Santi (album)
Santi | ||||
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Released | April 2, 2007 | |||
Recorded | October 2006 | |||
Studio | Pulse Recording, Silver Lake | |||
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Length | 39:26 | |||
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Producer | Butch Walker | |||
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Santi is the second studio album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released on April 2, 2007 by Fueled by Ramen, Decaydance Records and Atlantic Records. It is their first release to feature Michael Guy Chislett on lead guitar after Tom Conrad's departure from the band.
Background
On October 24, 2006, it was announced that guitarist Tom Conrad had been removed from the band. In the same announcement, it was revealed that the group was writing the follow-up to Almost Here.[1]
Title
The album's working title was Chop Chop. William Beckett has explained the origin of Santi and how it came to be the album title in the Australian music magazine
Release
The first preview of the album was provided by
The music video for "Neighbors", shows the band at a concert, and in various other scenarios. There are cameos from different bands participating in the Honda Civic Tour, such as Mark Hoppus of +44 and Blink-182, Andy Hurley, Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy and Gabe Saporta of Midtown and Cobra Starship.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [18] |
Blender | [19] |
IGN | 5.3/10 [20] |
Rolling Stone | [21] |
Spin | [22] |
In its first week of sales in the U.S., the album sold 33,000 copies, debuting at number 32 on the Billboard 200[23] and #94 on the UK Albums Chart. By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 132,000.[24] idobi Radio included the album on their best of 2007 list.[25]
Track listing
Standard edition
- "Same Blood" – 3:14
- "LAX to O'Hare" – 3:36
- "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" – 3:26
- "Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime)" – 3:36
- "Everything We Had" – 3:38
- "Bulls in Brooklyn" – 3:27
- "Neighbors" – 3:10
- "Seed" – 4:17
- "Chop Chop" – 3:26
- "You Might Have Noticed" – 3:22
- "Unexpected Places" – 4:15
Best Buy Bonus Tracks
- "Ghost" – 3:51
- "Everything We Had" (One Take acoustic mix) – 4:11
iTunes Bonus Tracks
- "Toasted Skin" – 3:55
- "40 Steps" – 4:29
- The bonus tracks on iTunes have since been removed for an unknown reason.
Personnel
- William Beckett – lead vocals, guitar, piano
- Mike Carden – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Adam T. Siska – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Andy "The Butcher" Mrotek – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- lead guitar, backing vocals
Chart positions
Chart | Position |
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Billboard 200 | 32 |
Rock Albums | 7 |
Digital Albums | 32 |
References
- Citations
- ^ "Guitarist Tom Conrad out of the Academy Is…". Alternative Press. October 24, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- AbsolutePunk.net. 4 August 2008.
- AbsolutePunk.net. 1 February 2007.
- ^ Paul, Aubin (February 6, 2007). "The Academy Is… debut new track from upcoming album". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. March 6, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ "News". The Audition. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ "The Academy Is… post full-album stream of Santi". Alternative Press. March 27, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "The Academy Is… need extras for video shoot". Alternative Press. February 15, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ "Fall Out Boy delay start of Honda Civic Tour". Alternative Press. April 6, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. July 10, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ "The Academy Is… to tour with Armor For Sleep this fall". Alternative Press. June 13, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ "The Academy Is… post fall headlining tour dates". Alternative Press. July 3, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ "Cobra Starship added to Academy Is/Armor For Sleep tour". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. October 11, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ Paul, Aubin (June 19, 2007). "Social Distortion, Brand New, Supersuckers, Muse, P!ATD, Academy Is at Street Scene 2007". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ Paul, Aubin (September 14, 2007). "A Wilhelm Scream release artwork for 'Career Suicide'". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ "The Academy Is… post "Same Blood" video". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. December 12, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "AboslutePunk.net review". 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Allmusic review".
- ^ "Blender review".
- ^ Grischow, Chad (July 9, 2007). "The Academy Is... - Santi Review". IGN. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009.
- ^ "Spin review".
- Billboard.com.
- ^ Bell; Harding 2009, p. 57
- ^ "idobi Radio's Best Of 2007: Albums you should've picked up in 2007". idobi. idobi Network LLC. January 1, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- Sources
- Bell, Crystal; Harding, Cortney (October 10, 2009). "Dance of Days". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 39. Prometheus Global Media. ISSN 0006-2510.