Watch Out! (Alexisonfire album)

Watch Out! is the second album released by the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. Two songs from this album are covered by indie-rock band Moneen in a conjoined EP release, The Switcheroo Series: Alexisonfire vs. Moneen.

Watch Out!
Studio album by
Alexisonfire
ReleasedJune 8, 2004
GenrePost-hardcore, emo, screamo
Length42:24
LabelDistort, Equal Vision
ProducerAlexisonfire, Julius Butty
Alexisonfire chronology
Alexisonfire
(2002)		 Watch Out!
(2004)		 The Switcheroo Series: Alexisonfire vs. Moneen
(2005)
Singles from Watch Out!
  1. "No Transitory/Accidents"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
HCS.net[2]
NeuFutur[3]
IGN7.2/10 [4]
Rockmidgets[5]

Composition

The tracks on this album cover a variety of subjects. "'Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama'" is about go-karting, and "White Devil" is about cocaine and the band's previous experiences with friends who used the drug. "That Girl Possessed" is mainly about the girl played by Linda Blair in The Exorcist, and what she experienced during her possession. "Happiness by The Kilowatt", "It Was Fear of Myself That Made Me Odd", and parts of "No Transitory" are based on short stories by Kurt Vonnegut from his collection entitled Welcome to the Monkey House. The stories are "The Euphio Question", "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" and "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow", respectively. In turn, No Transitory/Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow are both oblique references to a monologue in act 5, scene 5 of Macbeth.

Release

In March 2004, the group went on the Equal Vision Records Tour with Bane, Armor for Sleep and Silent Drive.[6] It was released on June 8, 2004. The album debuted at No. 6 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 6,580 copies in its first week.[7] It was certified Platinum in Canada in April 2007.[8]

The cover art for this album is based on the lyrics from "That Girl Possessed", and was illustrated by Justin Winstanley.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alexisonfire.

No.TitleLength
1."Accidents"4:09
2."Control"3:43
3."It Was Fear of Myself That Made Me Odd"3:55
4."Side Walk When She Walks"4:22
5.""Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama""4:22
6."No Transitory"3:16
7."Sharks and Danger"4:39
8."That Girl Possessed"3:26
9."White Devil"3:35
10."Get Fighted"3:05
11."Happiness By the Kilowatt"5:12
12."Sharks and Danger (Extended version)" (Bonus track on Japanese edition)5:04

Japanese DVD
  1. Accidents (Video)
  2. No Transitory (Video)
  3. LIVE IN JAPAN (from visiting Japan performance 2004 excerpt)*
  4. Offshoot images*
  5. Cherishing photographs

* Unable to translate all of the information

Certifications
Country Certification Sales/shipments
Canada Platinum[8] 100,000

Personnel

Videos
  • "White Devil"
  • "Accidents"
  • "No Transitory"
  • "Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama"

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r694790/review
  2. http://www.hardcoresounds.net/modules.php?name=Band_List&file=cdviewer&func=1365
  3. http://www.neufutur.com/Reviews/alexisonfire.html
  4. JR (December 23, 2004). "Watch Out!". IGN. Archived from the original on December 17, 2005. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. http://www.rockmidgets.com/releases.php?&id=315
  6. White, Adam (February 25, 2004). "Bane, Armor For Sleep, Silent Drive on Equal Vision Records Tour". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  7. Alexisonfire Screams Into The Mainstream. Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  8. Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - April 2007
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