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The Great Depression (Blindside album)

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Length
  
53:28

Artist
  
Blindside

Label
  
DRT Entertainment

Producer
  
Lasse Mårtén

Release date
  
2 August 2005

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Released
  
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)

The Great Depression (2005)
  
The Black Rose EP (2007)

Genres
  
Post-hardcore, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Blindside albums, Alternative rock albums

Blindside the great depression


The Great Depression is the fifth album from post-hardcore band Blindside. It is their first album for DRT Entertainment. The album was largely influenced by a trip to Africa that their lead singer, Christian, had undertaken. He was very unsettled by his experience and the things he saw influenced the album immensely. The song "Yemkela" was written about a young African boy he met on his trip. The boy had HIV and had less than two months to live. However, in a recent interview, Christian Lindskog revealed that on a recent tour in South Africa, he had seen Yemkela (who Christian expected would be dead) at a show in Cape Town. To Christian's surprise, he was doing well and watched Blindside perform his song and sang along. This Performance was released on a documentary packaged with Blindside's 2011 album "With Shivering Hearts We Wait."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Great Depression" – 1:27
  2. "This Is a Heart Attack" – 3:10
  3. "Ask Me Now" – 3:34
  4. "We're All Going to Die" – 3:00
  5. "Yemkela" – 3:38
  6. "Put Back the Stars" – 3:57
  7. "Fell in Love With the Game" – 4:07
  8. "City Lights" – 3:13
  9. "We Are to Follow" – 4:02
  10. "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids" – 4:56
  11. "My Alibi" – 4:33
  12. "Come to Rest (Hesychia)" – 4:29
  13. "This Time" – 4:47
  14. "When I Remember" – 4:27

Singles

  • "Fell in Love With the Game"
  • "When I Remember"

    • Guest musicians

  • J. Jamte – "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids"
  • Ilkka Viitasalo (of Benea Reach) – "Come to Rest (Hesychia)"

    • Trivia

  • "Fell in Love With the Game" contains the line "We wrestle in the mud and the blood and the beer," which references the Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue."

    • Songs

    1The Great Depression1:27
    2This Is a Heart Attack3:10
    3Ask Me Now3:34

    References

    The Great Depression (Blindside album) Wikipedia
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