Almost Here (The Academy Is album)

Infobox Album | Name = Almost Here
Type = Album
Artist = The Academy Is...


Released = February 8, 2005
Recorded = Wisner Productions (St. Cloud, Florida)
Genre = Emo
Pop punk
Indie rock
Length = 32:57
Label = Fueled by Ramen
Producer = James Paul Wisner
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (89%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97071 link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfyxqusldke link]
*somethingFM (70/100) [http://www.somethingfm.net/content/view/152/30/ link]
Last album = "The Academy EP"
(2004)
This album = "Almost Here"
(2005)
Next album = "From the Carpet"
(2006)

"Almost Here" is the first full-length album by The Academy Is..., released on February 8, 2005 by Fueled by Ramen. It debuted at #20 on the "Billboard" Heatseakers chart, as well as at #24 on the "Billboard" Independent Albums chart. [cite web | title=The Academy Is...: Artist Chart History | work=Billboard | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=646581&model.vnuAlbumId=667962 | accessmonthday=28 December | accessyear=2005] The album spawned three singles: "Checkmarks", "Slow Down", which was chosen through an online poll on the band's website, and "The Phrase That Pays".

Track listing

All songs were written by Mike Carden and William Beckett, with the exception of "Down and Out" which was written solely by William Beckett. All lyrics by William Beckett. [Liner notes on The Academy Is... album "Almost Here".]
# "Attention" – 2:53
# "Season" – 3:34
# "Slow Down" – 4:04
# "The Phrase That Pays" – 3:17
# "Black Mamba" – 2:46
# "Skeptics and True Believers" – 2:54
# "Classifieds" – 2:52
# "Checkmarks" – 3:00
# "Down and Out" – 4:30
# "Almost Here" – 3:06

Personnel

*William Beckett – vocals
*Michael Carden – guitar
*Mike DelPrincipe – drums
*AJ LaTrace – guitar
*Adam T. Siska – bass

Classifieds

"Classifieds" was supposed to be one of the singles off of the album and a [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NXFWw3UCNXw&feature=related video] was made for this song. For unknown reasons, this video was never released, but the video's director posted it on YouTube.

References