''Committed to a Bright Future'' is the fifth studio album by American metal band

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, released in 2003. Music videos were made for the songs "The Acid Memoirs"," Grease" and "Love Song for a Witch".

Track listing

European release

The European release of ''Committed'' contained the bonus track "China White". It is a re-recorded version of a song that originally appeared on ''

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'', but with a different outro. This version also contains "Grease" as track fifteen, instead of in the hidden time. All songs written by Dog Fashion Disco except "Grease", written by

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of the

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. *The song "Déjà Vu" is a version of song "En La Noche" from Experiments In Alchemy, but with alternate lyrics. *The track "Acid Memoirs" heavily references

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, mentioning him by name and including the lyrics "'' Tuning in and dropping out''" *"Pogo the Clown" (which originally appeared on '' Experiments in Alchemy'') is about the infamous serial killer clown,

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Personnel

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– vocals *Greg Combs – guitar *Stephen Mears – bass *Mike "Ollie" Oliver – drums (although he did not drum on the album) *John Ensminger – drums *Jeff Siegel – keyboards *Matt Rippetoe – saxophones, clarinet and flute (+ woodwind arrangements) ;Additional personnel *Matt Rippetoe – Horns *Drew Mazurek – Producer, Engineer, Mixer *Joe Lambert – Mastering *Jeff Cohen – Legal Representation *Paul Campanella – Art Design & Layout *Angela Boatwright – Photography *Paul Cicoria – Title Design *Derek Brewer – Manager Both Greg Combs and John Ensminger played on the album, but quit the band before it was released.

References

2003 albums Dog Fashion Disco albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub