Total (Teenage Bottlerocket album)

Total
Studio album by
Teenage Bottlerocket
Released12 April 2005
RecordedOctober 2004–January 2005
GenrePunk rock
Length29:43
LabelRed Scare
Teenage Bottlerocket chronology
Another Way
(2003) 		Total
(2005) 		Warning Device
(2008)

Total is the second album by the American pop punk band Teenage Bottlerocket. It was released on April 12, 2005, on Red Scare Records. The album was recorded at The Blasting Room by Andrew Berlin and Bill Stevenson. "Radio" and "Blood Bath at Burger King", which were previously released on a split 7-inch with Prototipes, were recorded October 29 and 30, 2004. The rest of the songs were recorded December 18–23, 2004 and January 3–6, 2005.

Three songs that originally appeared on Another Way, the band's previous album, were re-recorded during the Total sessions: "Rebound", which appears on the album, "Be Stag", which only appears on the vinyl version of the album, and "Pull the Plug", which was released on the Take Action! Vol. 5 compilation. Additionally, "Go Away" was also re-recorded for this album, originally appearing on a split 7-inch with Bill the Welder.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Punknews.org [2]

Corey Apar for AllMusic says, "Total is right up at the top with the best pop-punk out there...", comparing the band's sound to that of the Ramones.[1] Punknews.org ranked the album at number 18 on their list of the year's 20 best releases.[3]

Track listing

CD

  1. "Radio" – 2:23
  2. "So Cool" – 2:36
  3. "Stupid Games" – 2:27
  4. "Fall for Me" – 3:02
  5. "Crashing" – 1:23
  6. "Lost in Space" – 2:02
  7. "Go Away" – 2:14
  8. "Rebound" – 2:18
  9. "Blood Bath at Burger King" – 2:27
  10. "Veronica " – 1:15
  11. "Repeat Offender" – 2:20
  12. "A Bomb" – 1:38
  13. "So Far Away" – 3:38

Vinyl

Side A

  1. "Radio" – 2:23
  2. "So Cool" – 2:36
  3. "Stupid Games" – 2:27
  4. "Fall for Me" – 3:02
  5. "Crashing" – 1:23
  6. "Lost in Space" – 2:02
  7. "Be Stag" – 2:02
    • Vinyl exclusive track

Side B

  1. "Go Away" – 2:14
  2. "Rebound" – 2:18
  3. "Blood Bath at Burger King" – 2:27
  4. "Veronica " – 1:15
  5. "Repeat Offender" – 2:20
  6. "A Bomb" – 1:38
  7. "So Far Away" – 3:38

Personnel

  • Ray Carlisle – bass, vocals
  • Kody Templeman – guitar, vocals
  • Joel Pattinson - guitar, back ups
  • Brandon Carlisle – drums

References

  1. ^ a b Total at AllMusic
  2. ^ link Punknews
  3. ^ "Best of 2005: Punknews.org (2005)". Punknews.org. January 6, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2022.