Red Letter Day (EP)

Red Letter Day
EP by The Get Up Kids
Released	July 20, 1999
Recorded	Red House Studios
Genre	Emo
Length	16:45
Label	Doghouse Records
Producer	Ed Rose
The Get Up Kids chronology
Four Minute Mile (1997) Red Letter Day EP (1999) Something to Write Home About (1999)
Alternative cover
Cover for "The EPs: Red Letter Day and Woodson"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Star Pulse Music	[1]
Pitchfork Media	[2]

Red Letter Day is a five-track EP by the Kansas City, Missouri band The Get Up Kids. It was released before their second full-length album Something to Write Home About. It featured James Dewees on the keyboard. Shortly after the album was released, Dewees joined the band full-time.

The album was recorded in 1997 at Red House Studios by Ed Rose, the producer of the band's first EP Woodson.^[3] The album was released only on 10" vinyl. The album was printed on black vinyl, save for two limited pressings, 500 translucent green and 500 clear.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Get Up Kids. 

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Year Later"	3:05
2.	"Red Letter Day"	2:57
3.	"Forgive and Forget"	3:26

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anne Arbour"	3:33
2.	"Mass Pike"	3:44

Additional releases

• The entire EP was later combined with the band's other EP Woodson and re-released on one CD entitled The EPs: Red Letter Day and Woodson.
• The songs "Forgive and Forget" and "Anne Arbour" were later released on the band's compilation album Eudora.
• The song "Anne Arbour" was released as a b-side on the single for the song "Ten Minutes"
• The song "Red Letter Day" was featured on the band's second studio album Something to Write Home About
• The songs "Mass Pike" and "Red Letter Day" were featured on the band's live album Live! @ the Granada Theater.
• The song "Red Letter Day" was featured on the compilation No-Fi Trash released by Suburban Home Records.

Personnel

Band Matt Pryor: Lead Vocals, Guitar Jim Suptic: Guitar, Vocals Rob Pope: Bass Ryan Pope: Drums Design Scott Ritcher - Cover Design Chris Holland - Cover Design

Additional Musicians James Dewees: Keyboards, Vocals Production Ed Rose - Production

References

1. Star Pulse Music review
2. Pitchfork Media review
3. "The Get Up Kids". Lawrence.com. 2003-02-19. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
4. "Red Letter Day | The Get Up Kids". Dead Format. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2012-03-06.