Tell All Your Friends

Tell All Your Friends
Studio album by Taking Back Sunday
Released	March 26, 2002
Recorded	December 2001, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Genre	Alternative rock, post-hardcore, emo, pop punk
Length	33:46
Label	Victory
Producer	Sal Villanueva
Taking Back Sunday studio album chronology
Tell All Your Friends (2002) Where You Want to Be (2004)

Tell All Your Friends is the debut album of American rock band Taking Back Sunday, released in 2002. It spawned the singles "Timberwolves at New Jersey", "Great Romances of the 20th Century", "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)", which had a Fight Club-inspired video, and "You're So Last Summer", which featured the American rapper Flavour Flav in its music video.

This album is named after the lyrics in "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)."

The fourth track, "There's No 'I' in Team", was written in response to Brand New's song "Seventy Times 7" and contains some of the same lyrics: "Is that what you call tact? You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back; so let's end this call and end this conversation". It also shares lyrics with the song "Mix Tape" by Brand New, both containing the phrase "I've got a twenty dollar bill, that says..." Each song articulates an opposing viewpoint regarding an amorous dispute between members of the two bands at the time. This was a minor episode in the artists' lives and they have since put it behind them; the bands and their members are now on good terms.

In a 2011 article featured in Alternative Press, bassist Shaun Cooper stated that the band was unhappy with "some of the choices that had been made without us", explaining how the introductions to the songs "Great Romances of the 20th Century" and "The Blue Channel" were changed from how they were initially intended by studio technicians without the band's input. The introductions to these songs as originally intended can be heard on The Tell All Your Friends Demo.

This album was performed live in its entirety at Bamboozle 2011 on April 30, 2011. On October 4, 2012, the band embarked on a 10 year anniversary tour with supporting act Bayside, along with Transit, The Menzingers, Mansions, Gabriel The Marine and Man Overboard, where the album in its entirety was played.

Reception

Critical

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	92%
Allmusic
Alternative Press
BBC Music	(favorable)
Punknews.org
Rolling Stone
Sputnikmusic

In a 2011 interview with CMJ, both Adam Lazzara and John Nolan chose the album's final track, "Head Club", as their least favorite Taking Back Sunday song.

Commercial

Although this album charted at 183 on the U.S 200.

Accolades

Tell All Your Friends sold enough copies to be certified Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Know How I Do"	3:21
2.	"Bike Scene"	3:35
3.	"Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)"	3:31
4.	"There's No 'I' in Team"	3:48
5.	"Great Romances of the 20th Century"	3:35
6.	"Ghost Man on Third"	3:59
7.	"Timberwolves at New Jersey"	3:23
8.	"The Blue Channel"	2:30
9.	"You're So Last Summer"	2:59
10.	"Head Club"	3:01

Vinyl only bonus track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Ballad of Sal Villanueva"	3:52

Re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Ballad of Sal Villanueva"	3:52
12.	"Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" (Acoustic)	4:26
13.	"You Know How I Do" (Live acoustic video) (Enhanced material)
14.	"Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" (Live acoustic video) (Enhanced material)
15.	"Exclusive interview with original members" (Video) (Enhanced material)

Re-issue bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" (Music video)	3:33
2.	"You're So Last Summer" (Music video)	3:07
3.	"Great Romances of the 20th Century" (Music video)	3:36
4.	"Timberwolves at New Jersey" (Music video)	3:34

Vinyl release

Tell All Your Friends has been pressed six times by Victory Records, with the first two featuring artwork that differs from the CD.

Color(s)	Pressed	Notes
Clear	813	1st Pressing
Clear Gold	560
Blue	550
Grey	210
Black (Test Press)	12
Green	1100	2nd Pressing
Orange	1100
Yellow	400	3rd Pressing
Mint Green	400
Light Blue	200
Pink	1000	4th Pressing
Purple	1000
Solid Red	1349	5th Pressing
Grey Putty	449
Grey Marble	400
Tan	199
Black	1200	6th Pressing
White	900
Clear w/ Black Smoke	225

• 1st Pressing released March 26, 2006
• 3rd Pressing released August 14, 2007
• 4th Pressing released March 16, 2010
• 5th Pressing released February 2012
• 6th Pressing released October 30, 2012

Singles

• "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)"
• "Great Romances of the 20th Century"
• "You're So Last Summer"
• "Timberwolves at New Jersey"

Personnel

Taking Back Sunday

• Adam Lazzara – lead vocals, guitars
• John Nolan – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
• Eddie Reyes – guitars
• Mark O'Connell – drums, percussion
• Shaun Cooper – bass

Additional musicians

• Michelle Nolan – backup vocals on tracks 2 and 6
• Neil Rubenstein - backup vocals on tracks 4, 7, and 10
• Matt McDannell - backup vocals on track 10
• Sal Villaneuva - additional guiitar

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics