Before the Blackout

Before the Blackout
Studio album by Allister
Released	October 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
Studio	The Vault (Fullerton, California) World Class Audio (Anaheim, California)
Genre	Pop punk punk rock alternative rock
Length	46:05
Label	Drive-Thru
Producer	Dennis Hill, Kyle Homme
Allister chronology
Last Stop Suburbia (2002) Before the Blackout (2005) Countdown to Nowhere (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	72%[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	5/10[3]
Ox-Fanzine	9/10[4]

Before the Blackout is Allister's third studio album.

Release

On July 14, 2005, Before the Blackout was announced for release in three months' time; that same day, "Study in Economics" was made available for streaming.[5] It was released on October 11, 2005 on Drive-Thru Records. Between October and December 2005, they supported Fenix TX on their farewell US tour.[6] They closed the year playing four holiday shows with Catch 22.[7] From late January until early March 2006, the band supported Mest on their tour of the US.[8] In March and April 2007, Allister went on a tour of Japan, before breaking up.[9] They played a final show in Chicago, Illinois.[10]

Track listing

(all songs written by Allister, except where noted otherwise)

1. "Waiting" – 3:23
2. "D²" – 4:09
3. "A Lotta Nerve" (Allister, Dennis Hill) – 2:42
4. "From the Ground Up" (Allister, Rory Cleveland) – 2:14
5. "Blackout" – 4:08
6. "Rewind" – 2:59
7. "2 A.M." – 3:32
8. "You Lied" – 3:23
9. "A Study in Economics" – 3:35
10. "Suffocation" – 2:55
11. "Easy Answers" (Allister, Hill, Kyle Homme) – 2:55
12. "The Legend of Pegleg Sullivan" – 2:45
13. "Potential Suicide" – 3:11
14. "Alone" – 4:04

Bonus track

The Japanese version of the album, issued through In-n-Out Records, includes a bonus track. The track, sung in Japanese, is a cover version of a 1993 The Boom song.

15. "Shima Uta" (Kazufumi Miyazawa (宮沢和史, Miyazawa Kazufumi)) – 3:06

Personnel

• Kyle Lewis - guitar
• Mike Leverence - drums
• Scott Murphy - vocals, bass
• Tim Rogner - vocals, guitar

References

1. Beringer, Drew (November 20, 2005). "AbsolutePunk - Allister / Last Stop Suburbia". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
2. Apar, Corey. "Before the Blackout - Allister | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
3. Rauf, Raziq. "Album Review: Allister - Before The Blackout / Releases". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
4. Wahle, Sebastian (December 2005 – January 2006). "Allister Before the Blackout CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved February 5, 2021.
5. Shultz, Brian (July 14, 2005). "Allister posts new song". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
6. Paul, Aubin (September 4, 2005). "Fenix TX announces tour with Allister, Houston Calls and A Day at the Fair". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
7. August, Justin (November 20, 2005). "Catch 22 winter dates, album plans". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
8. "Mest break up". Alternative Press. January 13, 2006. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
9. "Allister break up; plan final Japanese tour, Chicago show". Alternative Press. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
10. Paul, Aubin (March 6, 2007). "Cursive premieres "Big Bang" video". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 13, 2022.