Length 43:28 Release date 26 September 2000 | Label Rethink | |
Released September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26) Producer Charlie PeacockJacquire KingSwitchfoot Similar Switchfoot albums, Christian rock albums | ||
Switchfoot learning to breathe official audio
Learning to Breathe is the third studio album by the band Switchfoot. It was released on September 26, 2000. It was their final record for independent label re:think Records, which was distributed by Sparrow Records. This album also received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2001.
Contents
Promotion
A music video was filmed for the song "You Already Take Me There". It shows the band skydiving out of an airplane, and playing the song on the ground.
Composition
"I Dare You To Move", "Playing For Keeps", "The Loser", "Erosion" and "Living Is Simple" are in the key of E major or C# minor.
"Learning to Breathe" and "You Already Take Me There" are in the key of G Major.
"Love is the Movement" and "Innocence Again" are in the key of D minor.
"Poparazzi" is in the key of C major. "The Economy of Mercy" is written in the key of D major.
Legacy
The songs "I Dare You to Move" and "Learning to Breathe" were prominently used in a popular teen romantic drama film starring Mandy Moore and Shane West, A Walk to Remember (2002).
The phrase "Love Is the Movement" has been adopted as a motto by To Write Love on Her Arms, a non-profit organization that Switchfoot supports.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jon Foreman, except where noted. Tracks 3 and 11 were released as the album's only two singles.
Songs
1I Dare You to Move4:08
2Learning to Breathe4:36
3You Already Take Me There2:42