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Before the Blackout

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Before the Blackout
Studio album by
Allister
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
Studio
Genre
Length46:05
LabelDrive-Thru
ProducerDennis Hill, Kyle Homme
Allister chronology
Last Stop Suburbia
(2002) 		Before the Blackout
(2005) 		Countdown to Nowhere
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk72%[1]
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound5/10[3]
Ox-Fanzine9/10[4]

Before the Blackout is Allister's third studio album.

Release

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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

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(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.

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

Personnel

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References

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  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.
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