Southern Weather

Infobox Album
Name = Southern Weather
Type = Album
Artist = The Almost

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Released = April 3 2007
Recorded = Mid-2006 at Compound Recording
(Seattle, WA)
Genre = Alternative rock
Emo
Length = 38:07
Label = Tooth and Nail/Virgin
Producer = Aaron Sprinkle
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (72%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=222284 link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpfqxzy5ldae link]
*Cross Rhythms rating-10|9 [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Almost/Southern_Weather/23330/ link]
*Jesusfreakhideout.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/SouthernWeather.asp link]
This album = "Southern Weather"
(2007)
Next album =Singles
Name = Southern Weather
Type = Studio
single 1 = Say This Sooner
single 1 date = 2007
single 2 = Southern Weather
single 2 date = 2007

"Southern Weather" is the debut album from The Almost, a side project of Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie. It was released on April 3, 2007. The whole album can be previewed at The Almost's MySpace page. [ [http://www.myspace.com/thealmost The Almost's MySpace] ] The full album leaked onto the Internet on March 26.

The album debuted at number 39 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 29,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003569925 "'NOW 24' Trumps McBride, Duff, Timbaland At No. 1"] , Billboard.com, April 11, 2007.] As of July 11 2007, the album has sold 123,972 copies in the U.S. [ [http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46325 Billboard Top 200] ] There have been two singles released: "Say This Sooner" and "Southern Weather". Both have music videos, which can be seen on MySpace, Steelroots Top Ten Countdown, MTV, and fuse. "Say This Sooner" has also been released to mainstream radio and has reached as high as #7 on Modern Rock Tracks.

Track listing

# "Say This Sooner"- 3:14
# "Drive There Now"- 3:11
# "Dirty and Left Out"- 3:42
# "I Mostly Copy Other People"- 3:22
# "Southern Weather"- 3:28
# "Stop It"- 3:36
# "Amazing Because It Is"- 4:24
# "Everyone Here Smells Like a Rat"- 3:18
# "Never Say "I Told You So""- 2:59
# "Call Me Back When I'm Honest"- 3:24
# "Everything That Makes Me Sick"- 3:31

*iTunes Bonus Tracks:

12. Hold On - 3:54
13. Say This Sooner (Acoustic) - 3:03

Credits

*All instruments: Aaron Gillespie
*All vocals: Aaron Gillespie
*Additional guitar: Aaron Sprinkle
*Keyboards: Aaron Sprinkle
*Pedal steel: Kevin Suggs
*Horn and string arrangement on "Amazing Because It Is": Matt Slocum
*Cello on "Amazing Because It Is": John Painter
*Choir on "Amazing Because It Is": The Youth Group at Calvary Fellowship (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
*Bass guitar on "I Mostly Copy Other People and "Southern Weather": Kenny Vasoli (ex-The Starting Line, Person L)
*Guest vocals on "I Mostly Copy Other People": Kenny Vasoli (ex-The Starting Line, Person L)
*Guest vocals on "Dirty and Left Out": Jeremy Enigk (Sunny Day Real Estate)
*Guest vocals on "Never Say 'I Told You So'": Aaron Sprinkle

References

External links

* [http://www.thealmost.com Official Website]
* [http://www.thealmostfans.com The Almost Fans]