Released April 28, 2009 Coaster
(2009) Cokie the Clown
(2009) Release date 28 April 2009 Label Fat Wreck Chords | Length 32:48 Artist NOFX Producer Bill Stevenson | |
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Recorded November 2008 – February 2009 at Motor Studios, San Francisco, CA Genres Punk rock, Ska punk, Indie rock Similar Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, Liberal Animation, S&M Airlines, Ribbed, The War on Errorism | ||
Nofx coaster full album
Coaster (released on vinyl as Frisbee) is the eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on April 28, 2009 through Fat Wreck Chords.
Contents
Nofx we called it america 1 12
Writing and production
Writing and recording sessions for Coaster took place from November 2008 to February 2009. The band worked with Bill Stevenson, who produced Wolves in Wolves' Clothing (2006) and Self Entitled (2012).
Release
The album was the first new Fat Wreck Chords release priced under $10 in the US under the label's new promise that all CDs from the label would cost under $10, with many priced less than $8. Regarding the label's new pricing model, NOFX lead singer and Fat Wreck Chords owner Fat Mike stated the following:
Some of those who preordered the album through the Fat Wreck Chords website also received a limited edition, hand-numbered CD with two bonus tracks.
The album was simultaneously released on vinyl under the title Frisbee with alternative artwork. As with the CD release, vinyl preorders came with a bonus 7-inch single with the same two bonus tracks. The vinyl release also came with a free MP3 download of the album.
The vinyl release features an alternative intro to the opening track "We Called it America". The song 'Creeping Out Sara' is about meeting Sara Quin of indie band Tegan and Sara. The vinyl edition of the album has an alternate version called 'Creeping Out Tegan' which has alternate lyrics and is about a meeting with Sara's identical twin sister and bandmate Tegan Quin. The vinyl release also features an alternate trumpet solo and organ intro on the track 'Best God in Show.'
A few songs not included on the album that were written and recorded during the Coaster sessions were released on the Cokie the Clown EP in November 2009.
Artwork
The covers of both Coaster and Frisbee are in a style reminiscent of graphic design from the 1970s. The lyric booklet included with Coaster also includes photos of the band members from that time period.
The cover art of Coaster shows a compact disc being used as an alcoholic drink coaster with the disc art side facing down (data side facing up). The rear cover shows various older NOFX albums also being used as coasters with the disc art facing up. The disc art itself declares "Absorbing Alcohol Since 1983" (the year the band formed).
The alternate Frisbee artwork depicts guitarist Eric Melvin catching a vinyl record as he would a frisbee.
Track listing
All tracks written by Fat Mike.
Personnel
Additional musicians
Production
Artwork
Songs
1We Called It America2:08
2The Quitter1:52
3First Call2:34