Track listing

1. "Boomboxes and Dictionaries" – 3:11
   • The "whoa-oh" part towards the end of the song is influenced by the Against Me!
     Against Me!
     Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida and relocated to Gainesville, Florida in 1999. Their first full-length album, released on No Idea Records in 2002, was Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose. They have released music on Misanthrope Records, Crasshole Records,...
     
      song "Sink, Florida, Sink
     Sink, Florida, Sink
     "Sink, Florida, Sink" is a song by the Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band Against Me!, released as the second single from their 2003 album Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy...
     
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2. "I Coulda Been a Contender" – 3:22
   • The title is an allusion to a famous line from Marlon Brando
     Marlon Brando
     Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St...
     
      from the classic film On the Waterfront
     On the Waterfront
     On the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film about union violence and corruption among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb and Karl Malden. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard...
     
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3. "Wooderson" – 2:11
4. "We Came to Dance" – 3:34
   • Contains a reference to Bringing It All Back Home
     Bringing It All Back Home
     Bringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records. The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band - a move that further alienated...
     
     , the album by Bob Dylan
     Bob Dylan
     Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
     
     
   • Contains a reference to the Lifetime
     Lifetime (band)
     Lifetime is an American melodic hardcore/emo band from New Jersey. Lifetime was formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1997. In late 2005, they announced their reunion.-History:...
     
      album Jersey's Best Dancers
     Jersey's Best Dancers
     Jersey's Best Dancers is the third full-length album by the New Jersey band Lifetime. It was released on June 10, 1997 and was the band's second LP release on Jade Tree Records.-Track listing:# "Turnpike Gates" – 2:20# "Young, Loud, and Scotty" – 1:59...
     
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   • Contains a reference to "Thundercrack" by Bruce Springsteen
     Bruce Springsteen
     Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
     
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5. "1930" – 3:48
6. "The Navesink Banks" – 2:48
   • "All hope abandon, ye who enter here," is a reference to the phrase etched above the gates of Hell in Dante's Inferno
     Dante's Inferno
     Dante's Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy.Dante's Inferno may also refer to:* Dante's Inferno , a silent film about a slum landlord sent to hell...
     
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7. "Red in the Morning" – 2:51
8. "I'da Called You Woody, Joe" – 3:21
   • Title is a reference to Joe Strummer
     Joe Strummer
     John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
     
     , who was known as "Woody" in his early 20's. The first 30 seconds is extremely similar, both musically and lyrically, to the song "Coma Girl" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros on the album Streetcore
     Streetcore
     -Cover versions of songs:The song "Coma Girl" was performed as the opening number at Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's performance at the Glastonbury Festival on June 27, 2009....
     
     , as is the line "a girl, on the excitement gang" near the end of the song.
   • Additionally, the line "and this was the sound of the very last gang in town" is a reference to The Clash
     The Clash
     The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
     
      song "The Last Gang in Town."
   • The line "tellin' me he's only lookin for fun" refers to the Clash song "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
     (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
     " In Hammersmith Palais" is a song by The Clash, self produced and first released as a 7" single, backed with the track "The Prisoner", in June 1978....
     
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   • The line "That soul is hard to find" is from Joe Strummer's "Johnny Appleseed."
9. "Angry Johnny and the Radio" – 3:00
   • Contains references to "Don't Think Twice" and "Subterranean Homesick Blues
     Subterranean Homesick Blues
     "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, originally released in 1965 as a single on Columbia Records, catalogue 43242. It appeared 19 days later as the lead track to the album Bringing It All Back Home. It was Dylan's first Top 40 hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also...
     
     " by Bob Dylan
     Bob Dylan
     Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
     
     
10. "Drive" – 2:55
11. "We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner" – 3:11
    • Contains reference to "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
      It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
      "It's Alright, Ma " is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and first released on his 1965 album, Bringing It All Back Home. It was written in the summer of 1964, first performed live on October 10, 1964, and recorded on January 15, 1965...
      
      " by Bob Dylan
      Bob Dylan
      Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
      
      
    • Opening line, "Ready or not here they come; it's Zombie time." is a line from the movie Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust
      Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
      is a 2000 anime film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The film is based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D novels, D - Demon Deathchase.The film began production in 1997 and was completed with the intention of being shown in American theaters...
      
      
12. "Red at Night" – 3:07
    • This song is heavily influenced by the song "Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key" sung by Billy Bragg
      Billy Bragg
      Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
      
       from Mermaid Avenue
      Mermaid Avenue
      Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. The project was organized by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie. Mermaid Avenue was released on the...
      
      , where he, together with Wilco
      Wilco
      Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
      
       interpret Woody Guthrie
      Woody Guthrie
      Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
      
      lyrics.