Release date 30 April 2013 Producer Joey Sturgis | Label Fearless Records | |
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Released April 30, 2013
June 17, 2014 (deluxe edition) Length 39:23
52:46 (deluxe edition) Pardon My French
(2013) Get Lost, Find Yourself
(2015) Artists Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Pierce Fulton Genres Alternative/Indie, Metalcore Similar Something for Nothing, Get Lost - Find Yourself, Heta Himlen, Cross Your Fingers, Everything's Fine | ||
Pierce fulton in the studio pardon my french
Pardon My French is the second album by French rock band Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!. The album was released on April 30, 2013 on Fearless Records. The album was produced by Joey Sturgis, a well-known metalcore producer. It is the last album with original drummer Jonathan Donnaes.
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Pierce fulton pardon my french original mix
Background
The album was produced by Joey Sturgis, a well-known metalcore producer. Because the band had a producer for this album singer Bertrand Poncet, who acted as a producer for the first album, could focus on song writing more.
The expression Pardon My French as a title was picked because, in Poncet's words, "is rude and classy at the same time[...] and that is exactly who we are and what our music about." The band announced the album's cover art, track listing and release date on 11 March 2013.
Release and promotion
The band announced the Pardon My French's cover art, track listing and release date on 11 March 2013. Originally, the band was supposed to headline the Pardon My French Tour in March and April 2013; instead, the band went on tour with A Day to Remember. The album was released on 30 April 2013.
On April 26, in the lead up to the Pardon My French's release Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! unveiled each track each half an hour with a different online publication. Each song was released in track order starting with “Bipolar Mind” through: Alternative Press, Hot Topic, Absolute Punk, Metal Injection, Revolver Magazine, Loudwire, Pure Volume, Boom Movement, Artist Direct, and then Noise Creep.
On May 13, it was announced that the band will be releasing a deluxe version of their second album Pardon My French, which featured 3 previously unreleased tracks and an acoustic version Taking Chances, and was released on June 17.
Commercial
The album debuted at No. 72 on Billboard 200, No. 20 on Top Rock Albums and No. 15 on Alternative Albums, with 12,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold 44,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.
Track listing
All music and lyrics written by Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
Personnel
Songs
1Restart3:31
2Taking Chances3:10
3Bipolar Mind3:00