They're Only Chasing Safety

Infobox Album | Name = They're Only Chasing Safety
Type = Studio album
Artist = Underoath


Released = June 15, 2004
Recorded = Wisner Productions
Genre = Post-hardcore
Metalcore
Length = 35:50
Label = Solid State
Producer = James Paul Wisner
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1zrn28ol05oa~T1 link]
*Cross Rhythms rating-10|7 [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Underoath/Theyre_Only_Chasing_Safety/11479/ link]
*Jesus Freak Hideout Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheyreOnlyChasingSafety.asp link]
*Music Emissions Rating|5|5 [http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=4780 link]
*Punknews.org Rating|3|5 [http://www.punknews.org/reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=3024 link] | Last album = "The Changing of Times"
(2002)
This album = "They're Only Chasing Safety"
(2004)
Next album = "Define the Great Line"
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Special Edition cover
Type = Studio album

"They're Only Chasing Safety" is the fourth full-length album by metalcore 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.

Track listing

#"Young and Aspiring" – 3:04
#"A Boy Brushed Red Living in Black and White" – 4:28
#"The Impact of Reason" – 3:23
#"Reinventing Your Exit" – 4:22
#"The Blue Note" – 0:51
#"It's Dangerous Business Walking out Your Front Door" – 3:58
#"Down, Set, Go" – 3:44
#"I Don't Feel Very Respective Today" – 3:42
#"I'm Content With Losing" – 3:55
#"Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape" – 4:21
#"I've Got 10 Friends and a Crowbar That Says You Ain't Gonna Do Jack" – 5:06¹
#"The 80's Song" – 3:59¹
#"You're So Intricate" – 3:54¹
#"SmicTague" – 3:29¹

¹Special Edition Only

Credits

*Grant Brandell – Bass Guitar
*Spencer Chamberlain – Screaming Vocals
*Christopher Dudley – keyboards/synthesizers
*Aaron Gillespie – drums/Clean Vocals
*Timothy McTague - Lead Guitar/backing vocals
*James Smith - Rhythm Guitar
*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).

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 (of Copeland) 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 487,000 and has been certified goldFact|date=August 2008
*They're Only Chasing Safety's first week of sales topped 100,000Fact|date=August 2008
*All songs on the album were written by Underoath's drummer and clean vocalist, Aaron Gillespie.