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Album Review: Good Morning Revival

  • Artist: Good Charlotte
  • Rating: StarHalf Star
  • Release Date: March 19, 2007
  • Genre: Rock

Review

When ironies are as delicious as punk-pop quartet Good Charlotte turning into the very thing they parodied on their career-making hit, "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous," it's hard to resist the temptation to repeat the story, no matter how often it's been said. After all, it is true. Good Charlotte succumbed to every temptation fame has to offer and turned into L.A. scenester frat-rats, which, in turn, turned them into gossip-blog fodder as lead singer Joel Madden dated teen queens and super-skinny celebs whose main claim to fame was being famous. It's a textbook rock & roll cliché, and now that the apex of their popularity is beginning to recede into the past, they've fallen back on another textbook rock & roll cliché for their fourth album, 2007's Good Morning Revival: desperate trend-chasing. True, the group was beginning to stretch out on their first post-fame album, 2004's The Chronicles of Life and Death, but where that found the group getting a little more ambitious, Good Morning Revival -- released a full five years after their breakthrough, The Young and the Hopeless -- demonstrates that they now have real concerns about appearing fashionable, so they've adopted the two main rock trends that surfaced since 2002: dance-punk and '80s fetishism. They've morphed from blink-182 into the Killers, a stylistic makeover that makes Madden's swipes at the "plastic people" of Hollywood on the opening "Misery" ring a little hollow since his sudden pursuit of glam style seems like the epitome of L.A. emptiness. To be sure, the icy synth textures and guitar atmospherics borrowed from the Edge are the foundation of this album, but Good Charlotte aren't content to just restrict themselves to tricks they learned from the Killers; they sample from a wide spectrum of sounds and bands from the last five years. There's the pounding electro-disco of Rapture-lite "Dance Floor Anthem," which feels like it should be ironic, but isn't. There's the Blur/Gorillaz-aping "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" -- its chanting verse borrowed from "We Got a Line on You," the hook from "Song 2," its beat from the Gorillaz -- and there's the Coldplay-esque shimmer of "Where Would We Be Now," complete with the finishing touch of piano arpeggio. This kind of calculating changeup would have worked better if the band had the hooks or the good sense to embrace their crass pandering so it's good trashy fun; if they signaled that they knew how ridiculous this shift in direction was, it'd be easier to enjoy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Good Morning Revival Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (0:56)
Misery (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:49)
The River Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte, Synyster Gates, M. Shadows (3:15)
I Don't Wanna Be in Love (Dance Floor Anthem) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (4:04)
Keep Your Hands off My Girl (Lyrics) Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:25)
Victims of Love (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:45)
Where Would We Be Now (Lyrics) Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Billy Martin Good Charlotte (3:58)
Break Apart Her Heart (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:19)
All Black (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (4:19)
Beautiful Place (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:50)
Something Else (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:19)
Broken Hearts Parade (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:15)
March On (Lyrics) Don Gilmore, Joel Madden, Benji Madden Good Charlotte (3:11)

Credits

Carmen Carter (Vocals (Background)), Don Gilmore (Producer), Ted Jensen (Mastering), Bobbi Page (Vocals (Background)), Paul Thomas (Bass), Paul Thomas (Group Member), Andy Wallace (Mixing), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals (Background)), Terry Wood (Vocals (Background)), Sheri G. Lee (Art Direction), Mike Scielzi (Assistant), Dean Butterworth (Drums), John O'Mahoney (Digital Editing), David Massey (A&R), Mark Kiczula (Engineer), Joel Madden (Vocals), Joel Madden (Group Member), Benji Madden (Guitar), Benji Madden (Vocals), Benji Madden (Group Member), Fox Phelps (Assistant Engineer), Fusako Chubachi (Art Direction), Kristine Burns (Photography), Billy Martin (Guitar), Billy Martin (Keyboards), Billy Martin (Group Member), Michael Dahan (Photography), Steve Feinberg (Management), Incognito Horns (Horn), Marvin Scott Jarrett (Art Direction), Marvin Scott Jarrett (Photography), Evan Lipschutz (A&R)
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Good Morning Revival
Studio album by Good Charlotte
Released March 27, 2007
Recorded Armoury Studios, Vancouver, B.C., 2006
The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, B.C., 2006
NRG Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, 2006
Genre Alternative rock, Pop punk, Power pop
Length 44:55 (U.S.)
52:00 (Japan)
Label Epic, Daylight
Producer Don Gilmore
Professional reviews
Good Charlotte chronology
The Chronicles of Life and Death
(2004)
Good Morning Revival
(2007)
Greatest Remixes
(2008)
Singles from Good Morning Revival
  1. "The River"
    Released: January 4, 2007 (unreleased in Australia)
  2. "Keep Your Hands off My Girl"
    Released: February 23, 2007 (unreleased in the USA and Canada)
  3. "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)"
    Released: June 30, 2007
  4. "Misery"
    Released: December 7, 2007 (unreleased in the USA and Canada)
  5. "Where Would We Be Now"
    Released: May 20, 2008

Good Morning Revival is the fourth studio album by Good Charlotte and the follow up to the 2004 release The Chronicles of Life and Death. It is the first album to feature Dean Butterworth on drums, who joined the band in March 2007 after former drummer Chris Wilson departed in 2005. Billy Martin has mentioned in an interview that Benji Madden came up with the name for the album.[1] The sound of Good Morning Revival has more of an alternative rock style than the previous Good Charlotte albums. This style can be heard in the albums third single, "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)", which is the most successful song on the album by debuting at #2 on the Australian charts and reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Contents

Delay of release date

Originally, guitarist Billy Martin mentioned on his blog on the band's website that the album would hopefully be out for Christmas 2006. However the album's original release date was June 2006, but was pushed back numerous times before confirmed on the band's website. The release was pushed back to October, after which it was pushed back further to February 2007. Lead singer Joel Madden said in an interview with MuchMusic that the album release has been pushed back once more to March 5, 2007.[3] On December 6, 2006, the band's website said that the album will now be released March 20, 2007. Days later the band posted a new message on their website saying that the album will be released March 27, 2007.

Internet releases

On Good Charlotte's website, Benji Madden posted a video and announced that the song "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" would be posted on the band's MySpace. The song premiered September 22, 2006 online and it became available to hear at the band's MySpace account and at the official Good Charlotte website. Later, a video for the song was posted in the band's MySpace page on October 26, 2006. The first single from the album, "The River", featuring Avenged Sevenfold's lead singer, M. Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates, appeared online January 4, 2007.

At midnight, on January 23, 2007 the forthcoming record was made available for preorder on iTunes. When pre-ordered, "The River" is downloaded immediately, while the rest of the album is queued to be downloaded on the released date. Preordering on iTunes also provides the exclusive bonus version of the aforementioned single, and a music video of an acoustic session of the song, "Misery". An acoustic version of "March On" could be downloaded through the band's provided that you registered as a member. In addition to the tracks listed below, if bought at Wal-Mart, 5 exclusive songs from their Soundstage performance can be downloaded.

Reception

Initial critical response to Good Morning Revival ranged from average to negative. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 45, based on 18 reviews.[4]

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Japan March 13, 2007 AVEX Trax CD
Ireland March 16, 2007 CD
Australia March 17, 2007 Sony Records CD
Italy, United Kingdom March 19, 2007 CD
Canada, USA March 27, 2007 Epic Records, Daylight Records CD

Track listing

Standard edition

  1. "Good Morning Revival" – 0:56 (Joel Madden, Benji Madden)
  2. "Misery" – 3:49 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  3. "The River" – 3:15 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, featuring M. Shadows, and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold)
  4. "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)" – 4:04 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  5. "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" – 3:25 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden)
  6. "Victims of Love" – 3:45 (Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Don Gilmore)
  7. "Where Would We Be Now" – 3:58 (Billy Martin, Joel Madden, Benji Madden)
  8. "Break Apart Her Heart" – 3:19 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore, Paul Thomas)
  9. "All Black" – 4:19 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  10. "Beautiful Place" – 3:50 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  11. "Something Else" – 3:19 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  12. "Broken Hearts Parade" – 3:15 (Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Don Gilmore)
  13. "March On" – 3:13 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)

iTunes edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  1. "The River" (acoustic version) (iTunes bonus track) – 3:32
  2. Digital booklet of Good Morning Revival

Wal-Mart edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  • 5 exclusive downloaded tracks from their Soundstage performance.

Best Buy edition

  • All thirteen songs from U.S. standard edition
  • Bonus track
  1. "Jealousy" (bonus track) – 3:15

Target edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  • Bonus DVD with GCTV episodes 1-3 and videos
  1. GCTV episode 1
  2. GCTV episode 2
  3. GCTV episode 3
  4. Good Morning Revival
  5. "The River" (music video)
  6. The Making of "The River"
  7. "Beautiful Place" (acoustic video)

This edition is also being sold in Kmart stores in Australia.

Japanese edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  • Bonus tracks
  1. "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" (Broken Spindles Remix) (Bonus track) – 4:35
  2. "Face the Strange" (bonus track) – 2:59

B-sides

The band mentioned that they created over 60 B-sides for the album. Only three of them were released as bonus tracks on Good Morning Revival bought in certain stores. They also mentioned that they weren't happy with most of the tracks so they made more. Most of the songs that made it on the album were songs they made last. On May 1st, 2009, Benji Madden posted "No Communication" on the Good Charlotte official website stating that it was a song they made while working on "Good Morning Revival". [5]

  1. "Face the Strange" – 2:59
  2. "Jealousy" – 3:15
  3. "You're Gone" – 3:22

Charts

The album has achieved spots on album charts in many countries. Good Charlotte have achieved top 10 chart debuts in thirteen countries, making Good Morning Revival their highest international chart positions ever.

Chart (2007) Peak
Position
Argentinean Albums Chart[6] 4
Australian Albums Chart[7] 5
Austrian Albums Chart[8] 4
Billboard 200[9] 1
Billboard Comprehensive Albums[10] 7
Billboard European Top 100 Albums[11] 1
Billboard Top Digital Albums[12] 3
Billboard Top Internet Albums 3
Billboard Top Rock Albums[13] 2
Canadian Albums Chart[14] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 5
Estonian Albums Chart 5
Finnish Albums Chart[16] 1
French Albums Chart[17] 3
Chart (2007) Peak
Position
German Albums Chart[18] 1
Greek Albums Chart[19] 7
Hong Kong Albums Chart[20] 4
Hungarian Albums Chart[21] 3
Irish Albums Chart[22] 3
Italian Albums Chart[23] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[24] 1
Mexican Albums Chart[25] 6
New Zealand Albums Chart[26] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[27] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[28] 7
Taiwanese Albums Chart[29] 5
Thai Albums Chart[30] 8
UK Albums Chart[31] 13

Chart positions

Peak chart positions
Chart (2007/2008) Peak
position
Certifications Sales/shipments Ref.
Australia Albums Chart 2 Platinum 100,000 [32][33]
Austrian Albums Chart 5 Gold 20,000 [34][33]
Canadian Albums Chart 1 3x Platinum 500,000 [35][36]
Irish Album Chart 4 Silver 50,000 [37]
Swedish Album Chart 2 Gold 200,000 [38]
Swiss Album Chart 4 Gold 100,000 [39][33]
UK Albums Chart 3 Platinum 1,500,000 [40][41]
US Billboard 200 1 3x Platinum 2,500,000 [35][42]
New Zealand Album Chart 5 Gold 70,500 [43][33]
German Album Chart 6 Silver 100,000 [44][33]
French Album Chart 5 Gold 75,000 [45][33]
Dutch Album Chart 2 Platinum 300,000 [46]
Italian Album Chart 2 Platinum 150,000 [47]

Note: for all the certification definitions see: Certifications

Personnel

A&R

Art/photography

  • Fusako Chubachi — art direction
  • Kristine Burns — photography
  • Marvin Scott Jarrett — art direction, photography
  • Michael Dahan — photography
  • Sheri G. Lee — art direction

Instruments

Mixing/engineering

Producing/editing/mastering/management

  • Don Gilmore — producer
  • John O'Mahoney — digital editing
  • Mike Scielzi — assistant
  • Steve Feinberg — management
  • Ted Jensen — mastering

Vocalists

  • Benji Madden — background
  • Bobbi Page — background
  • Carmen Carter — background
  • Joel Madden — lead
  • M. Shadows — featured in "The River"
  • Maxine Waters — background
  • Terry Wood — background

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