Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes

Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
Studio album by AFI
Released	November 11, 1997
Recorded	Art of Ears, Hayward, California
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	28:27 (CD) 30:28 (Vinyl)
Label	Nitro
Producer	AFI
AFI chronology
Very Proud of Ya (1996) Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes (1997) A Fire Inside EP (1998)

Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes is the third studio album by American rock band AFI. It was released on November 11, 1997 through Nitro Records.

Background

This is the first album to feature bassist Hunter Burgan, although he was not a permanent member at the time. Future band member Jade Puget performed backing vocals for the album as well, making Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes the first AFI album the band members collaborated in. Nick 13 from American rock band Tiger Army is featured in the track "A Single Second", performing vocals in the chorus of the song.

A music video directed by Darren Doane and Ken Daurio was made for the track "Third Season." It features the band themselves sitting in a suburban town while a slew of children chase an ice cream truck.

The inner-edge of the album's CD case reveals the hidden message "A Fire Inside", a lyric from the introductory track "Keeping Out of Direct Sunlight (An Introduction)". This is the first album to quote the phrase, which eventually became AFI's permanent abbreviation.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Keeping Out of Direct Sunlight (an introduction)"	0:58
2.	"Three Reasons"	1:33
3.	"A Single Second"	2:12
4.	"pH Low"	1:42
5.	"Let It Be Broke"	2:06
6.	"Third Season"	2:49
7.	"Lower Your Head and Take It In The Body"	1:46
8.	"Coin Return"	2:33
9.	"The New Patron Saints and Angels"	2:17
10.	"Three Seconds Notice"	1:35
11.	"Salt For Your Wounds"	2:24
12.	"Today's Lesson" (Filth cover)	2:14
13.	"The Devil Loves You"	1:30
14.	"Triple Zero"	2:50

Vinyl edition
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Last Caress" (Misfits cover)	2:01

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Self-Pity"	0:56
16.	"Key Lime Pie"	0:37

Personnel

• Engineered By: "The Recording Ninja" Andy Ernst
• Produced By: AFI
• Drums Tech By: Mike Fasano
• Mastered At: Oasis by Eddy Shreyer

References