They're Only Chasing Safety

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They're Only Chasing Safety
Studio album by Underoath
Released	June 15, 2004
Recorded	Wisner Productions
Genre	Christian metalcore, post-hardcore
Length	35:50
Label	Solid State
Producer	James Paul Wisner
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Underoath chronology
The Changing of Times (2002) They're Only Chasing Safety (2004) Define the Great Line (2006)
Special Edition cover

They're Only Chasing Safety is the fourth full-length album by rock band Underoath. The album was released on June 15, 2004 through Solid State Records/Tooth & Nail Records and was the first record featuring the band's new vocalist Spencer Chamberlain. On October 4, 2005, the album was re-released with four bonus tracks, a bonus DVD, and brand-new artwork by Jacob Bannon of Converge.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Young and Aspiring" – 3:04
2. "A Boy Brushed Red...Living in Black and White" – 4:28
3. "The Impact of Reason" – 3:23
4. "Reinventing Your Exit" – 4:22
5. "The Blue Note" – 0:51
6. "It's Dangerous Business Walking out Your Front Door" – 3:58
7. "Down, Set, Go" – 3:44
8. "I Don't Feel Very Receptive Today" – 3:42
9. "I'm Content With Losing" – 3:55
10. "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" – 4:23 (featuring Aaron Marsh of Copeland)
11. "I've Got 10 Friends and a Crowbar That Says You Ain't Gonna Do Jack" – 5:06¹
12. "The 80's Song" – 3:59¹
13. "You're So Intricate" – 3:54¹
14. "SmicTague" – 3:29¹

¹Special Edition Only

[edit] Personnel

• Grant Brandell – bassist
• Spencer Chamberlain – vocalist
• Christopher Dudley – keyboards
• Aaron Gillespie – drummer, vocalist
• Timothy McTague - guitarist
• James Smith - guitarist
• Produced and engineered by James Paul Wisner at Wisner Productions
• Mixed by J.R. McNeely at Compound Studios
• Mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre Studios
• Additional vocals and programming recorded by Matt Goldman
• Original version cover photography and album artwork by Kris McCaddon
• Tracks 11-14 on Special Edition produced, mixed, and recorded by Matt Goldman at Glow In The Dark Studios
• Special Edition cover artwork by Jacob Bannon
• All music written by Underøath; all lyrics written by Spencer Chamberlain and Aaron Gillespie, except "A Boy Brushed Red..." (Chamberlain, Gillespie, Tim McTague) and "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" (Chamberlain, Gillespie, Aaron Marsh).

[edit] Notes

• The album was ready to be recorded with original frontman Dallas Taylor, the album was going to be called "Dear Misery" that would feature songs such as "Coryn's Defeat", and "Look Past the Bright Lights" which is now "Reinventing Your Exit".
• This is Underoath's first album with Spencer Chamberlain as lead vocalist, who had formerly been the lead vocalist of the band This Runs Through. Dallas Taylor had been Underoath's frontman on all of their earlier full-lengths: The Changing of Times, Cries Of The Past, and Act of Depression.
• "I've Got 10 Friends and a Crowbar That Says You Ain't Gonna Do Jack" first appeared as the first track on SmartPunk.com's Music On The Brain Vol. 1 CD, which was released on July 20, 2004. It would later appear on the 12" vinyl and Japanese versions of They're Only Chasing Safety.
• Except for "I've Got 10 Friends...", all of the bonus tracks on the special edition version of the album were taken from the band's session with Matt Goldman and are pre-production demos of songs which would later grow to become the regular album tracks. "The 80's Song" is an early version of "It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door," "You're so Intricate" is an early version of "I'm Content With Losing," and "SmicTague" is an instrumental adaptation of "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape." Prior to They're Only Chasing Safety's release, a few of these demo tracks were used to promote the album: "You're So Intricate" had been featured on a Tower Records exclusive Tooth & Nail Records compilation and a demo version of "Young and Aspiring" (not included on the special edition release) had been posted on the band's website.
• The song "Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" features Aaron Marsh on the majority of the vocals, with Aaron Gillespie and Spencer Chamberlain joining in at the climactic end of the song.
• They're Only Chasing Safety's album sales have reached over 350,000.

v • d • e Underoath Spencer Chamberlain · Aaron Gillespie · Timothy McTague · Christopher Dudley · Grant Brandell · James Smith Former members Dallas Taylor · Luke Morton · Corey Steger · Matthew Clark · Octavio Fernandez · Billy Nottke · Scott (Kelly) Nunn Albums Act of Depression · Cries of the Past · The Changing of Times · They're Only Chasing Safety · Define the Great Line · Lost in the Sound of Separation Live Album Survive, Kaleidoscope DVD 777 Singles "When the Sun Sleeps" · "It's Dangerous Business Walking out Your Front Door" · "Writing on the Walls" · "In Regards to Myself" · "You're Ever So Inviting" · "A Moment Suspended in Time" Labels Takehold Records · Tooth & Nail · Solid State Related articles This Runs Through · The Almost · Maylene and the Sons of Disaster · At the Wake · Sullivan · To Write Love On Her Arms