Odd How People Shake

Odd How People Shake
Studio album by Fear Before the March of Flames
Released	2003
Genre	Metalcore Emo Post-hardcore Mathcore
Length	41:03
Label	Rise Records
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Fear Before the March of Flames chronology
Odd How People Shake (2003) Art Damage (2004)

Odd How People Shake, released under Rise Records in 2003, is the debut album from the mathcore band Fear Before the March of Flames. It was re-released by the band's current label, Equal Vision Records in January 2004.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fashion Tips Baby"	1:58
2.	"Go Wash Your Mouth... I Don't Know Where It's Been"	6:29
3.	"Given to Dreams"	3:35
4.	"Girl's Got a Face Like Murder"	1:56
5.	"The Lisbon Girls, Oh the Lisbon Girls"	2:30
6.	"The 20th Century Was Entirely Mine"	3:21
7.	"Sarah Goldfarb, Where Are Your Manners?"	3:07
8.	"On the Bright Side, She Could Choke"	3:03
9.	"Motelroom.Grandpiano"	3:01
10.	"What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas"	12:14

Song trivia

• "Go Wash Your Mouth, I Don't Know Where It's Been", is based on the movie American Beauty.
• "The Lisbon Girls, Oh the Lisbon Girls", is a reference to the novel and film The Virgin Suicides.
• Sarah Goldfarb is the name of the mother in Requiem for a Dream.
• "The 20th Century Was Entirely Mine" is a reference to The Devil's Advocate and Titanic. The title being a line from Al Pacino's character, Satan, who loves vanity, and the content of the song is about the vain nature of the ship.
• "Given to Dreams" is supposedly about The General's Daughter, a movie starring John Travolta.
• The band rarely plays any songs from Odd How People Shake live, and the band states on its official website that they flat out refuse to play the song, "On the Bright Side, She Could Choke." However, they did play an acoustic version of this song in Houston, TX, which can be viewed on YouTube. The band played "On the Brightside..." in its original form for the first time since 2003 at a hometown show on September 5, 2008.
• John Gourley from Portugal. The Man provides background vocals for "Motelroom, Grandpiano."