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Released | October 2, 2007 (U.S.) September 8, 2008 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 2007 in New York City | |||
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Length | 34:15 | |||
Label | S-Curve | |||
Producer | S*A*M and Sluggo[6] | |||
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We the Kings is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band We the Kings.
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All of We The Kings albums? Anyone know where i can download them?(i would love it to be a free download) their albums are.We the Kings(2007), Between The Ink And Paper (2006), and Friendship Is A Touchy Subject (2005). DOWNLOAD LINKS: RAPIDGATOR: DOWNLOAD. BUY We The Kings – Somewhere Somehow (2013) [0.05 USD PER TRACK] Previously on NewAlbumReleases.net: July 13, 2018 -- We The Kings – Six (2018) September 18, 2017 -- We The Kings – Self Titled Nostalgia (2017) June 19, 2016 -- We The Kings – So Far (2016).
We The Kings Full Albums. Link Download We The Kings - Sunshine State Of Mind [2011] Via - SolidFiles. Via - Google Drive. We The Kings - Somewhere Somehow [2013]. At its core, Six’s true triumph is its emotional heft. So much has changed for We The Kings since Strange Love—marriage, childbirth, death—and the album’s 11 songs are a tribute to life’s moments, both big and small, and how you never know which is which until much later down the line.
We the Kings formed in 2005 while its member attended Manatee High School.[7] The band's line-up consisted of vocalist Travis Clark, guitarist Hunter Thomsen, bassist Drew Thomsen. and drummer Danny Duncan.[7] In summer, the group toured with Don't Die Cindy.[7]PureVolume, a place where people could upload their music, helped the band's popularity.[7]
According to Travis Clark, the album was 'really guitar driven, with those poppy catchy choruses'.[8]
Release[edit]
In September, the group went on the School's for Fools tour across the US,[9] alongside Valencia, Just Surrender and Metro Station. However, partway through the tour Valencia had to drop off the tour due to their vocalist Shane Henderson having strep throat. As a result, Just Surrender headlined the rest of the dates.[10] The group supported Boys Like Girls on their US headlining tour, dubbed Tourzilla, from late September to late October.[11] It was released on October 2, 2007.[12] From mid-January to early March 2008, the band supported Cobra Starship on their North America tour.[13] In April, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival.[14] In June, the band supported Cobra Starship on their US tour, dubbed Really Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour Out to Warped Tour Tour.[15]
Between June and August, the band performed on the Warped Tour.[16] In October and November, the band supported the Academy Is... on their headlining tour of the US.[17] In October, a re-recorded version of 'Check Yes Juliet' was posted online. The re-recording's lyrics were altered to include a reference to Tampa Bay Rays.[18] On December 12, a music video was released for 'Secret Valentine' through the band's Myspace profile.[19] In February and March 2009, the group went on a headlining US tour, dubbed The Secret Valentine Tour, with support from the Maine, the Cab, There for Tomorrow and VersaEmerge.[20] In April, the band performed on the Bamboozle Roadshow[21] and appeared at The Bamboozle festival in early May.[22] At the end of May, the band performed at the Slam Dunk Festival.[23] In July, the band supported All Time Low on their US east coast tour.[24]
Reception[edit]
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The album peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, and at No. 151 on the Billboard 200.[26]We the Kings was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for the shipment of 75,000 copies. Three singles were released from the album. The album's second single 'Check Yes Juliet', gained commercial success. It was featured as 'The iTunes Single of the Week' in early 2008, and it peaked at No. 84 on the Pop 100 and No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US,[27] and No. 26 in Australia where it was certified platinum by the ARIA.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Travis Clark, all music composed by Clark, Sam Hollander and Dave Katz, except 'Headlines Read Out...' by Clark
- 'Secret Valentine' – 3:28
- 'Skyway Avenue' – 3:26
- 'Check Yes Juliet' – 3:40
- 'Stay Young' – 2:49
- 'Whoa' – 2:37
- 'August Is Over' – 3:16
- 'The Quiet' – 3:12
- 'Don't Speak Liar' – 3:01
- 'Headlines Read Out...' – 3:14
- 'All Again for You' – 3:06
- 'This Is Our Town' – 2:29
- Deluxe edition bonus tracks
- 'Check Yes Juliet (acoustic)' – 3:56
- 'Skyway Avenue (acoustic)' – 3:50
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References[edit]
- ^Lucy, Evan (18 July 2011). 'We The Kings Sunshine State Of Mind'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^'We the Kings'. Sputnik.
- ^ ab'We the Kings - We the Kings'. AllMusic.
- ^'Album Review: We the Kings - Smile Kid'. alterthepress.
- ^'Smile Kid AllMusic Review'. AllMusic.
- ^[1], SmartPunk. Accessed October 27, 2007.
- ^ abcdHyunh, Brandon (March 10, 2014). 'Bradenton's We The Kings builds music career'. bradenton.com. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^Duan, Crystal (March 12, 2014). 'Q-and-A with Travis Clark of We The Kings'. Move. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^'School's for Fools Tour'. I Surrender Records. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^'Valencia cancels remaining School's for Fools tour dates'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. September 15, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^'Boys Like Girls to release deluxe edition of debut album'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. September 20, 2007. Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1210145 We the Kings review] AllMusic. Retrieved: 2008-06-16
- ^'Cobra Starship announce headlining run'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. November 29, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^'Blaqk Audio, Hot Water Music, H2O added to Bamboozle Left'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^'Cobra Starship set up mini-tour with the Secret Handshake'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. April 3, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^'Venues for Warped Tour 2008 revealed'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 12, 2008. Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^'The Academy Is… announce dates with We The Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. August 18, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^'We The Kings re-record 'Check Yes Juliet' to root on the Tampa Bay Rays'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. October 22, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^'New We The Kings Music Video to Premiere on Friday'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. December 8, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^Kohli, Rohan (December 16, 2008). 'WTK / The Maine / The Cab / TFT / VersaEmerge Tour'. AbsolutePunk. SpinMedia. Retrieved March 17, 2017.[dead link]
- ^'Bamboozle Roadshow tickets on sale'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 10, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^'Bamboozle set single-day lineups'. Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^Rock Sound (March 13, 2009). 'You Me At Six To Headline Slam Dunk 2009 - News'. Rock Sound. Patrick Napier. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ^Wippsson, Johan (May 27, 2009). 'All Time Low Annnounce Headlining Warped Tour Dates'. Melodic. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^'We The Kings - We The Kings'. MusicOMH.
- ^We the Kings albums chart peakBillboard. Retrieved: 2008-06-16.
- ^We the Kings singles chart peakBillboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved: 2008-06-16.
- ^'Gold & Platinum Certification – December 2011'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
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- We the Kings at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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We The Kings
We the Kings are a melodic emo pop band from Bradenton, Florida, a small Southern town that doubles as the home base for Tropicana orange juice. Friends since childhood (the band's moniker even refers to the name of their junior high school mascot), the four bandmates -- singer/guitarist Travis Clark, guitarist Hunter Thomsen, his brother, bassist Drew Thomsen, and drummer Danny Duncan -- formed the group while attending high school. Under the guidance of manager Bret Disend, they placed a number of tracks on the social networking site Purevolume in 2007 to build online buzz. Meanwhile, they also pursued a deal with EMI's imprint S-Curve Records, which eventually signed the group.
We the Kings' self-titled debut album was produced by Sam Hollander and mixed by Lou Giordano, both of whom had done work with some of emo pop's most marketable acts, and released in October 2007. 'Check Yes Juliet' cracked the Pop 100 that fall, and the group spent much of the following two years on the road, playing shows alongside simpatico bands like the Academy Is... and Hey Monday. They also found time to record a second album, Smile Kid, which arrived in late 2009. Like the band's debut, Smile Kid spawned a Top 100 single with 'We'll Be a Dream,' which featured guest vocals from Demi Lovato. We the Kings continued to tour heavily, supporting All Time Low for several months before headlining their own shows at home and abroad. The shows stretched into 2011, by which point the group had already begun work on a third album. Sunshine State of Mind was released that summer. That album marked a shift for the band, as they started to incorporate pop and hip-hop influences into their sound. It was We the Kings' last album with Drew Thomsen, who was replaced by Charles Trippy on bass. Another new member, Coley O'Toole, joined the band on keyboards and rhythm guitar for the recording of the group's fourth album, Somewhere Somehow. After an acoustic hits album (2014's Stripped), the band's evolving sound was fully realized on sixth album Strange Love, released in 2015. It featured radio-friendly hip-hop elements and even some disco dance flair on 'Love Again,' which brought the band away from an All-American Rejects style and into OneRepublic and Great Big World territory. In 2016, the band released a hit cover version of the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned 'The Story of Tonight' from the popular musical Hamilton. ~ Stewart Mason
We the Kings' self-titled debut album was produced by Sam Hollander and mixed by Lou Giordano, both of whom had done work with some of emo pop's most marketable acts, and released in October 2007. 'Check Yes Juliet' cracked the Pop 100 that fall, and the group spent much of the following two years on the road, playing shows alongside simpatico bands like the Academy Is... and Hey Monday. They also found time to record a second album, Smile Kid, which arrived in late 2009. Like the band's debut, Smile Kid spawned a Top 100 single with 'We'll Be a Dream,' which featured guest vocals from Demi Lovato. We the Kings continued to tour heavily, supporting All Time Low for several months before headlining their own shows at home and abroad. The shows stretched into 2011, by which point the group had already begun work on a third album. Sunshine State of Mind was released that summer. That album marked a shift for the band, as they started to incorporate pop and hip-hop influences into their sound. It was We the Kings' last album with Drew Thomsen, who was replaced by Charles Trippy on bass. Another new member, Coley O'Toole, joined the band on keyboards and rhythm guitar for the recording of the group's fourth album, Somewhere Somehow. After an acoustic hits album (2014's Stripped), the band's evolving sound was fully realized on sixth album Strange Love, released in 2015. It featured radio-friendly hip-hop elements and even some disco dance flair on 'Love Again,' which brought the band away from an All-American Rejects style and into OneRepublic and Great Big World territory. In 2016, the band released a hit cover version of the Lin-Manuel Miranda-penned 'The Story of Tonight' from the popular musical Hamilton. ~ Stewart Mason
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