2007 studio album by Dance Gavin Dance
Downtown Battle Mountain |
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Studio album by Dance Gavin Dance |
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Released | May 15, 2007 |
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Recorded | January–February 2007 |
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Genre | - Post-hardcore
- math rock[1]
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Length | 40:05 |
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Label | Rise |
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Producer | Kris Crummett |
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Dance Gavin Dance chronology |
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Singles from Downtown Battle Mountain |
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- "And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman"
Released: 2007 - "Lemon Meringue Tie"
Released: 2007 - "The Backwards Pumpkin Song"
Released: 2007 - "Open Your Eyes and Look North"
Released: 2007 |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AbsolutePunk | (80%)[2] |
Allmusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) [3] |
Kerrang! | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) |
Punknews.org | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) [4] |
Downtown Battle Mountain is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance, released on May 15, 2007, on Rise Records. The album serves as a follow-up to the band's debut extended play, Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean, which was released in 2006. The title of the album was inspired by the unincorporated town Battle Mountain, Nevada after the band visited the city. The album was produced by Kris Crummett, who would go on to produce most of the band's future studio releases.
The album was supported by four singles; "And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman", "Lemon Meringue Tie", "The Backwards Pumpkin Song", and "Open Your Eyes and Look North". It is the band's first of two studio albums to feature clean vocalist Jonny Craig. Craig left in late 2007, later re-joining in mid-2010. It is also the band's only full-length to feature guitarist Sean O'Sullivan, who left the band in late 2007. A non-direct sequel to the album, titled Downtown Battle Mountain II, was released on March 8, 2011.
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Untitled" | 0:48 |
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2. | "And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman" | 4:48 |
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3. | "It's Safe to Say You Dig the Backseat" | 5:14 |
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4. | "Strawberry André" | 3:13 |
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5. | "Lemon Meringue Tie" | 3:50 |
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6. | "The Backwards Pumpkin Song" | 4:06 |
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7. | "Antlion" | 3:19 |
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8. | "Turn Off the Lights, I'm Watching Back to the Future" | 3:59 |
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9. | "Open Your Eyes and Look North" | 4:29 |
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10. | "Surprise! I'm from Cuba, Everyone Has One Brain" | 4:54 |
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11. | "12 Hours, 630 Miles" | 1:24 |
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Total length: | 40:04 |
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Personnel
- Dance Gavin Dance[5]
- Additional personnel[6]
- Kris Crummett – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Mattias Adolfsson – artwork
Charts
References
- ^ "Downtown Battle Mountain - Dance Gavin Dance | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Downtown Battle Mountain - Dance Gavin Dance". Allmusic.
- ^ "Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain". Punknews.org. 26 June 2007.
- ^ Allmusic: Dance Gavin Dance Biography
- ^ "ArtistDirect: Downtown Battle Mountain Review". Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
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