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Almost Here 
Studio album by The Academy Is... Released February 8, 2005 Recorded Wisner Productions (St. Cloud, Florida) Genre Emo, pop punk, indie rock[citation needed] Length 32:57 Label Fueled by Ramen Producer James Paul Wisner The Academy Is... chronology The Academy EP
(2004)Almost Here
(2005)From the Carpet
(2006)Singles from Almost Here - "Checkmarks"
Released: 2005 - "Slow Down"
Released: 2005 - "The Phrase That Pays"
Released: 2006
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AbsolutePunk (89%) [1] Allmusic 
[2]Almost Here is the first full-length studio album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released on February 8, 2005 by Fueled by Ramen.
Contents
Background
After recording the album and a doing a summer tour, the band underwent a lineup change. Tom Conrad, formerly of Chicago local band 5o4plan, replaced LaTrace as the second guitarist/backing vocalist and Andy Mrotek, formerly of Last Place Champs, replaced DelPrincipe as the drummer. Andy Mrotek and Thomas Conrad are listed in the liner notes, but were added to the band after the recording of Almost Here to replace DelPrincipe and LaTrace, respectively.
The album debuted at #20 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, as well as at #24 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.[3] It also charted at #185 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The album spawned three singles: "Checkmarks", "Slow Down" (often incorrectly referred to as "Hollywood Hills"), which was chosen through an online poll on the band's website, and "The Phrase That Pays". "Classifieds" was an intended single off of the album and a video was made for the song. For unknown reasons, this video was never released, but the video's director posted it on YouTube.[4]
On February 6, 2010, The Academy Is... performed a 5th Anniversary Show for the album alongside with "Sing It Loud" and special guest.
Track listing
All music was 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.[5]
- "Attention" – 2:53
- "Season" – 3:34
- "Slow Down" – 4:02
- "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
- Tom Conrad – lead guitar
- Andrew "The Butcher" Mrotek – drums
- Mike Carden – rhythm guitar
- Adam T. Siska – bass
References
- ^ AbsolutePunk review
- ^ Almost Here (The Academy Is... album) at Allmusic
- ^ "The Academy Is...: Artist Chart History". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=646581&model.vnuAlbumId=667962. Retrieved 28 December 2005.
- ^ Ryan Rickett (director) (2007-04-25). The Academy Is... "Classifieds" (Video). YouTube. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NXFWw3UCNXw.
- ^ Liner notes on The Academy Is... album Almost Here.
Studio albums Almost Here • Santi • Fast Times at Barrington HighEPs The Academy • From the Carpet • Lost in Pacific Time: The AP/EPSingles "Checkmarks" • "Slow Down" • "The Phrase That Pays" • "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" • "Neighbors" • "Everything We Had" • "Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime)" • "Same Blood" • "About a Girl" • "Summer Hair = Forever Young" • "Winter Passing" • "His Girl Friday" • "The Test" • "I'm Yours Tonight" • "Sputter"Categories:- The Academy Is... albums
- 2005 albums
- Fueled by Ramen albums
- "Checkmarks"
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