''The Papercut Chronicles'' is the second studio album by

Gym Class Heroes Gym Class Heroes was an American rap rock band from Geneva, New York. The group formed in 1997 when Travie McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley during their high school gym class. The band's music displays a wide variety of influences, including hip h ...

released in 2005 by

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. A sequel, ''

The Papercut Chronicles II ''The Papercut Chronicles II'' is the fifth and final studio album by American rap rock band Gym Class Heroes. It was released through Decaydance Records, Warner Bros. Records and Fueled by Ramen on November 15, 2011. It serves as a sequel to t ...

'', was released in 2011. The album has sold over 32,000 copies in US.

Track listing

Standard Edition

# "Za Intro" – 1:40 # "Papercuts" – 3:26 # "Petrified Life and the Twice Told Joke (Decrepit Bricks)" – 4:53 # "Make Out Club" – 4:43 # "

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" – 1:59 # "So Long Friend" – 1:14 # "Everyday's Forecast" – 4:21 # "Pillmatic" – 3:11 # "Simple Livin'" – 3:06 # "

Cupid's Chokehold "Cupid's Chokehold" is a song by American rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, featuring the vocals of Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. The song relies heavily on the music and chorus from Supertramp's hit song "Breakfast in America" written by Roger ...

" (featuring Patrick Stump) – 4:03 # "Faces in the Hall" – 4:13 # "Graduation Day" – 1:44 # "Apollo 3-1-5" – 2:29 # "wejusfreestylin'pt2" – 1:12 # "To Bob Ross with Love" – 2:38 # "Papercuts (The Reason for the Lesions Remix by Mr. Dibbs)" – 3:46 # "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" – 4:01 # "Band Aids" – 4:58 * The song "Band Aids" ends at minute 1:52. After 2 minutes and 10 seconds of silence (1:52 - 4:02), begins an untitled

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: it's a computer generated voice that talks.

Japanese Bonus Track

# "Boomerang Theory" (Bonus Track)

Bonus Remix CD

# "Chicago" (Remix) # "Heart Transplant" (Remix) # "Attention" (Remix) # "Gotta Get Out of Here" (Remix)

Personnel

Credits adapted from album’s liner notes. Gym Class Heroes *

Travis McCoy Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy (born August 5, 1981) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the co-founder and former lead vocalist of the rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, in addition to having a solo career. McCoy became involved w ...

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 ...

Matt McGinley Matthew Ryan "Matt" McGinley (born February 24, 1983) is the co-founder and former drummer of Gym Class Heroes and a contributing music producer to the nationally syndicated radio program ''This American Life''. Career Matt McGinley is the dru ...

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* Ryan Geise - bass * Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo -

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Additional personnel * Doug White - producer,

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* Milo Bonacci - guitars * Sie One - production (tracks 1, 8, 12, and 18) * Gary Ventura - photography * Evan Leake - CD layout/design *

Patrick Stump Patrick Martin Stumph (born April 27, 1984), known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Fall Out Boy, originally from Wilmette, I ...

- guest vocals (track 10) *

Adam English Adam English (born 2003) is an Irish hurler who plays for Limerick Senior Championship club Doon and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a forward. Career English first played hurling at ju ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

(track 10) * Rand Bellavia - additional backing vocals (track 10) *

Matt Green Matthew Green may refer to: * Matthew Green (British politician) (born 1970), British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Ludlow *Matthew Green (Canadian politician) (born 1980) NDP Member of Parliament for Hamilton Centre and former Hamilton ...

- mixing and additional engineering (track 10) *

Mr. Dibbs Mr. Dibbs (born Brad Forste) is an American DJ and hip hop producer. He is the Founder of 1200 HOBOS j/graff collective He was also one of the founders of Scribble Jam. Early life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Forste was introduced to DJing aroun ...

- remixing (track 16) *Chris Alsip - guest vocals (track 16)

Additional notes

* "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" is a commentary on mainstream

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from Travis' point of view as a

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himself. * The lyrics in the outro of "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" are derived from the first line of

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's "

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". * "

" samples extensively from

Supertramp Supertramp were an English rock band that formed in London in 1969. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards, and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), they are distinguished for blending pro ...

's song "

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". * "

" is an homage to other contemporary bands in the

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and

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genres. * ''The Papercut Chronicles'' version of the "Cupid's Chokehold"

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was directed by Andrew Paul Bowser who would later co-direct the "New Friend Request" video with Joseph M. Petrick for their album '' As Cruel as School Children''. * "Make Out Club" includes a reference to the song "Girl or Dog?" by Travis's old side project

Bernie Allen : ''This is about the baseball player. For the musical project of Travis McCoy called Bernie Allen, see Bernie Allen (band).'' Bernard Keith Allen (born April 16, 1939) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins, Washingt ...

. * "To Bob Ross With Love" is an updated version of "Happy Little Trees" which appears on the album '' ...For the Kids''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Papercut Chronicles Gym Class Heroes albums 2005 albums Fueled by Ramen albums