Don't You Fake It

Don't You Fake It
Studio album by
the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
ReleasedJuly 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)
RecordedDecember 2005–January 2006
StudioWater Music Recorders, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre
Length44:28
LabelVirgin
ProducerDavid Bendeth
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus chronology
Ass Shaker/Justify/Face Down
(2006) 		Don't You Fake It
(2006) 		Lonely Road
(2009)
Deluxe edition
"Deluxe Edition" cover
Singles from Don't You Fake It
  1. "Face Down"
    Released: July 4, 2006
  2. "False Pretense"
    Released: March 13, 2007
  3. "Your Guardian Angel"
    Released: August 7, 2007

Don't You Fake It is the debut studio album by American rock band the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. The title is taken from a line in the opening track, "In Fate's Hands". The album garnered mixed reviews from critics. Don't You Fake It debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 and spawned three singles: "Face Down", "False Pretense" and "Your Guardian Angel". To promote the record, the band toured across North America with appearances at music festivals.

Recording

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In January 2006, AbsolutePunk reported that the band was in the process of recording their debut album.[5]

Release

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On March 4, 2006, "Face Down" was posted on the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' Myspace profile.[6] A music video was released for the song three days later.[7] In May 2006, they appeared at The Bamboozle festival.[8] Don't You Fake It was made available for streaming via AOL on July 17, 2006,[9] before being released a day later. They went on a headlining US tour in August and September 2006, where they were supported by Monty Are I, and then appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival.[10][11] On January 26, 2007, the music video for "False Pretense" was posted online.[12] In February and March 2007, the band headlined that year's Take Action Tour.[13] "False Pretense" impacted radio on March 13, 2007.[14] The album was re-released on March 20. Following this, they appeared at The Bamboozle festival.[15] From late June to late August, the band went on the 2007 edition of Warped Tour.[16] "Your Guardian Angel" was released to radio on August 7.[17] In October and November, the band went on a US tour with Amber Pacific and New Years Day.[18] In April 2008, the band went on an acoustic US tour, dubbed Unplugged and Unaffected.[19] In early May, the band appeared at the 2008 edition of the Bamboozle festival.[20]

Remaster

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In 2014, the band released "Don't You Fake It (Alliance Edition)", a remaster of the album. The remaster, as told by the band, was specifically done for an iTunes release, but is also available on other platforms. The tracklisting is mostly identical to the original album, but swaps some tracks' positions, removes "Damn Regret", and adds "Disconnected" from the Deluxe Edition as well as "The Grimm Goodbye" from certain releases of the original album.[21]

Reception

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Critical response

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Alternative Addiction[2]
IGN6.6/10[22]
RockLouder[23]

A writer for Alternative Addiction called the band's overall musicianship "a mouth-watering hybrid of the best traits associated with bands like Underoath, Story of the Year and The All American Rejects", concluding that "TRJA may lack innovation, but push all the right buttons in terms of merging popular rock genres."[2] Corey Apar from AllMusic praised the single "Face Down" as a highlight and commended both "Cat and Mouse" and "Your Guardian Angel" for breaking up the "steadfast urgency" throughout the album, but felt the overall sound was too reminiscent of contemporaries like Jimmy Eat World and The Used, concluding that "it's all not quite enough to wash out the generic taste left in one's mouth by the end. The band may not be faking anything, but even earnestness isn't always enough."[4] IGN's Chad Grischow said that there was "more promise than substance on their debut", giving praise to Ronnie Winter's vocal performance and the tracks for containing "a powerful rock punch with hard-crashing guitar riffs and driving beats supporting solid emo hooks", but said that it "fits a little too comfortably among the hundreds of other pop-punk and emo releases of the summer. It is certainly not the worst of them, but it is hardly the best either." He concluded that "in the overcrowded state of the genre their debut fails to make a splash."[22]

Commercial performance

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The album debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 and moved 25,000 copies in its first week.[24] By August 2006, the album had sold over 100,000 copies,[25] and has sold 852,000 copies as of August 2008.[26] It was eventually certified Platinum in May 2016.[27]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ronnie Winter, except where noted

Don't You Fake It
No.TitleLength
1."In Fate's Hands"3:27
2."Waiting"2:56
3."False Pretense"2:27
4."Face Down"3:10
5."Misery Loves Its Company"3:14
6."Cat and Mouse"3:27
7."Damn Regret"2:44
8."Atrophy"3:16
9."Seventeen Ain't So Sweet"3:20
10."Justify"3:26
11."Your Guardian Angel" (includes 1:30 of silence)5:21
12."The Grimm Goodbye" (Winter, Duke Kitchens, Thomas Amason, Thomas Wurth, DanWagler) (hidden track; does not appear on all editions of the album)7:40
Total length:44:28
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
13."Face Down" (acoustic version)3:10
14."Disconnected"2:55
  • Tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12 and 14 originally appear on The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
    • Tracks 1 and 11 have alternate names.
      • "In Fate's Hand"'s alternate name is "Ass Shaker".
      • "Your Guardian Angel"'s alternate name is "The Acoustic Song".
Alliance Edition
No.TitleLength
1."In Fate's Hands"3:29
2."Waiting"2:58
3."Seventeen Ain't So Sweet"3:22
4."Face Down"3:12
5."Cat and Mouse"3:29
6."The Grimm Goodbye"7:43
7."Atrophy"3:18
8."Disconnected"2:55
9."Justify"3:29
10."False Pretense"2:29
11."Misery Loves Its Company"3:17
12."Your Guardian Angel"3:53
Total length:43:34

DVD

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  • Making the Album – Behind the Scenes
  • "Face Down" (music video)
  • "False Pretense" (music video)
  • Behind the Scenes – "False Pretense"
  • On the Road with RJA

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Don't You Fake It.[28]

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Additional musicians
  • Randy Winter – drums, sequencers on "In Fate's Hands" and "Justify"
  • Dan Korneff – strings

Charts and certifications

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References

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  1. ^ "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus: Don't You Fake It Review".
  2. ^ a b c "Album Review of Don't You Fake It by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus". Alternative Addiction. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It". Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  4. ^ a b c Apar, Corey. "Don't You Fake It - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "AbsolutePunk.net". AbsolutePunk. SpinMedia. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Paul, Aubin (March 4, 2006). "New track from Red Jumpsuit Aparatus [sic]". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Paul, Aubin (March 7, 2006). "Red Jumpsuit Aparatus [sic] launch video". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  8. ^ Paul, Aubin (March 3, 2006). "Poison The Well, Strike Anywhere, Paint It Black, Chiodos, Moneen, others added to Bamboozle". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  9. ^ Paul, Aubin (July 17, 2006). "Stream Reel Big Fish, Helmet, The Bronx, Working Title, Sinking Ships, more". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  10. ^ Paul, Aubin (August 16, 2006). "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Monty Are I". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  11. ^ Reinecker, Meg (August 26, 2006). "Bamboozle Left post updated lineup". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  12. ^ Paul, Aubin (January 26, 2007). "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus post video for 'False Pretense'". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  13. ^ "Routing for Take Action Tour 2007 revealed". Alternative Press. December 6, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  14. ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. March 6, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  15. ^ Paul, Aubin (December 13, 2006). "Bamboozle adds Blood Brothers, Catch 22, Bayside, Scary Kids, Starting Line". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  16. ^ "Throwdown added to Warped 07; Madina Lake drop off". Alternative Press. April 26, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  17. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  18. ^ "Drummer of Amber Pacific arrested in Philadelphia". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. October 20, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  19. ^ "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus announce acoustic East Coast tour". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 6, 2008. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  20. ^ "Chiodos, Finch, the Starting Line, Senses Fail on Bamboozle 08". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. November 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  21. ^ First time ever re mastered by the band for iTunes!!!
  22. ^ a b Grischow, Chad (July 21, 2006). "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It". IGN. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  23. ^ May, Phillip. "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It: Rock music reviews". Rocklouder. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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  27. ^ a b "American album certifications – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Don't You Fake It". Recording Industry Association of America.
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