Crisis (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Crisis
Type = Album
Artist = Alexisonfire


Released = August 21, 2006 (United Kingdom and Australia)
August 22, 2006 (United States and Canada)
Recorded = Metal Works, Silo Recording Studio, Ontario, Canada, February-March 2006
Genre = Post-hardcore
Length = 41:32
Label = Distort Entertainment
Vagrant Records
Hassle Records
Shock Records
Producer = Julius Butty and Alexisonfire
Reviews = *AbsolutePunk.net (64%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=167395 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4hjw7i26g71r link]
* Daily Dischord Rating|4|5 [http://www.dailydischord.com/single.php?id=22 link]
*HCS.net Rating|5|5 [http://www.hardcoresounds.net/modules.php?name=Band_List&file=cdviewer&func=3011 link]
* Sincerity (89%) [http://cityandcolourforum.com/sincerityoversimplechords/?p=15 link]
Last album = ""
(2005)
This album = "Crisis"
(2006)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternative Cover
Type = Album


Lower caption = Alternate cover for North America release Extra album cover 2


Lower caption = Cover Appearing on Vagrant Records US market release |

"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 number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling over 22,000 copies.Fact|date=June 2007 "Crisis" was certified platinum in Canada in May 2007. [ [http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php CRIA Gold and Platinum Certification] ] It is also the first Alexisonfire album to feature a title track.

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.

cquote|
The temperature's through the floor,
Your fingers are turning black.
There's a crisis knocking at your door!

1-9-7-7!
1-9-7-7!

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 [http://www.theonlybandever.com 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 about the band that followed.Fact|date=February 2007 The album also features Planes Mistaken for Stars frontman Gared O'Donnell singing on the track "You Burn First".

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 wasn't done in any other market.

The single "Boiled Frogs" refers to George's dad, whose boss tried to cheat him out of a pension.

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

Track listing

# "Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints" – 3:48
# "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" – 4:03
# "Mailbox Arson" – 3:31
# "Boiled Frogs" – 3:57
# "We Are the Sound" – 3:40
# "You Burn First" – 2:40
# "We Are the End" – 3:46
# "Crisis" – 3:31
# "Keep It on Wax" – 3:48
# "To a Friend" – 3:15
# "Rough Hands" – 5:30

Bonus Tracks
# "My God Is a Reasonable Man" – 3:04
# "Thrones" – 4:16

Personnel

*George Pettit - vocals
*Wade MacNeil - guitar, vocals
*Chris Steele - bass guitar
*Dallas Green - guitar, piano, vocals
*Jordan Hastings - drums
*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

Video

*"This Could Be Anywhere in the World"
*"Boiled Frogs"
*"Rough Hands"

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.theonlybandever.com Alexisonfire Official Site]
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* [http://www.teamdistort.com/ Distort Entertainment]
* [http://www.vagrant.com/ Vagrant Records]
* [http://www.sorepointrecords.com/ Sore Point Records]
* [http://www.vagrant.com/crisis/main.html Crisis E-card]