Relient K (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Relient K
Type = Album
Artist = Relient K


Released = flagicon|USA April 25, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Christian pop punk, Christian rock, Pop punk
Length = 46:40
Label = Gotee
Producer = Mark Lee Townsend, Toby McKeehan, Todd Collins, Joey Elwood
Reviews =
* "Jesus Freak Hideout" Rating|3|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/CdReviews/RelientK.asp link]
* Exit Zine [http://web.archive.org/web/20010423170942/www.exitzine.com/reviews-music/content.asp?content=rev-relientk-relientk.htm&bname=relient+k&balbum=relient+k&stars=3 link] |
Last album ="2000 A.D.D." (2000)
This album ="Relient K" (2000)
Next album ="The Creepy EP" (2001)

"Relient K" is the first full-length album released by Christian rock band Relient K. Many of the tracks are newer versions of those found on their 1998 demo "All Work and No Play". Typical of Relient K albums, the lyrics use pop culture references for teaching and to illustrate Biblical principles.cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |pages=750-751] As of late 2006/early 2007, this album has sold around 400,000 copies.

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, Brian Pittman, and Stephen Cushman; except "Charles in Charge", copyright Universal.

#"Hello McFly" – 2:49
#"My Girlfriend" – 2:47
#"Wake Up Call" – 3:19
#"Benediction" – 1:39
#"When You're Around" – 2:02
#"Softer To Me" – 3:22
#"Charles In Charge" – 2:39
#"Staples" – 2:59
#"Anchorage" – 0:22
#"17 Magazine" – 3:06
#"Balloon Ride" – 2:58
#"Everything Will Be" – 3:31
#"Nancy Drew" – 2:48
#"K Car" – 12:12

Credits

* Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitar
* Matt Hoopes – guitar, backing vocals
* Brian Pittman – bass
* Stephen Cushman – drums

Notes and miscellanea

*At the end of "Hello McFly", Toby McKeehan (tobyMac) calls Matt Thiessen, telling him that a song about Marilyn Manson will never be on a CD put out by Gotee Records (the call is followed by "My Girlfriend", a song about Marilyn Manson). McKeehan is the president of Gotee Records, and the one who signed Relient K to a record deal after hearing their demo.
* The hidden track after "K Car" is entitled "Punk Rock Picnic" - Relient K's "Call Us Rock Stars" with various quotes dubbed over and then music from a polka concert at the end.Fact|date=February 2007
* The song "anchorage" is the only Relient K song to begin with a lowercase letter, and is the only Relient K song that has absolutely no vocals.
* Pre-release copies of the album feature a short track called "Ed Sullivan" which was excluded from the release version.Fact|date=February 2007
* In the song "K Car", there's a line that says "And Brandon Ebel just gave us a call". [http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=42035 K Car Lyrics] Brandon Ebel is the founder of the Christian record label Tooth & Nail Records.

Pop culture and Biblical references

*"Hello McFly" refers to the "Back to the Future" trilogy, in which the main character was named Marty McFly. Similar to the movie, the song is about the inability to change one's past.
*"Charles in Charge" was a cover of the theme from the TV series of the same name.
*"17 Magazine" refers to the magazine of the same name.
*"Nancy Drew" refers to the series of children's mysteries with the main character of the same name. This song also mentions The Hardy Boys, the brother series to Nancy Drew.
*"K Car" refers to the Plymouth Reliant K, based on the K Car platform, for which the band is named.
*At the end of the polka music that makes up the second half of the hidden track, the man playing that just finished playing the polka music asks the audience if they've heard his song on the radio about the Cleveland Browns.
*"My Girlfriend" draws parallels to 1 Peter 5:8, where the Devil is portrayed as a Lion waiting to devour lives. [http://bible.cc/1_peter/5-8.htm Several transtations of 1 Peter 5:8] .

References