You're Welcome (Fireworks Go Up! Album)

''You're Welcome'' is a 2004 album by American band Fireworks Go Up!. Released on the Baryon label, it was the group's debut album and received mainly positive reviews.

Background

The band Fireworks Go Up! was formed in 2003 by Dan Coutant with bassist Dave Fateman and drummer Scott Truede.

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Dan Coutant was formerly with a band called Joshua,''Lollipop Magazine'', September 6, 2004 �
Fireworks Go Up! ''You're Welcome'' (Baryon) by Tim Den
/ref> that broke up in 2003. Producer John Agnello had in the past produced for Patti Smith, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Jay Farrar, and Dinosaur Jr.

Critical reception

The album received critical acclaim upon release.

The album was reviewed by Stewart Mason of AllMusic. He made a comparison between Dan Coutant's vocals on "Delusionist" and "The Queen Is Dead"-era Morrissey, saying that they were a frighteningly accurate imitation. He also said that the opening track, "The Sun Don't Burn Without Her" had a power-poppy sweetness and used groups the Shoes and the Motors as examples. He finished off by saying that the album was superior to Coutant's earlier work.AllMusic �
You're Welcome, Fireworks Go Up!, You're Welcome Review by Stewart Mason
/ref> It was given three and a half stars.

Ernest Simpson of ''Treblezine'' said, "If nothing else can be said about the production, it can be said that it’s tight, polished, and fairly solid."

Tim Den of ''Lollipop Magazine'' praised Dan Coutant's songwriting and said that he was one of the more articulate/intelligent jagged-pop writers in the last five years. He said that the music was just as good and even better than anything the group Joshua did. He also noted John Agnello's production which had brought out the most imaginative chord changes that Coutant had written. He also mentioned stellar vocal performances and made comparisons to the groups Foo Fighters and the Fire Theft.

A July 2005 review by ''Shredding Paper'' was positive. It began by referring to it as "decent, but unspectacular indie rock stuff". The similarity between the album's material and some later material by the Promise Ring was mentioned. The songs "Me Myself", and "Delusionist" were named as the best songs. He said that the album got better with each listen and he was on his fifth listen at the time of the review.

The album had a brief review in the November/December issue of ''Punk Planet 64''. The reviewer said that the group "definitely went to the Death Cab for Cutie school of rock" which was fine and that the album featured 10 finely crafted, driving pop songs.

Chart performance

The album was one of the adds for June 21–22 as per the This Week's Priorities section of ''CMJ'' 21 June 2004.

The album debuted at no. 139 on the ''CMJ'' Radio 200 chart on the week of 19 July 2004. The following week it was at no. 112 which was its peak position. It spent a total of four weeks in the chart.

The album had debuted at no. 15 in the Radio 150 Adds top 20 chart in July.''CMJ New Music'', Issue 125 �
Page 22 CMK Alert Radio 150 Adds, Position 15, Total Adds 26
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Track listing

# "The Sun Don't Burn Without Her" – 3:07
# "Chewed Up and Spit Out" – 3:46
# "Stronger as It Goes" – 3:25
# "A Glorious Mood" – 2:58
# "Say the Right Things" – 2:55
# "The Heavy Route" – 4:12
# "Me Myself" – 3:16
# "Post Commitment Pit" – 3:18
# "Delusionist" – 3:12
# "Just a Hate Song" – 3:03

References

External links

* {{Discogs release, 12211027, You're Welcome
* Fireworks Go Up! - Topic channel
''Your're Welcome''

2004 debut albums
Pop rock albums
Albums produced by John Agnello
Baryon Records albums