The Great Depression (Blindside album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Great Depression
Type = Album
Artist = Blindside


Released = August 2, 2005 (US)
Recorded =
Genre = Post-hardcore
Length = 53:28
Label = DRT Entertainment
Producer = Lasse Mårtén
Reviews = *The Phantom Tollbooth Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.tollbooth.org/2005/reviews/bside.html link]
* Jesus Freak Hideout Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheGreatDepression.asp link]
Last album = "About a Burning Fire"
(2004)
This album = "The Great Depression"
(2005)
Next album = "The Black Rose EP"
(2007)

"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 underwent. He was very unsettled by his experience and the things he saw influenced the album immensely.Fact|date=April 2007 The song "Yemkela" was written about a young African boy he met on his trip.Fact|date=April 2007 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.

Track listing

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

ingles

*"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 song "A Boy Named Sue."