The Swiss Army Romance

Infobox Album
Name = The Swiss Army Romance


Type = studio
Artist = Dashboard Confessional
Released = November 14, 2000
April 22, 2003 (re-release)
Recorded = 2000
Genre =
Length =
Label = Fiddler, Vagrant (re-release)
Producer = Chris Carrabba, James Paul Wisner

Last album =
This album = "The Swiss Army Romance"
(2000)
Next album = "The Drowning EP"
(2001)

"The Swiss Army Romance" is the first full-length album by Dashboard Confessional. It had an original short release (1000 copies or so) on the then very small Fiddler Records, but soon a decision was made to sell the album to Drive-Thru Records so that it could reach more ears. Drive-Thru released the album on November 14, 2000. In 2003, the rights to the record were sold to Carrabba and Vagrant Records and the album was re-issued on April 22, 2003 including the newly-recorded bonus tracks "Hold On" and "This Is a Forgery". The record cover was designed by Christopher Sleboda of Gluekit. The album features guest vocals from Jolie Lindholm of The Rocking Horse Winner.

The re-release was spurred by the rising popularity of the band and the announcement of the then upcoming album "A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar".

*The song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" contains the lyric from which Dashboard Confessional got its name: "On the way home/This car hears my confession".
*The song "Age Six Racer" is commonly referred to by its recurring line "So long sweet summer", and is featured on MTV's "".

Track listing

#"Screaming Infidelities" – 3:33
#"The Sharp Hint of New Tears" – 3:02
#"Living in Your Letters" – 3:40
#"The Swiss Army Romance" – 3:06
#"Turpentine Chaser" – 3:20 (Sometimes incorrectly called "Broken Hearts And Concrete Floors")
#"A Plain Morning" – 3:40
#"Age Six Racer" (often incorrectly named "So Long Sweet Summer" on P2P networks and lyrics sites) – 2:21
#"Again I Go Unnoticed" – 2:24
#"Ender Will Save Us All" – 5:14
#"Shirts and Gloves" – 2:53
#"Hold On" [re-issue bonus track] – 2:08
#"This Is a Forgery" (re-issue bonus track) – 5:37
#"Untitled" (hidden track, re-issue bonus track, sometimes listed as "Not Easy" or "Not So Easy") – 4:02

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External links

* [http://music.msn.com/album/?album=38461554 Listen to samples of the album]