War All the Time (album)

Infobox Album | Name = War All the Time
Type = Album
Artist = Thursday


Released = September 16, 2003
Recorded = ???
Genre = Post-hardcore, rock
Length = 42:00
Label = Island
Producer = Sal Villanueva
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ycaxlfaeacqo link]
* [http://www.punknews.org Punknews.org] Rating|4|5 [http://www.punknews.org/reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=2283 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thursday/albums/album/297416/review/5945578/war_all_the_time link]
*P&H Magazine Rating|3|5

Last album = "Five Stories Falling"
(2002)
This album = "War All the Time"
(2003)
Next album = "A City by the Light Divided"
(2006)

"War All the Time" is Thursday's third full-length studio album and their first on a major label. The title is from a Charles Bukowski poem [http://www.punknews.org/article/6972 Geoff Rickley Interview] and the band has stated on numerous occasions that it is not political, but rather that it reflects the struggles we all face in our daily lives. This album was produced by Sal Villanueva who has produced all of Thursday's previous recordings. The album was the band's major label debut, and it enjoyed measurable success, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

Track listing

*All music written by Thursday except for "Ný batterí", originally written by Sigur Rós
*All lyrics written by Geoff Rickly except for "Ný batterí", originally written by Jón Þór Birgisson

# "For the Workforce, Drowning" – 3:16
# "Between Rupture and Rapture" – 3:03
# "Division St." – 4:14
# "Signals Over the Air" – 4:10
# "Marches and Maneuvers" – 4:27
# "Asleep in the Chapel" – 3:46
# "This Song Brought to You by a Falling Bomb" – 2:16
# "Steps Ascending" – 4:26
# "War All the Time" – 4:33
# "M. Shepard" – 3:36
# "Tomorrow I'll Be You" – 4:07
# "Ný batterí" - 6:34 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

*Geoff Rickly - Vocals
*Tucker Rule - Drums, backing vocals
*Tom Keeley - Guitar, backing vocals
*Tim Payne - Bass, backing vocals
*Steve Pedulla - Guitar, backing vocals
*Andrew Everding - Keyboards (on "Division St.", "Marches And Maneuvers", "Asleep In The Chapel", "This Song Bought To You By A Falling Bomb", "Steps Ascending", "M. Shepard" and "Tomorrow I'll Be You")
*Tim Giles - Keyboards (on "Between Rupture And Rapture" and "Signals Over The Air")
*Gretta Cohn - Cello (on "Steps Ascending")
*Jonah Matranga - Additional vocals (on "Steps Ascending")
*Keri Levens - Additional vocals (on "War All The Time")
*Arun Venkatesh - Programming (on "M. Shepard"), engineering
*Marc Meltser - Additional vocals (on "War All The Time")
*Dave Ciancio - Additional vocals (on "War All The Time")
*Sal Villanueva - Production, engineering
*Rumblefish - Mixing
*Coady Brown - Assistant mixing
*Joe Pedulla - Engineering
*Erin Farley - Engineering
*Lee Zappas - Assistant enginneer
*Mike LaPierro - Assistant engineer
*Bob Ludwig - Mastering
*Ken Schles - Photography

References