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If Only You Were Lonely is the second album by American rock band Hawthorne Heights. The album was released on February 28, 2006 through Victory Records. It is the second and final album to feature Casey Calvert because of his death on November 24, 2007. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold 435,913 copies in the United States. Its title is taken from a Replacements B-side of the same name.

The Legion of Doom remixed the song "Where Can I Stab Myself in the Ears?", and it appeared on the Underworld: Evolution Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The name for the track, "Where Can I Stab Myself in the Ears?", is derived from a post on a forum that was an announcement for Hawthorne Heights' release on the popular music news website AbsolutePunk.[5][6]


Story

If Only You Were Lonely is a concept album following the long-distance relationship between a young couple, who were unwillingly taken apart because of the boy's family moving, hence the line in the opening track, "I know it seems like we're never coming back." Throughout the album, the couple keep their relationship going through talking on the phone, and look back on the pain they went through due to their separation, especially in "Pens and Needles" and "Saying Sorry". In the album's final track, "Decembers," the boy remembers all the times he had with his girlfriend, and wishes he could have her back.

Track listing

  1. "This Is Who We Are" – 3:45
  2. "We Are So Last Year" - 2:58
  3. "Language Lessons (Five Words or Less)" - 3:21
  4. "Pens and Needles" – 3:15
  5. "Saying Sorry" – 3:07
  6. "Dead in the Water" – 3:51
  7. "I Am on Your Side" – 4:14
  8. "Breathing in Sequence" – 3:29
  9. "Light Sleeper" – 3:26
  10. "Cross Me Off Your List" – 3:40
  11. "Where Can I Stab Myself in the Ears?" – 3:42
  12. "Decembers" – 4:45

Singles

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hawthorne Heights Review
  2. ^ Hawthorne Heights biography at Allmusic
  3. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/if-only-you-were-lonely/id195463851 Album details
  4. ^ The same reference as the one for Pop punk genre
  5. ^ "Where I Can Stab Myself in the Ears - AbsolutePunk post
  6. ^ Absolutepunk.net interview Hawthorne Heights - 11.18.05
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