Santi (album)

For the village in Burkina Faso, see Santi, Burkina Faso. For an Italian painter and poet, see Giovanni Santi. For other uses, see Santi (disambiguation).
Santi
Studio album by The Academy Is...
Released April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02)
Recorded October 31, 2006 in
Los Angeles, California
Genre Alternative rock, pop punk, indie rock, emo, post-hardcore
Length 39:26
Label Fueled by Ramen
Decaydance
Atlantic Records
Producer Butch Walker
The Academy Is... chronology
From the Carpet
(2006)		 Santi
(2007)		 Fast Times at Barrington High
(2008)
Singles from Santi
  1. "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands"
    Released: 2007
  2. "Neighbors"
    Released: 2007
  3. "Everything We Had"
    Released: 2007
  4. "Sleeping With Giants (Lifetime)"
    Released: 2007
  5. "Same Blood"
    Released: 2007

Santi is the second album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released on April 2 and 3, 2007 by Fueled by Ramen and their offspring label Decaydance Records.

Title and origins

The album's working title was Chop Chop. The first preview of the album was provided by Johnny Minardi of Snakes and Suits fame on January 26, 2007 when he gave the song, "LAX to O'Hare", to Absolutepunk.net for streaming on their site.[1] William Beckett has explained the origin of Santi and how it came to be the album title in the Australian music magazine Blunt in the following story:

"Adam and I went to the same high school, and there was this dude named Josh Santiago who we went to school with. I was doing a solo project at the time, and I was listening to different music than most people – stuff like The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring and Jimmy Eat World – and people there just didn't get me or what I was like. So this one guy in particular, Josh Santiago, gave me a hell of a time, like busted my chops and called me negative names like "fag" and stuff. Anyway, he had a Dave Matthews cover band called Santi, because his name was Santiago and he's just that kind of guy. So we started saying Santi as everything that wasn't him – everything that was positive, just because he was such a negative dude and such a terrible person. So we started saying santi as something funny or cool, kinda like "cheers" or we say it as a greeting, like, 'Whats up, Santi?' So it's a word we've been using for a long time and when it came time to name the record we listened to it and went like, 'Santi!' – it always had to be the name."

Release and reception

The first single from the album was "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands".[2] The song was premiered on Q101 in Chicago at around 7:00 PM on February 5, 2007. The song is now streaming from the band's PureVolume page and is available on iTunes in the U.S. and Australia.

The second single from the album is "Neighbors". The music video for "Neighbors", shows the band at a concert, and in various other scenarios. There are cameos from different bands participating in the Honda Civic Tour, such as Mark Hoppus of +44, Andy Hurley, Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman from Fall Out Boy and Gabe Saporta of Midtown and Cobra Starship. It also includes Dirty who is known for being wild, crazy, and just "hanging out" with the members of Fall Out Boy. The song has been featured on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

The cover design was released via the Fueled by Ramen text messaging service on February 5.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2007 MTV2.com began streaming the album,[3] resulting in the album becoming available to download on various piracy sites.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net(84%)[4]
Allmusic[5]
Blender[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin[8]

In its first week of sales in the U.S., the album sold 33,000 copies, debuting at number 32 on the Billboard 200[9] and #94 on the UK Albums Chart. By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 132,000.[10]

Track listing

  1. "Same Blood" – 3:14
  2. "LAX to O'Hare" – 3:36
  3. "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" – 3:26
  4. "Sleeping with Giants (Lifetime)" – 3:36
  5. "Everything We Had" – 3:38
  6. "Bulls in Brooklyn" – 3:27
  7. "Neighbors" – 3:10
  8. "Seed" – 4:17
  9. "Chop Chop" – 3:26
  10. "You Might Have Noticed" – 3:22
  11. "Unexpected Places" – 4:15

Best Buy bonus tracks:

  1. "Ghost" – 3:51
  2. "Everything We Had" (One Take Acoustic Mix) – 4:11

iTunes bonus tracks:

  1. "Toasted Skin" – 3:55
  2. "40 Steps" – 4:29

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart Position
Billboard 200 32
Rock Albums 7
Digital Albums 32

References

Citations
Sources
  • Bell, Crystal; Harding, Cortney (October 10, 2009). "Dance of Days". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media) 121 (39). ISSN 0006-2510. 

External links

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