Released June 15, 2004 Length 35:50 Artist Underoath Label Tooth & Nail Records | Recorded Wisner Productions Producer James Paul Wisner Release date 15 June 2004 | |
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They're Only Chasing Safety
(2004) Define the Great Line
(2006) Genres Post-hardcore, Screamo, Emo Similar Underoath albums, Screamo albums, Other albums | ||
Under ath they re only chasing safety full album bonus tracks
They're Only Chasing Safety is the fourth album by American post-hardcore band Underoath. The album was released on June 15, 2004, through Solid State Records. Prior to recording, it was ready to be recorded with Underoath founder and frontman Dallas Taylor, but instead was replaced with the band's current lead vocalist Spencer Chamberlain. It is also the first record to feature bassist Grant Brandell, who replaced William Nottke shortly after the release of The Changing of Times, and James Smith, who replaced Octavio Fernandez on rhythm guitar.
Contents
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Style
Although Underoath has been described as metalcore, a review by Alex Henderson of Allmusic classifies They're Only Chasing Safety as an alternative rock style which could be described as screamo, post-hardcore, or melodic hardcore. According to Henderson, "this screamo/post-hardcore/melodic hardcore approach is quite different from full-fledged metalcore; while metalcore units like Hatebreed, Brick Bath, and Finland's notoriously ferocious Rotten Sound go right for the jugular, Underoath and similar bands prefer to mix honey with vinegar." In another review, Andrew Segal of Cross Rhythms describes the album as nu metal, and said that, while on the heavier side of the rock scale, the album is well produced and "shows more signs of intelligence than the [nu-metal] genre is often credited with."
Release
They're Only Chasing Safety was released on June 15, 2004 through Solid State. All original version cover photography and album artwork was created by Kris McCaddon, formerly of Embodyment and Demon Hunter, and currently of The Famine. "Reinventing Your Exit" was released to radio on February 22, 2005. On October 4, 2005, the album was re-released through Tooth and Nail, which included four bonus tracks, and a bonus DVD.
Bonus tracks and song titles
All of the bonus tracks that are featured on the special edition of the album except for "I've Got Ten Friends and a Crowbar That Says You Ain't Gonna Do Jack" were taken from the band's session with Matt Goldman and are early pre-production demos of songs which would later grow to become the regular album tracks. "The 80's Song" is an early version of "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door", "You're So Intricate" is an early version of "I'm Content with Losing", and "Smic Tague" is an instrumental adaptation of "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape". Prior to the release of They're Only Chasing Safety, a few of these early version tracks were used to promote the album; the song "You're So Intricate" had been featured on a Tower Records exclusive Tooth & Nail Records compilation and a demo version of "Young and Aspiring" had been posted on the Underoath website.
"I've Got Ten Friends and a Crowbar That Says You Ain't Gonna Do Jack" first appeared as the opening track on SmartPunk.com's Music on the Brain Vol. 1 compilation, which was released on July 20, 2004. The song would later appear on the 12" vinyl and Japanese versions of They're Only Chasing Safety.
The intro of "Young and Aspiring" was inspired from the intro of the Pantera song "Suicide Note Pt. I", that appears on their eighth album, The Great Southern Trendkill.
The title of the song "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" is a reference to the 1999 film Magnolia, where it can been seen in the synopsis on the DVD case.
Reception
As of 2005, They're Only Chasing Safety sold more than 218,000 copies, with the re-release selling an additional 279,000 copies, making a combined sales of more than 500,000 copies in the US alone. On December 21, 2011, it was announced that the album had been certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies.
In 2005, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards, and till 2011, the album was finally certified gold in the US by RIAA.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Aaron Gillespie and Spencer Chamberlain, except where noted; all music composed by Underoath.
Songs
1Young and Aspiring3:05
2A Boy Brushed Red… Living in Black and White4:28
3The Impact of Reason3:24