Stay What You Are

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Stay What You Are
File:Saves the Day - Stay What You Are cover.jpg
Studio album by Saves the Day
Released July 10, 2001
Recorded 2000-2001
Genre Emocore,[1] pop punk,[2] post-grunge,[1] post-punk[1]
Length 33:33
Label Vagrant
Producer Rob Schnapf
Saves the Day chronology
Through Being Cool
(1999)Through Being Cool1999		 Stay What You Are
(2001)		 In Reverie
(2003)In Reverie2003

Stay What You Are is the third album release from the American rock band Saves the Day, released in 2001.

Background

In an issue of CMJ New Music Report dated May 2000, it was announced the band had signed to Vagrant,[3] due to the success of Through Being Cool (1999).[4]

Composition and recording

While on tour, in March 2000, the band got into a van accident that almost ended the band's career.[5] The van accident was somewhat of an inspiration for the band's songwriting.[5] "As Your Ghost Takes Flight" is about a friend's heroin addiction.[6]

The band played on a few Warped Tour dates before heading into the studio.[4] The band worked with producer Rob Schnapf.[7] Conley escribed Schnapf as "a really mellow, laid back guy. Him being relaxed just made for a nice, creative environment in the studio."[8] At the time of the recording, Saves the Day consisted of Chris Conley, Dave Soloway, Ted Alexander, Eben D'Amico and Bryan Newman and was produced by Rob Schnapf who previously produced Elliott Smith and Beck. The album was a shift from the band's previous power chord-based sound and featured more intricate guitar work and arrangements.

Release

Stay What You Are was released in July 2001 on Vagrant.[nb 1] The band headlined the Vagrant America Tour[10] between early July and early September.[11]

The band gained some exposure with the single "At Your Funeral", which the video featured a creative way of motion control, similar to Requiem for a Dream. The band also released the single "Freakish", with the video featuring Muppet-esque puppets.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[1]
DecoyMusic 4/5 stars[12]
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]

The album sold 15,000 copies in the first week.[7] By March 2002 the album had sold over 120,000 copies.[13] Stay What You Are reached number 100 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[14] In the years since its release Stay What You Are is widely regarded as a classic and a highly influential piece of music for the emo and pop punk genres.[15]

NME listed the album as one of "20 Emo Albums That Have Resolutely Stood The Test Of Time".[16]

Track listing

  1. "At Your Funeral" – 3:09
  2. "See You" – 2:08
  3. "Cars & Calories" – 2:45
  4. "Certain Tragedy" – 2:27
  5. "Jukebox Breakdown" – 3:04
  6. "Freakish" – 3:47
  7. "As Your Ghost Takes Flight" – 2:25
  8. "Nightingale" – 3:36
  9. "All I'm Losing Is Me" – 3:22
  10. "This Is Not an Exit" – 3:56
  11. "Firefly" – 2:51

References

Footnotes
  1. ↑ U.S. Vagrant 422 860 953[9]
Citations
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Holbreich, ed. 2000, p. 4
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Keiper 2000, p. 22
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gadino 2001, p. 62
  6. ↑ Gadino 2001, p. 62–3
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Greenwald 2003, p. 81
  8. ↑ http://tech.mit.edu/V121/N61/Interview-STD.61a.html
  9. ↑ Brooks 2001, p. 17
  10. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/punk-thrives-on-vagrant-20010912
  11. ↑ http://www.thefader.com/2001/05/22/vagrant-america-tour-signed-sealed-and-set-to-explode
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Artist Chart History via Billboard.com. Retrieved July 2007.
  15. ↑ Artist Biography via Billboard.com. Retrieved July 2007.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links

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