Punk Goes Acoustic [Bonus Disc]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

As part of the long-running, gimmicky series from Fearless Records and BMG, Punk Goes Acoustic features a gaggle of youthful punk revivalists unplugging the patch chords and tuning up the acoustics. The bands aren't doing covers, which is a format change from the gimmickry of past titles like Punk Goes Metal or Punk Goes Pop. Instead, you get bands like Simple Plan, the Ataris, Further Seems Forever, Yellowcard, and Midtown running acoustically through their songs with passably entertaining results. The comp should be of interest to fans of these groups looking for something a bit different, but it's by no means a must-have. [A bonus-disc version was also released.] ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Time to Talk		Open Hand	(3:58)
Trust (Lyrics)	Thrice, Dustin Kensrue	Thrice	(2:40)
Firewater (Lyrics)		Yellowcard	(3:22)
Memory	Sugarcult, Tim Pagnotta	Sugarcult	(3:43)
Letters to You (Lyrics)	Nate Barcalow, Finch	Finch	(3:46)
A Hole in the World		Thursday	(5:34)
Playing Favorites (Lyrics)		The Starting Line	(4:03)
Velvet Alley		Strung Out	(4:17)
Eight of Nine	Chris Roe	The Ataris	(2:45)
Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)	Taking Back Sunday	Taking Back Sunday	(4:26)
Chloroform Perfume	From Autumn to Ashes	From Autumn to Ashes	(5:00)
Swing Life Away (Lyrics)	Neil Hennessy	Rise Against	(2:26)
The King		Piebald	(4:36)
Over It	Scott Sellers, Rufio, Jon Berry	Rufio	(1:54)
Chalk Line		Strike Anywhere	(4:18)
Away to the Heart		Noise Ratchet	(3:39)
Blue Collar Lullaby		Coalesce	(4:42)
Gathering Darkness	Kyle Bishop	Grade	(5:00)
Alone in the World		Glasseater	(3:41)
Knew It All Along		Midtown	(2:51)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
On to Morning Stars [*]		Anatomy of a Ghost	(4:03)
Still Standing [*]		Rock Kills Kid	(3:50)
New Way to Dance [*]	The Kinison	The Kinison	(2:59)
Anything [*]	Tom Higgenson	Plain White T's	(2:59)
Taking It All Back [*]	Chris Kasarjian	Count the Stars	(2:49)
Shevanel Take 2 [*]		Between the Buried and Me	(3:16)
I Loved the Way She Said [*]		Spitalfield	(3:17)
Giving Up [*]	Shane Told	Silverstein	(4:12)

Credits

Joe Pedulla (Engineer), Tim Pagnotta (Engineer), Bill Stevenson (Engineer), Baron Bodnar (Producer), Rumblefish (Mixing), Kyle Bishop (Performer), Donnell Cameron (Engineer), Gilby Clarke (Engineer), Bill Stevenson (Vocals (Background)), Jason Livermore (Engineer), Kyle Bishop (Engineer), Ed Rose (Engineer), The Starting Line (Engineer), Kris Roe (Engineer), Justin Koop (?), Chris Morrison (Engineer), Teppei (Engineer), Mark Chalecki (Mastering), James Paul Wisner (Engineer)