Crisis (Alexisonfire album)

For the album by The Deadweights, see Crisis (Deadweights album).

Crisis
Studio album by Alexisonfire
Released	August 21, 2006 August 22, 2006
Recorded	February–March 2006 at Metal Works, Mississauga, ON; Silo Recording Studio, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore
Length	41:37
Label	Distort Entertainment, Vagrant, Hassle, Shock
Producer	Julius Butty and Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire chronology
The Switcheroo Series: Alexisonfire vs. Moneen (2005) Crisis (2006) Old Crows / Young Cardinals (2009)
Alternative Cover
Alternative cover for North America release
Cover Appearing on Vagrant Records US market release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(64%)[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Jam!	[3]

Crisis is Alexisonfire's third studio album, and the follow-up to Watch Out!. The album was released in the UK on August 21, 2006 on Hassle Records and on Shock Records in Australia. Distort Entertainment released the album for Canada a day later than the UK release date, and Vagrant Records followed suit for the US market. The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling over 20,000 copies in its first week.^[4] Crisis was certified platinum in Canada in May 2007.^[5] It is also the first Alexisonfire album to feature a title track.

Conception & recording

This is the first album to feature Jordan Hastings on drums, replacing founding member Jesse Ingelevics. Ingelevics was no longer a part of the band as of June 14, 2005, according to a statement on Alexisonfire's official website. The post cited that the band and Ingelevics had slowly grown apart, and that he wanted to spend more time with his family and his fiancée. The song "Keep It On Wax" is about his departure, and his alleged trash-talking of the band that followed.^{[citation needed]} The album also features Planes Mistaken for Stars frontman Gared O'Donnell singing on the track "You Burn First". The single "Boiled Frogs" refers to George's dad, whose boss tried to cheat him out of a pension, and refers to the incorrect though popular theory that frogs, if placed in a pot of water and have the temperature slowly raised, will not notice that they are being cooked.

The album art for Crisis features aftermath of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 that hit the Niagara Region and Western New York. The main cover features the famous picture of a frost bitten man, a snowblower clearing the large accumulation of snow, and bare trees during the blizzard. Additional pictures of the event are included inside the album's booklet. The lyrics from the song "Crisis" are based on this event.

Release and reception

There are limited editions of the album which include a USB flash drive containing bonus material. It includes the live performances of "Accidents" and "Mailbox Arson" at the SCENE Music Festival in St. Catharines, Ontario, the making of the videos "Passing Out in America" and "This Could Be Anywhere in the World", and a slide show from their trip in Europe to the audio of a new song called "Thrones". There is also an extra song called "My God is a Reasonable Man". The Vagrant Records version has an insert between the jewel case and original album cover, the insert changed the cover art for the US release, this was not done in any other market.

Crisis was voted 50th in the 50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century in Kerrang!

In popular culture

A poster of the album is shown on the pilot episode of Chuck, in the scene in which Chuck takes Sarah to listen to a local band. The poster is to the right of Sarah when they sit on the couch.

The song "To a Friend" was featured in a Degrassi: The Next Generation episode "Death Or Glory Pt. 2".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints"	3:48
2.	"This Could Be Anywhere in the World"	4:03
3.	"Mailbox Arson"	3:31
4.	"Boiled Frogs"	3:57
5.	"We Are the Sound"	3:40
6.	"You Burn First"	2:40
7.	"We Are the End"	3:46
8.	"Crisis"	3:31
9.	"Keep It on Wax"	3:48
10.	"To a Friend"	3:15
11.	"Rough Hands"	5:30
Total length:		41:37

Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"My God Is a Reasonable Man"	3:04
13.	"Thrones"	4:16

Personnel

• George Pettit - lead vocals
• Wade MacNeil - guitar, vocals
• Chris Steele - bass guitar
• Dallas Green - guitar, piano, vocals
• Jordan Hastings - drums, percussion
• Gared O'Donnell (Planes Mistaken for Stars) - guest vocals on "You Burn First"
• Julius Butty - guest vocals, production, mixing
• Nick Blagona - engineering
• Giancarlo Gallo - assistant engineer, pro-tools operator
• Brent Withcomnb - assistant engineer, mixing
• João Carvalho - mastering
• Marco Bressette - editor
• Garnet Armstrong - design
• Scott Russell - additional hand claps and gang vocals
• Antony Dewar - Dancin' daily to Alexisonfire

Singles

• "This Could Be Anywhere in the World"
• "Boiled Frogs"
• "Rough Hands"
• "Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints"

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Independent Albums	18
2006	Top Canadian Albums	1
2006	Top Heatseekers	5
2006	Billboard 200	189
2006	UK Album Charts	72
2006	ARIA Charts	37

References

1. ^ "Alexisonfire - Crisis - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=167395. 
2. ^ "Crisis - Alexisonfire". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r851709. 
3. ^ "Album Review - Crisis". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/A/Alexisonfire/AlbumReviews/2006/08/23/1771668.html. 
4. ^ Williams, John. "Alexisonfire hot, Paris a chart flop". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/A/Alexisonfire/2006/08/30/1786559-ca.html. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 
5. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certification

External links

• Alexisonfire Official Site
• Alexisonfire on Myspace
• Distort Entertainment
• Vagrant Records
• Sore Point Records
• Crisis E-card