Stay What You Are

by Saves the Day

Stay What You Are cover art

A crucial catalyst for the mainstream explosion of pop-punk and third-wave emo, this album perfectly balances incredibly polished, upbeat pop hooks with deeply morbid lyricism. Chris Conley's hyper-specific, often violent depictions of romantic frustration and anxiety resonated massively, yielding iconic scene anthems like 'At Your Funeral'.

Genres

  • Emo-Pop
  • Power Pop

Tracklist

  1. At Your Funeral
  2. See You
  3. Cars & Calories
  4. Certain Tragedy
  5. Jukebox Breakdown
  6. Freakish
  7. As Your Ghost Takes Flight
  8. Nightingale
  9. All I'm Losing Is Me
  10. This Is Not an Exit
  11. Firefly