The Great Depression

The Great Depression
Studio album by Blindside
Released	August 2, 2005 (US)
Genre	Post-hardcore
Length	53:28
Label	DRT Entertainment
Producer	Lasse Mårtén
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Blindside chronology
About a Burning Fire (2004) The Great Depression (2005) The Black Rose EP (2007)

The Great Depression is the fifth album from post-hardcore band Blindside. It is their first album for DRT Entertainment. The album was largely influenced by a trip to Africa that their lead singer, Christian, had underwent. He was very unsettled by his experience and the things he saw influenced the album immensely.^{[citation needed]} The song "Yemkela" was written about a young African boy he met on his trip.^{[citation needed]} The boy had HIV and had less than two months to live. However, in a recent interview, Christian Lindskog revealed that on a recent tour in South Africa, he had seen Yemkela (who Christian expected would be dead) at a show in Cape Town. To Christian's surprise, he was doing well and watched Blindside perform his song and sang along.

Track listing

1. "The Great Depression" – 1:27
2. "This Is a Heart Attack" – 3:10
3. "Ask Me Now" – 3:34
4. "We're All Going to Die" – 3:00
5. "Yemkela" – 3:38
6. "Put Back the Stars" – 3:57
7. "Fell in Love with the Game" – 4:07
8. "City Lights" – 3:13
9. "We Are to Follow" – 4:02
10. "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids" – 4:56
11. "My Alibi" – 4:33
12. "Come to Rest (Hesychia)" – 4:29
13. "This Time" – 4:47
14. "When I Remember" – 4:27

Singles

• "Fell in Love with the Game"
• "When I Remember"

Guest Musicians

• J. Jamte – "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids"
• Ilkka Viitasalo (of Benea Reach) – "Come to Rest (Hesychia)"

Trivia

• "Fell in Love With the Game" contains the line "We wrestle in the mud and the blood and the beer," which references the song "A Boy Named Sue."