| Product Summary | | Label: Atlantic/q Records | | UPC: 00075678957123 | | Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 212570826 | | Item#: M4SG5K | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 95 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Needle and Haystack Life ~ Switchfoot |  | | 2. Mess of Me ~ Switchfoot | | | 3. Your Love is a Song ~ Switchfoot | | | 4. Sound, The (John M. Perkins' Blues) ~ Switchfoot | | | 5. Enough To Let Me Go ~ Switchfoot | | | 6. Free ~ Switchfoot | | | 7. Hello Hurricane ~ Switchfoot | | | 8. Always ~ Switchfoot | | | 9. Bullet Soul ~ Switchfoot | | | 10. Yet ~ Switchfoot | | | 11. Sing It Out ~ Switchfoot | | | 12. Red Eyes ~ Switchfoot | |
| SWITCHFOOT is and American alternative rock band from San Diego, CA. The band members are: Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar) Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drums, percussion), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Drew Shirley (guitar) who have been playing together for almost 10 years! These guys first gained mainstream recognition after the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 movie A WALK TO REMEMBER (Mandy Moore, Shane West). This led to their major label debut, THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN, released in 2003 which sold over 2.6 MILLION copies! To date, SWITCHFOOT have released over 6 studio albums and HELLO HURRICANE (Atlantic) will be their 7th!
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Audio Mixer: Adam Hawkins . |
Producer: Mike Elizondo; Switchfoot |
Engineer: Ryan Peterson; Shane D. Wilson; Switchfoot; Alan Sanderson; Darrell Thorp; Adam Hawkins |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/10/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : 2-522070 | | Label : Atlantic (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075678957123 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Alternative Press (p.117)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Switchfoot set the mood with U2-esque shimmer, fuzzed-out rockers that would make Dave Grohl green with envy and jangly garage-rock." |
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| | Bio | | Switchfoot
Originally called Chin Up, the alternative pop/rock outfit Switchfoot was formed in 1996 in San Diego, CA. Singer/guitarist Jonathan Foreman, bassist Tim Foreman, and drummer Chad Butler had only played several shows before adopting the Switchfoot moniker (taken from a surfing term) and partnering themselves with Charlie Peacock, an influential label executive who sought to promote Christian music to mainstream pop markets. After signing with Peacock's own label (re:think) in 1997, Switchfoot recorded and released their debut LP, The Legend of Chin. New Way to Be Human followed two years later and found an audience amongst Christian listeners, with the title track garnering a 1999 Dove Award for Song of the Year. Keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas joined up for 2000's Learning to Breathe, which found Switchfoot taking more steps toward mainstream modern rock. Breathe would prove to be a transition album for the group, earning a Grammy nomation for "Best Rock Gospel Album" (an award that had more to do with the band's label affiliation than the album's specific sound) and selling over 500,000 copies, thus acheiving gold status. Its success, coupled with the band's presence on the hit soundtrack to the 2002 film A Walk to Remember, set Switchfoot up for a healthy major-label run.The Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot's debut album for Columbia Records, was issued during the spring of 2003. It represented the quartet's full evolution toward a more accessible mainstream sound and eventually earned double platinum sales, due in no small part to the success of "Dare You to Move" and "Meant to Live." Supported by frequent tour dates, the album hit number one on Billboard's Christian Albums chart and peaked at 16 on the Top 200. Switchfoot then returned in September 2005 with their fifth album, Nothing Is Sound, which marked the band's first Top Ten entry on the Top 200 (the album debuted at number three). Nothing Is Sound went gold, sparked another radio hit in "Stars," and was the first Switchfoot recording to include the work of additional guitarist Andrew Shirley (formerly of the contemporary Christian group All Together Separate), who had been a touring member of Switchfoot since 2003. Wasting little time, the band was soon back in the studio with veteran U.K. producer Tim Palmer (U2, the Cure, etc.) to begin work on their sixth album, one that found the guys broadening their musical scope; Oh! Gravity then appeared at the tail-end of 2006. While the band set to work on a proper follow-up in 2008, Columbia Records issued a greatest-hits compilation entitled The Best Yet.
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