This Is an Outrage! is the debut

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by the American Christian

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band Capital Lights, with their previous EP being released under the name

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. It was released on July 8, 2008 under

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Critical reception

The album garnered mostly very positive reviews from most professional music sites and reviews. Lindsay Wiseman of Jesus Freak Hideout positively said: "Overall, it is an extremely powerful debut and is consistently fun, energetic, and extremely pleasing to the ears. Capital Lights has made a name for themselves with ''This Is an Outrage!'', no doubt." Nathan of New Release Tuesday went on to say: "Ever wonder what

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might sound if they were punk rock? Well wonder no more because now we have a close example. The debut album for the band Capital Lights is here, and it’s an outstanding blend of

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, and Anberlin, with some bits that sound like

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and

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. The result is one of the best punk/power pop/rock, with a hint of emo rock, albums in a while." Griffin Klemick plainly said in closing, "The end of the story: In July 2008 this CD unseated

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’s ''

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'', the latest effort by my favorite band, in my CD player. ''This Is an Outrage!'' did not leave it for more than five weeks." On the other hand, Matthew Tsani of

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did frankly state, "In the end, the main letdown of the album is the fact that this band had an ample amount of potential to write songs that could very well make them the next decent pop-punk hit, but instead are writing songs that prompt people to categorize them as merely “generic.” Whether this is because of the influence of the label or not is not really that big of a deal. What is important, however, is that Capital Lights swim themselves out of this monotonous sea of electro-pop before they make another album. In the meantime, fans will still have fun with ''This Is an Outrage!''" Matt Conner of ''

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'' negatively said: "Unfortunately, the bottom line is set low as many other bands simply do it better. If Tooth & Nail sticks with them, maturity is certainly a possibility as seen with other bands (i.e. Relient K). But for now, Capital Lights fails to make its mark."

Singles

On May 6, 2008, the first single "Outrage" off the album was released. It was later placed on the '' X 2009 Christian rock hits''

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, as well as the 2011 compilation album ''Time Will Pass You By''. "Out of Control" peaked at #1 on the R&R Christian Rock charts in 2008. "Outrage", "Out of Control", and "Return" all peaked within the top 5 of the

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radio charts. Besides these, the song "Worth as Much as a Counterfeit Dollar" was also a single from the release.

Track listing

*Track 2, 11 & 13 originally on '' The Revival of the Fittest EP''.

Personnel

''Per liner notes'' ;Capital Lights *Bryson Phillips -

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*Brett Admire -

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*Jonathan Williams - guitar *Michael Phillips -

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;Additional musicians and production *

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- producer,

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* Chris Carmichael -

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- mixing on track 1, 2, 4 & 7 *JR McNeely - mixing on track 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 *Troy Glessner - mastering *Aaron Mlasko - drum tech.

Chart performance

Music videos

Notes

*The tracks "Worth as Much as a Counterfeit Dollar", "The Night of Your Life is When You Die", and "Can I Get an Amen!" are all re-recorded tracks from the band's former incarnation of

. *The phrase "Here's looking at you, kid" from the opening track "Outrage" is a reference to the famous line from the film

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. *The song "Frank Morris" is named after the

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prisoner of the same name, famous for the

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. *The same year of the release, the band also debuted their first

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single "His Favorite Christmas Story". The song was included on the Tooth & Nail Christmas

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''. The song was later re-released on the 2011 Christmas compilation album ''Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree''.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2008 albums Capital Lights albums Tooth & Nail Records albums Power pop albums by American artists