Santi (album)

For the village in Burkina Faso, see Santi, Burkina Faso. For an Italian painter and poet, see Giovanni Santi. For other uses, see Santi (disambiguation).

Santi
Studio album by The Academy Is...
Released	April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02)
Recorded	October 31, 2006 in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock Emo Indie rock Post-punk revival
Length	39:26
Label	Fueled by Ramen Decaydance Atlantic Records
Producer	Butch Walker
The Academy Is... chronology
From the Carpet (2006) Santi (2007) Fast Times at Barrington High (2008)
Singles from Santi
"We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" Released: 2007 "Neighbors" Released: 2007 "Everything We Had" Released: 2007 "Sleeping With Giants (Lifetime)" Released: 2007 "Same Blood" Released: 2007

Santi is the second album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released on April 2 and 3, 2007 by Fueled by Ramen.

The album's working title was Chop Chop. The first preview of the album was provided by Johnny Minardi of Snakes and Suits fame on January 26, 2007 when he gave the song, "LAX to O'Hare", to Absolutepunk.net for streaming on their site.^[1] The first single from the album was "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands".^[2] The song was premiered on Q101 in Chicago at around 7:00 PM on February 5, 2007. The song is now streaming from the band's PureVolume page and is available on iTunes in the U.S. and Australia.

The second single from the album is "Neighbors", the video of which is available for viewing on YouTube.

The cover design was released via the Fueled by Ramen text messaging service on February 5.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2007 MTV2.com began streaming the album,^[3] resulting in the album becoming available to download on various piracy sites.

In its first week of sales in the U.S., the album sold 33,000 copies, debuting at number 32 on the Billboard 200^[4] and #94 on the UK Albums Chart.

William Beckett has explained the origin of Santi and how it came to be the album title in the Australian music magazine Blunt in the following story:

"Adam and I went to the same high school, and there was this dude named Josh Santiago who we went to school with. I was doing a solo project at the time, and I was listening to different music than most people – stuff like The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring and Jimmy Eat World – and people there just didn't get me or what I was like. So this one guy in particular, Josh Santiago, gave me a hell of a time, like busted my chops and called me negative names like "fag" and stuff. Anyway, he had a Dave Matthews cover band called Santi, because his name was Santiago and he's just that kind of guy. So we started saying Santi as everything that wasn't him – everything that was positive, just because he was such a negative dude and such a terrible person. So we started saying santi as something funny or cool, kinda like "cheers" or we say it as a greeting, like, 'Whats up, Santi?' So it's a word we've been using for a long time and when it came time to name the record we listened to it and went like, 'Santi!' – it always had to be the name."

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	(84%)[5]
Allmusic	[6]
Blender	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	[9]
Twisted Ear	[10]

1. "Same Blood" – 3:14
2. "LAX to O'Hare" – 3:36
3. "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" – 3:26
4. "Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime)" – 3:36
5. "Everything We Had" – 3:38
6. "Bulls in Brooklyn" – 3:27
7. "Neighbors" – 3:10
8. "Seed" – 4:17
9. "Chop Chop" – 3:26
10. "You Might Have Noticed" – 3:22
11. "Unexpected Places" – 4:15

On the video for "Slow Down", the buttock of Andy "The Butcher" Mrotek, the drummer, is partially revealed, revealing a tattoo which says the word "Santi" on it. However later, Mrotek got the "Santi" tattoo covered up with another. Adam T. Siska also got "Santi" tattooed on his buttock in episode 14 of TAI TV, in 2007.

In the song "Naked Peekaboo" done with members of Gym Class Heroes, a voice in the background of the song whispers "santi" in some parts.

"Everything We Had" is featured on the P.S. I Love You soundtrack.

In the song "Chop Chop", Mike Carden whispers "santi" during the drum solo at the end.

Best Buy bonus tracks:

12. "Ghost" – 3:51
13. "Everything We Had" (One Take Acoustic Mix) – 4:11

iTunes bonus tracks:

12. "Toasted Skin" – 3:55
13. "40 Steps" – 4:29

• The iTunes bonus tracks have since been removed from the store.

Singles

"We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands"

Main article: We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands

"Neighbors"

"Neighbors" was the second single off Santi. The song has a running time of three minutes and ten seconds.

A music video was also made for this song, showing the band at a concert, and in various other scenarios. There are cameos from different bands participating in the Honda Civic Tour, such as Mark Hoppus of +44, Andy Hurley, Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman from Fall Out Boy and Gabe Saporta of Midtown and Cobra Starship. It also includes Dirty who is known for being wild, crazy, and just "hanging out" with the members of Fall Out Boy. The song has been featured on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

"Everything We Had"

Main article: Everything We Had

"Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime)"

Main article: Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime)

"Same Blood"

Main article: Same Blood

Chart positions

Chart	Position
Billboard 200	32
Rock Albums	7
Digital Albums	32

References

1. ^ "The Academy Is – Profile". AbsolutePunk.net. 4 August 2008. http://www.absolutepunk.net/theacademyis. 
2. ^ "The Academy Is Press Release" (Press release). AbsolutePunk.net. 1 February 2007. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=208686. 
3. ^ http://www.mtv2.com/#leak/the_academy_is
4. ^ Hasty, Katie (11 April 2007). "'NOW 24' Trumps McBride, Duff, Timbaland At No. 1". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003569925. 
5. ^ "AboslutePunk.net review". http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=226936. 
6. ^ "Allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1030897. 
7. ^ "Blender review". http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4483. 
8. ^ "Rolling Stone review". http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13885817/review/14010930/santi. 
9. ^ "Spin review". http://www.spin.com/reviews/2007/03/0704_theacademyis. 
10. ^ "Twisted Ear review". http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1433&Itemid=31.