Good Morning Revival

Infobox Album
Name = Good Morning Revival
Type = Album
Artist = Good Charlotte

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Released = March 27, 2007
Recorded = Armoury Studios, Vancouver, B.C., 2006 The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, B.C., 2006 NRG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, 2006
Genre = Alternative rock, pop punk, dance punk, synth rock, powerpop
Length = 44:55 (U.S.) 52:00 (Japan)
Label = Epic, Daylight
Producer = Don Gilmore
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qgu06j4b71w0 link]
* Drowned in Sound rating|5|10 [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/9788 link]
* Kerrang! Rating|4|5
* NME rating|3|10 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/good-charlotte/8313 link]
* People rating|2.5|4 [http://www.gcnaptown.com/showthread.php?t=56437 link]
* Rock Sound rating|7|10 [http://www.gcnaptown.com/showthread.php?t=55876 link]
* Rocklouder rating|3|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/2580.html link]
* Rolling Stone rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13885772/good_morning_revival link]
* Spin rating|3|5
* Total Guitar rating|7|10 [http://www.gcnaptown.com/showthread.php?t=55241 link]
* Metal Hammer rating|4|10
Last album = "The Chronicles of Life and Death" (2004)
This album = "Good Morning Revival" (2007)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Good Morning Revival
Type = studio
single 1 = The River
single 1 date = January 4, 2007 (unreleased in Australia)
single 2 = Keep Your Hands off My Girl
single 2 date = February 23, 2007 (unreleased in the USA and Canada)
single 3 = Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)
single 3 date = June 30, 2007
single 4 = Misery
single 4 date = December 7, 2007 (unreleased in the USA and Canada)
single 5 = Where Would We Be Now
single 5 date = May 20, 2008

"Good Morning Revival" is the fourth studio album by Good Charlotte and the follow up to the 2004 release "The Chronicles of Life and Death". In an interview with Billy Martin, he mentions that Benji Madden came up with the name for the album. [ [http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22542175-5006343,00.html Interview with Billy Martin] ]

Delay of release date

Originally, guitarist Billy Martin mentioned on his blog on the band's website that the album would hopefully be out for Christmas 2006. However the album's original release date was June 2006, but was pushed back numerous times before confirmed on the band's website. The release was pushed back to October, after which it was pushed back further to February 2007. Lead singer Joel Madden said in an interview with MuchMusic that the album release has been pushed back once more to March 5, 2007. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgeEaP-mWFE Joel Madden and Junior Sanchez on MuchOnDemand, September 15, 2006 (part 2)] ] On December 6, 2006, the band's website said that the album will now be released March 20, 2007. Days later the band posted a new message on their website saying that the album will be released March 27, 2007. However, " [http://top20music.blog.com Top20 Music"] reported on March 18 that the album is fully available for download on the UK iTunes Music Store. [ [http://top20music.blog.com/ Top20 Music - Good Morning Revival on UK iTunes] ]

Internet releases

On Good Charlotte's website, Benji Madden posted a video and announced that the song "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" would be posted on the band's MySpace. The song premiered September 22, 2006 online and it became available to hear at the band's MySpace [ [http://www.myspace.com/goodcharlotte Official Good Charlotte MySpace page] ] account and at the [http://www.goodcharlotte.com Good Charlotte website] . Later, a video for the song was posted in the band's MySpace page on October 26, 2006. The first single from the album, "The River", featuring Avenged Sevenfold's lead singer, M. Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates, appeared online January 4, 2007.

At midnight, on January 23, 2007 the forthcoming record was made available for preorder on iTunes. When pre-ordered, "The River" is downloaded immediately, while the rest of the album is queued to be downloaded on the released date. Preordering on iTunes also provides the exclusive bonus version of the aforementioned single, and a music video of an acoustic session of the song, "Misery".An acoustic version of "March On" can be downloaded through the band's [http://www.goodcharlotte.com/ official website] provided that you register as a member. In addition to the tracks listed below, if bought at Wal-Mart, 5 exclusive songs from their Soundstage performance can be downloaded.

Release history

Certifications

Personnel

A&R

* David Massey
* Evan Lipschutz

=Art/Photography=

* Fusako Chubachi — Art Direction
* Kristine Burns — Photography
* Marvin Scott Jarrett - Art Direction, Photography
* Michael Dahan — Photography
* Sheri G. Lee — Art Direction

Instruments

* Benji Madden - Guitar
* Billy Martin - Guitar, Keyboard
* Dean Butterworth - Drums
* The Incognito Horns — Horn
* Paul Thomas - Bass
* Synyster Gates - Guitar on "The River"

Mixing/Engineering

* Andy Wallace
* Fox Phelps — Assistant
* Mark Kiczula

Producing/Editing/Mastering/Management

* Don Gilmore — Producer
* John O'Mahoney — Digital Editing
* Mike Scielzi — Assistant
* Steve Feinberg — Management
* Ted Jensen — Mastering

Vocalists

* Benji Madden — Background
* Bobbi Page — Background
* Carmen Carter — Background
* Joel Madden — Lead
* M. Shadows — featured in "The River"
* Maxine Waters — Background
* Terry Wood — Background

References

External links

* [http://www.goodcharlotte.com Official Site]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/goodcharlotte Official Good Charlotte Myspace]
* [http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/good_charlotte/keep_your_hands_off_my_girl Marvin Scott Jarret's video for Keep Your Hands off My Girl on Sony Musicbox]
* [http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/good_charlotte/the_river The River on Sony Musicbox]
* [http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/good_charlotte/keep_your_hands_off_my_girl_0 Samuel Bayer's video for Keep Your Hands off My Girl on Sony Musicbox]

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