shall never be spoken of again." The track "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back" is titled after a line of dialogue from the comedy ''

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''. The track "Get Up You Son of a Bitch, Cause Mickey Loves Ya" is titled after a line of dialogue from ''

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Track listing

*All songs written by

Reissue bonus tracks

Credits

Original *Beau Burchell - Engineering, production, mixing *Ted Danson - Executive producer *Shawn Sullivan - Mastering * Ryan Joseph Shaughnessy - Photography *Mike Celi - Bass *Jeremy Talley - Guitar *James Muñoz - Vocals *Ross Ott - Guitar *Mike Pedicone - Drums Reissue * James Muñoz - Vocals * Jeremy Talley - Guitar * Ross Ott - Guitar * Mike Pedicone - Drums * Mike Celi - Bass * Beau Burchell - Engineer * Beau Burchell - Producer * Beau Burchell - Mixer * Ted Danson - Executive Producer * RJ Shaughnessy - Photography * Sergie - "Slapping The Art Together" * Ben Goetting - Additional Layout * Amy Fleisher, Rossmosis, and Friends - Additional Photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pass The Flask 2003 debut albums The Bled albums Fiddler Records albums Vagrant Records albums Albums produced by Beau Burchell