Something to Write Home About

by The Get Up Kids

Something to Write Home About cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 September 1999
  • Label: Vagrant
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:30
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Something to Write Home About' is a definitive, foundational masterpiece of emo-pop and late-90s pop-punk. The band delivers highly energetic, incredibly melodic synthesizers and driving guitars alongside passionate, bittersweet narratives of romantic heartbreak.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, melodic, high-energy, confessional, infectious, DIY, fast, emotive, punchy

Tracklist

  1. Holiday (3:29)
  2. Action & Action (4:05)
  3. Valentine (4:19)
  4. Red Letter Day (2:56)
  5. Out of Reach (3:46)
  6. Ten Minutes (3:12)
  7. The Company Dime (4:07)
  8. My Apology (3:24)
  9. I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel (3:08)
  10. Long Goodnight (4:49)
  11. Close to Home (3:50)
  12. I'll Catch You (4:20)

Credits

  • The Get Up Kids - primary artist, producer
  • James Dewees - band [the get up kids are]
  • Jim Suptic - band [the get up kids are]
  • Matthew Pryor - band [the get up kids are]
  • Robert Pope - band [the get up kids are]
  • Ryan Pope - band [the get up kids are]
  • Ellis Industries - booking
  • Alex Brahl - co-producer, engineer [additional]
  • Chad Blinman - co-producer, recorded by, mixed by
  • S.Spencer - design, layout
  • Dale Lawton - engineer [assistant]
  • Steve Nearemburg - legal
  • Rich Egan - management
  • Ram贸n Bret贸n - mastered by

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