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''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.


Release

''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' was released on Immigrant Sun Records on July 1, 1999. It includes a cover of
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I Melt with You "I Melt with You" is a song by the British new wave band Modern English. The song, produced by Hugh Jones, was the second single from their 1982 album '' After the Snow''. It became the band's most successful single, largely in the United S ...
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Track listing

All songs written by Chris Conley, except "I Melt with You" by
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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 # "
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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 Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...
* Bryan Newman –
drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
* Eben D'Amico –
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* Ted Alexander –
rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...
* David Soloway –
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
;Production * M.J.R. – mastering * Sean Mallinson – layout, design


References

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