''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' is an acoustic EP released by American
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band
Saves the Day, released by Immigrant Sun on July 1, 1999.
It differed from the band's debut album, ''
Can't Slow Down'', by having a lighter acoustic sound.
Background and recording
Saves the Day formed in late 1997. Their debut album, ''
Can't Slow Down'', was released with
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in August 1998.
[ The album helped the band gain fans, but only in the New Jersey area.][Greenwald 2003, p. 80] The band promoted the album with two tours, which helped the band expand their fan base. Saves the Day had three different line-up changes while touring ''Can't Slow Down'', leaving vocalist Chris Conley and drummer Bryan Newman as the only original members left.
''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' was recorded and mixed at Shoulder to the Wheel Studio in March 1999.[ The EP was mastered by M.J.R. at Metropolis Mastering Ltd.][
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Release
''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' was released on Immigrant Sun Records on July 1, 1999. It includes a cover of Modern English
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's "I Melt with You
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Track listing
All songs written by Chris Conley, except "I Melt with You" by Modern English
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;CD version
# "I'm Sorry I'm Leaving" – 2:48
# "Hold" – 2:22
# "Jessie & My Whetstone" – 2:06
# "Take Our Cars Now!" – 2:38
# "]I Melt with You
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" (Modern English
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cover) – 2:57
;7" vinyl version
# "I'm Sorry I'm Leaving"
# "Hold"
# "The Way His Collar Falls"
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.
;Saves the Day
* Chris Conley – vocals
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* Bryan Newman – drums
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* Eben D'Amico – bass
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* Ted Alexander – rhythm guitar
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* David Soloway – lead guitar
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;Production
* M.J.R. – mastering
* Sean Mallinson – layout, design
References
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External links
''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving''
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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Saves the Day albums
1999 EPs