Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes

Studio album by AFI

Released

November 11, 1997

Recorded

Art of Ears, Hayward, California

Genre

Hardcore punk

Length

28:27 (CD)
30:28 (Vinyl)

Label

Nitro

Producer

AFI

AFI chronology

Very Proud of Ya
(1996)

Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
(1997)

A Fire Inside EP
(1998)

Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes is the third studio album by American rock band AFI. It was released on November 11, 1997 through Nitro Records.

Background

This is the first album to feature bassist Hunter Burgan, although he was not a permanent member at the time as well as the final album to feature founding guitarist Mark Stopholese. Future band member Jade Puget performed backing vocals for the album as well, making Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes the first AFI album the band current members collaborated in. Nick 13 from American rock band Tiger Army is featured in the track "A Single Second", performing vocals in the chorus of the song.

A music video directed by Darren Doane and Ken Daurio was made for the track "Third Season." It features the band themselves sitting in a suburban town while a slew of children chase an ice cream truck.

The inner-edge of the album's CD case reveals the hidden message "A Fire Inside", a lyric from the introductory track "Keeping Out of Direct Sunlight". This is the first album to quote the phrase, which eventually became AFI's permanent acronym.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Keeping Out of Direct Sunlight (An Introduction)"	0:58
2.	"Three Reasons"	1:33
3.	"A Single Second"	2:12
4.	"pH Low"	1:42
5.	"Let It Be Broke"	2:06
6.	"Third Season"	2:49
7.	"Lower Your Head and Take It in the Body"	1:46
8.	"Coin Return"	2:33
9.	"The New Patron Saints and Angels"	2:17
10.	"Three Seconds Notice"	1:35
11.	"Salt for Your Wounds"	2:24
12.	"Today's Lesson" (Filth cover)	2:14
13.	"The Devil Loves You"	1:30
14.	"Triple Zero"	2:50

Vinyl edition
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Last Caress" (Misfits cover)	2:01

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Self-Pity"	0:56
16.	"Key Lime Pie"	0:37

Personnel

Davey Havok - Vocals
Mark Stopholese - Guitar
Hunter Burgan - Bass, keyboard, programming
Adam Carson - Drums and all drum instruments
Engineered By: "The Recording Ninja" Andy Ernst
Produced By: AFI
Drums Tech By: Mike Fasano
Mastered At: Oasis by Eddy Shreyer

References

AFI

Davey Havok Adam Carson Hunter Burgan Jade Puget Vic Chalker Geoff Kresge Mark Stopholese

Studio albums	Answer That and Stay Fashionable Very Proud of Ya Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes Black Sails in the Sunset The Art of Drowning Sing the Sorrow Decemberunderground Crash Love Burials

Live albums	Eddie Picnic's All Wet I Heard a Voice – Live from Long Beach Arena

Compilation albums	AFI

Extended plays	Dork Behind the Times AFI / Heckle Bombing the Bay! Fly in the Ointment A Fire Inside EP Black Sails EP All Hallow's E.P. The Days of the Phoenix EP 336

Singles	"Totalimmortal" "The Days of the Phoenix" "Girl's Not Grey" "The Leaving Song Pt. II" "Silver and Cold" "Head Like a Hole" "Miss Murder" "Love Like Winter" "The Missing Frame" "Carcinogen Crush" "Medicate" "Beautiful Thieves" "I Hope You Suffer" "17 Crimes"

Related articles	Discography "Prelude 12/21" Key Lime Pie Records Adeline Records Nitro Records DreamWorks Records Interscope Records Republic Records Blaqk Audio HorrorPops Redemption 87 Son of Sam Tiger Army

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