Rotation is the second studio album by powerpop band Cute Is What We Aim For, released on June 24, 2008. It debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart selling around 22,000 copies. As of July 2008, the album has sold a total of 45,204 copies.

History

The first single from the album is "Practice Makes Perfect" which had a clip in The Hills

The Hills

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and was also featured in the second season of Greek

Greek (TV series)

Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...

. The next single, "Doctor", was also featured in the latest season of Greek.Later on, the songs "Doctor" and "Safe Ride" were released on their MySpace in whole for fans to hear.

The video for "Practice Makes Perfect" was shot on May 22, 2008 in Los Angeles and was released on YouTube by their label, Fueled by Ramen

Fueled by Ramen

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. The video was directed by Walter Robot

Walter Robot

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 and premiered on MTV2's 'Unleashed' which showed the video once each hour for the day.

On June 3, 2008, the band posted their newest song called "Safe Ride" onto their PureVolume page, with lyrics being posted on their official website. On June 15, 2008 the band's music video for "Practice Makes Perfect" was released on MTV2's Unleashed. The video was directed by Walter Robot

Walter Robot

Walter Robot is the fictional director created by artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie. They direct films, commercials and music videos...

and features all members of the band partaking in party behaviour they later regret. On June 20, 2008, the band uploaded the album on their MySpace page for streaming. The album was then leaked to several file sharing sites.

The second single from the album was "Navigate Me", and was released on December 15.

The third single is "The Lock Down Denial" and was released to alternative and mainstream rock radio stations on April 13.

Track listing

1. "Practice Makes Perfect" – 3:44
2. "Doctor" – 3:09
3. "Navigate Me" – 3:21
4. "Loser" – 3:03
5. "Do What You Do" – 4:19
6. "Hollywood" – 3:46
7. "Safe Ride" – 3:52
8. "The Lock Down Denial" – 3:13
9. "Marriage to Millions" – 3:10
10. "Miss Sobriety" – 2:51
11. "Time" – 3:59
12. Untitled bonus track – 0:42

iTunes bonus tracks:

The iTunes release did not include the "Untitled" bonus track.

• "Through to You"
• "Time" (strings version)
• "Moan" (acoustic)
• "Teasing to Please (Left Side, Strong Side)" (acoustic)

DVD

• 25-minute "In the Studio" documentary and interview
• 5 acoustic performances – live from FBR Studios
• Karaoke videos for all the songs from Rotation
• Exclusive photo gallery curated by Jeff Czum