The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek
The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 28, 2001 | |||
Studio | Yellow Studios (Canton, Ohio) | |||
Genre | Christian pop punk[1] | |||
Length | 55:01 | |||
Label | Gotee | |||
Producer | Mark Lee Townsend | |||
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![]() The Gold Edition of the album, with the special gold slip cover | ||||
Singles from The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek | ||||
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Jesus Freak Hideout | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek (often shortened to Anatomy) is the second full-length album released by the
The album continues the band's liberal use of
Gotee Records released a "Gold Edition" of this album on October 31, 2006, along with the release of a "Gold Edition" of Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do on the same day. The Gold Edition of this album has remixed and remastered in a style similar to Mmhmm (the album was remixed by the same people who mixed Mmhmm) and it has a music video for the song "Pressing On".
Track listing
All tracks are written by Matthew Thiessen, except "Those Words Are Not Enough", written by Matthew Hoopes
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Kick-Off" | 0:39 |
2. | "Pressing On" | 3:29 |
3. | "Sadie Hawkins Dance" | 3:07 |
4. | "Down in Flames" | 4:07 |
5. | "Maybe It's Maybeline" | 3:14 |
6. | "Breakdown" | 3:45 |
7. | "Those Words Are Not Enough" | 4:39 |
8. | "For the Moments I Feel Faint" | 3:47 |
9. | "Lion Wilson" | 0:36 |
10. | "I'm Lion-O" | 2:55 |
11. | "What Have You Been Doing Lately?" | 3:23 |
12. | "May the Horse Be with You" | 2:17 |
13. | "My Way or the Highway..." | 3:47 |
14. | "Breakfast at Timpani's" | 0:22 |
15. | "The Rest Is Up to You" | 4:04 |
16. | "Failure to Excommunicate" | 3:35 |
17. | "Less Is More[a]" | 7:17 |
Total length: | 54:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" | Kurt Heinecke, Mike Nawrocki | 2:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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18. | "Operation" | 2:33 |
19. | "Jefferson Airplane (Demo)" | 3:57 |
20. | "Pressing On (Back Porch Acoustic)" | 6:58 |
- Track 2 & 7, and all "First Three Gears" bonus tracks, originally from The Creepy EP.
Credits
Relient K
- Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitars, acoustic piano
- Matt Hoopes – guitars, backing vocals
- Brian Pittman – bass
- Dave Douglas – drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Rob Roy Fingerhead – nylon guitar, slide guitar
- Madalena Burle Marx – cello
- Ann Smith – viola
- Cory Smith – violin
- Heather Walker – violin
- Crystal Brezovsky – French horn
- Scott Cannon – gang vocals
- Kyle Hudson – gang vocals
- Kevan Peden – gang vocals
Production
- Joey Elwood – executive producer
- Toby McKeehan – executive producer
- Mark Lee Townsend – producer, recording
- F. Reid Shippen – mixing at The Castle (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Dan Shike – mix assistant
- Randy LeRoy – editing and assembling at Final Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
- Mike McGlaflin – A&R
- Aaron Marrs – creative design
- John Falls – photography
- Alabaster Arts – management
References to popular culture
The last line of "Pressing On" is from The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme.[6] "Maybe It's Maybeline" (deliberately misspelled, much like the band's name) refers to the popular Maybelline line of beauty products and its tag line.[6]
Notes
- ^ original version included "Skittles and Combos" as a hidden track; Gold edition included "The Ballad of Tim Eddings" as a hidden track. LP contains both tracks.
References
- ^ Kielich, Kris (November 30, 2015). "Relient K Endures with Catchy Pop-Punk Sound". The Buffalo News. The Buffalo News. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Cross Rhythms review
- ^ Jesus Freak Hideout review
- ^ Winberg, Pär (April 18, 2002). "Relient K - The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 1-56563-679-1.