Taking Back What's Ours
| Taking Back What's Ours | ||||
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| Compilation album by Deep Elm Records | ||||
| Released | December 3, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Emo, indie rock | |||
| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Deep Elm (DER-465) | |||
| The Emo Diaries chronology | ||||
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Taking Back What's Ours is the eleventh installment in The Emo Diaries series of compilation albums, released December 3, 2007 by Deep Elm Records. The label had unofficially halted the series after the release of its tenth chapter in 2004, citing the "bastardization" of the term "emo" among its reasons, but decided to resurrect it three years later:[1]
In 2004, Deep Elm Record's legendary compilation series The Emo Diaries unofficially came to rest as the longest running compilation series in the history of indie rock with its tenth chapter and a total of 135 unreleased songs. Deep Elm cited the bastardization of the term "emo" in today's pop culture, as well as mainstream's stranglehold and subsequent commercialization of the genre, which placed the focus squarely on the aesthetic...not the music, the energy or the passion. Essentially, Deep Elm refused to play the game and closed the doors on the genre they helped to document, nurture and expose to the world. But this is 2007 and Deep Elm is Taking Back What's Ours.[1]
As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to submit material for the compilation, and as a result the music does not all fit within the emo style.[2] The twelve songs on the album were selected from over 1,200 submissions.[1] As with the rest of the series, Taking Back What's Ours features mostly unsigned bands contributing songs that were previously unreleased.[1][2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Change Your Views" | Above Them | |
| 2. | "Tiger Meets Lion" | This Drama | |
| 3. | "Hey Lola" | While You Were Gone | |
| 4. | "Question Everything" | Knockout Kings | |
| 5. | "The Ghostman" | Andy Tanner & His Grand Piano | |
| 6. | "The Sky Retreats" | The Crash Engine | |
| 7. | "Progress, Not Perfection" | The Decoration | |
| 8. | "Until Vendettas Achieved" | I'm Fashion, You're Victim | |
| 9. | "Never Give Up, Never Give In" | Young Hearts | |
| 10. | "The Dangerous Crowd" | The City Beautiful | |
| 11. | "Eyes on the Prize" | My Awesome Compilation | |
| 12. | "It's Airborne!" | Panel | |
Total length: |
46:07 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Taking Back What's Ours: The Emo Diaries, Chapter Eleven". Deep Elm Records. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- 1 2 "The Emo Diaries". Deep Elm Records. Retrieved 2009-03-27.