Pass the Flask

Infobox Album | Name = Pass The Flask
Type = Album
Artist = The Bled


Released = July 29, 2003
March 20, 2007 (Reissue)
Genre = Post-hardcore
Mathcore
Length = 38:20
73:21 (Reissue)
Label = Fiddler
Vagrant (Reissue)
Producer = Beau Burchell
Reviews =
* HCS.net Rating|4|5 [http://www.hardcoresounds.net/modules.php?name=Band_List&file=cdviewer&func=594 link]
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ca9us30wa3bg link]
| Last album = "The Bled"
(2002)
This album = "Pass The Flask"
(2004)
Next album = "Found in the Flood"
(2005)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Pass The Flask Reissue Cover

"Pass The Flask" is the first full album released by the post-hardcore band The Bled. Track 2 was originally labeled "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt", but was changed for legal reasons. It is still listed as "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt" on the inside of the album booklet.

Reissue

The Bled originally released their first album on Fiddler Records, a small, now defunct record label. The album was hard to find, and the band was unable to legally sell the album at their live shows. When their second album, Found in the Flood, was released, many people thought that it was their first album. To address the problem, they reissued the first album on their new label Vagrant Records, containing all of the songs from Pass the Flask, as well as the almost impossible to find His First Crush and The Bled EPs and officially unreleased tracks that only family and friends had. Jeremy Talley, the guitarist, said that "it seemed like the right time to put them all on one disc and put it out there before too many people find out about the Internet." [http://www.vagrant.com/release/details/129 The bled - Pass The Flask (Reissue)] . Vagrant Records. Retrieved on March 5, 2007] In the thanks section of the booklet, they say that they are "buying a Hummer" with the money from selling the CD twice."Pass the Flask (Reissue)", (2007), "The Bled, notes from:" booklet. Vagrant Records, VR457.]

Track origins

The first ten songs make up the reissue, coming from Pass the Flask. Track 2 was originally entitled "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt", but was changed for legal reasons. It is still listed as "Dale Earnhardt's Seatbelt" in the liner notes. Tracks 11-15 are from His First Crush, 16-18 are from The Bled. Song 19, "Ok, But Here's How It Really Happened", has never been officially released before. Song 20, Hotel Coral Essex" (Original Recording), is from a demo recorded for a 2004 Warped Tour sampler, although it was later added to and released on Found in the Flood. Finally, song 21, "Lay On My Cot", is said to have been "sent to us from deep space and shall never be spoken of again." The track "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back" is titled after a line of dialogue from the comedy Wet Hot American Summer. The track "Get Up You Son of a Bitch, Cause Mickey Loves Ya" is titled after a line of dialogue from Rocky.

Track listing

*All songs written by The Bled.

# "Red Wedding" – 2:51
# "You Know Who's Seatbelt" – 3:01
# "I Never Met Another Gemini" – 4:11
# "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back" – 3:30
# "Sound of Sulfur" – 3:12
# "Porcelain Hearts and Hammers for Teeth" – 5:33
# "Get Up You Son of a Bitch, Cause Mickey Loves Ya" – 1:30
# "Spitshine Sonata" – 3:30
# "We Are the Industry" – 6:06
# "Nothing We Say Leaves This Room" – 4:51

Reissue bonus tracks

Credits

Original
*Beau Burchell - Engineering, production, mixing
*Ted Danson - Executive producer
*Shawn Sullivan - Mastering
*Ryan Joseph Shaughnessy - Photography
*Mike Celi - Bass
*Jeremy Talley - Guitar
*James Muñoz - Vocals
*Ross Ott - Guitar
*Mike Pedicone - Drums

Reissue
* James Muñoz - Vocals
* Jeremy Talley - Guitar
* Ross Ott - Guitar
* Mike Pedicone - Drums
* Mike Celi - Bass
* Beau Burchell - Engineer
* Beau Burchell - Producer
* Beau Burchell - Mixer
* Ted Danson - Executive Producer
* RJ Shaughnessy - Photography
* Sergie - "Slapping The Art Together"
* Ben Goetting - Additional Layout
* Amy Fleisher, Rossmosis, and Friends - Additional Photography

References