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Thursday 's third full-length studio album and their first on a major label, following the ''
Five Stories Falling ''
EP that was meant to satiate fans through the long wait between ''
Full Collapse '' and ''War All The Time''.
The band has stated on numerous occasions that the title is not political, but rather that it reflects the struggles we all face in our daily lives.
Particularly noteworthy on this album are "For The Workforce, Drowning," a song about the monotony of adulthood; "Signals Over The Air," about the general awkwardness and uncertainty that romantic relationships can breed; "War All The Time," a song about growing up in a world that we often don't understand; and "M. Shepard", a song written about
Matthew Shepard who was murdered in 1998 for publicly embracing homosexuality.
MTV refused to air the video for the title track, "War All The Time," stating that it was "too controversial."
This album was produced by Sal Villanueva who has produced all of Thursday's previous recordings.
The album was the band's major label debut, and it enjoyed measurable success, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.
# "For The Workforce, Drowning" (3:16)
# "Between Rupture And Rapture" (3:03)
# "Division St." (4:14)
# "Signals Over The Air" (4:10)
# "Marches And Maneuvers" (4:27)
# "Asleep In The Chapel" (3:46)
# "This Song Brought To You By A Falling Bomb" (2:16)
# "Steps Ascending" (4:26)
# "War All The Time" (4:33)
# "M. Shepard" (3:36)
# "Tomorrow I'll Be You" (4:07)
# "Ny Batteri" (Japanese bonus track)
- Geoff Rickly - Vocals
- Tucker Rule - Drums, backing vocals
- Tom Keeley - Guitar, backing vocals
- Tim Payne - Bass, backing vocals
- Steve Pedulla - Guitar, backing vocals
- Andrew Everding - Keyboards (on "Division St.", "Marches And Maneuvers", "Asleep In The Chapel", "This Song Bought To You By A Falling Bomb", "Steps Ascending", "M. Shepard" and "Tomorrow I'll Be You")
- Tim Giles - Keyboards (on "Between Rupture And Rapture" and "Signals Over The Air")
- Gretta Cohn - Cello (on "Steps Ascending")
- Jonah Matranga - Additional vocals (on "Steps Ascending")
- Keri Levens - Additional vocals (on "War All The Time")
- Arun Venkatesh - Programming (on "M. Shepard"), engineering
- Marc Meltser - Additional vocals (on "War All The Time")
- Dave Ciancio - Additional vocals (on "War All The Time")
- Sal Villanueva - Production, engineering
- Rumblefish - Mixing
- Coady Brown - Assistant mixing
- Joe Pedulla - Engineering
- Erin Farley - Engineering
- Lee Zappas - Assistant enginneer
- Mike LaPierro - Assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering
- Ken Schles - Photography
- "Signals Over The Air"
- "War All The Time"
- "For The Workforce, Drowning"
