The Papercut Chronicles

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Track listing

1. "Za Intro" – 1:40
2. "Papercuts" – 3:26
3. "Petrified Life and the Twice Told Joke (Decrepit Bricks)" – 4:53
4. "Make Out Club" – 4:43
5. "Taxi Driver
   Taxi Driver (song)
   
   "Taxi Driver" is a song by Gym Class Heroes. The song was first released on The Papercut EP, but was also included on the full-length and much more widely-released The Papercut Chronicles....
   " – 1:59
6. "So Long Friend" – 1:14
7. "Everyday's Forecast" – 4:21
8. "Pillmatic" – 3:11
9. "Simple Livin'" – 3:06
10. "Cupid's Chokehold
    Cupid's Chokehold
    
    "Cupid's Chokehold" is a single performed by Gym Class Heroes, featuring Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. It has reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on the Billboard Pop 100, #3 on the UK Singles Chart, and #3 on the Canadian Hot 100....
    " (featuring Patrick Stump
    Patrick Stump
    
    Patrick Martin Stumph was born on April 27, 1984, in Glenview, Illinois. He is an American musician, composer, record producer and music critic....
     from Fall Out Boy
    Fall Out Boy
    
    Fall Out Boy is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump , Joe Trohman , Pete Wentz , and Andy Hurley ....
    ) – 4:03
11. "Faces in the Hall" – 4:13
12. "Graduation Day" – 1:44
13. "Apollo 3-1-5" – 2:29
14. "wejusfreestylin'pt2" – 1:12
15. "To Bob Ross with Love" – 2:38
16. "Papercuts (The Reason for the Lesions Remix by Mr. Dibbs)" – 3:46
17. "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" – 4:01
18. "Band Aids" – 4:58
19. "Boomerang Theory" (Japanese Bonus Track)

Bonus Remix CD

1. Chicago (Remix)
2. Heart Transplant (Remix)
3. Attention (Remix)
4. Gotta Get Out of Here (Remix)

Personnel

• Travis McCoy
  Travis McCoy
  
  Travis McCoy is the lead vocalist of the alternative hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes....
   - vocals
• Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo - guitar
  Guitar
  
  The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  
• Matt McGinley
  Matt McGinley
  
  Matt McGinley is the co-founder and drummer of Gym Class Heroes. He and Travis McCoy met up in school in gym class and quickly became friends....
   - drums
  Drum kit
  
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  
• Ryan Geise - bass
  Bass guitar
  
  The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  
• Doug White - producer
  Record producer
  
  In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
  , engineer
  Audio engineering
  
  Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. The field draws on many disciplines, including electrical engineering, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music....
  
• Matt Green - mixing
  Audio mixing
  
  Audio Mixing may refer to:*Audio mixing *Audio mixing *Audio mixing ...
  , engineering
• Adam English
  Ookla the Mok (band)
  
  Ookla the Mok is the name of a filk band fronted by Rand Bellavia and Adam English. The band is named after a character from the Ruby-Spears Productions cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian, created by Steve Gerber....
   - piano
  Piano
  
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
  
• Rand Bellavia
  Ookla the Mok (band)
  
  Ookla the Mok is the name of a filk band fronted by Rand Bellavia and Adam English. The band is named after a character from the Ruby-Spears Productions cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian, created by Steve Gerber....
   - additional vocals
• Milo Bonacci - guitars
• Sie One - production on tracks 1, 8, 12, and 18
• Gary Ventura - photography
• Evan Leake - CD layout/design

Chart positions

Additional notes

• "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" is a commentary on mainstream
  Mainstream
  
  Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. It is a term most often applied in the The Arts . This includes:* something that is available to the general public;...
   rap music
  Hip hop music
  
  Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
   from Travis' point of view as a rapper
  Rapping
  
  Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in Hip Hop music, but the phenomenon predates Hip Hop culture by centuries....
   himself.

• "Cupid's Chokehold
  Cupid's Chokehold
  
  "Cupid's Chokehold" is a single performed by Gym Class Heroes, featuring Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. It has reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on the Billboard Pop 100, #3 on the UK Singles Chart, and #3 on the Canadian Hot 100....
  " samples extensively from Supertramp
  Supertramp
  
  Supertramp were a United Kingdom progressive rock band that released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s.Their early music included ambitious concept albums, but they are best known for their later hits including "Bloody Well Right", "Dreamer ", "Goodbye Stranger", "Give a Little Bit" and "The Logical Song"....
  's song "Breakfast in America
  Breakfast in America
  
  Breakfast in America is the sixth album by the band Supertramp, released in 1979. It was recorded the previous year at the Village Recorder in Los Angeles....
  ".

• "Taxi Driver
  Taxi Driver (song)
  
  "Taxi Driver" is a song by Gym Class Heroes. The song was first released on The Papercut EP, but was also included on the full-length and much more widely-released The Papercut Chronicles....
  " is an homage to other contemporary bands in the indie rock
  Indie rock
  
  Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
   and punk
  Punk rock
  
  Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
   genres.

• The Papercut Chronicles version of the "Cupid's Chokehold" music video
  Music video
  
  A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
   was directed by Andrew Paul Bowser who would later co-direct the "New Friend Request" video with Joseph M. Petrick for their album As Cruel as School Children
  As Cruel as School Children
  
  As Cruel as School Children is the third Gym Class Heroes album released by Fueled by Ramen. It was released on July 25, 2006. A second version of the album, released on November 4, 2006 additionally contains the single "Cupid's Chokehold" ....
  .

• It was released in early 2005 and is generally considered the band's magnum opus
  Magnum opus
  
  Magnum opus , from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the largest, and perhaps the best, greatest, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer....
  

External links

• at Fueled by Ramen
  Fueled by Ramen
  
  Fueled By Ramen is a record label based in New York City with an office in Tampa, Florida. The label was founded in Gainesville, Florida....