Regional at Best
| Regional at Best | ||||
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| Studio album | ||||
| Дата выпуска | 8 июля 2011 | |||
| Дата записи | 2009 — June 2011 | |||
| Студия | Домашняя студия Тайлера Джозефа | |||
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| Длительность | 63:09 | |||
| Лейбл(ы) | выпущен независимо | |||
| Продюсер(ы) | Тайлер Джозеф, Джош Дан | |||
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Regional at Best — второй студийный альбом музыкальной группы Twenty One Pilots. Он был выпущен самиздатом 8 июля 2011 года, но ныне снят с производства. Это последний альбом, который был записан и выпущен группой самостоятельно до подписания контракта с лейблом Fueled by Ramen. В том числе, это первый альбом, в записи которого участвовал Джош Дан, присоединившийся к группе в мае 2011 года после того, как её покинули басист Ник Томас и барабанщик Крис Салих
История
2008 - 2009
История создания песен для этого альбома начинается незадолго до формирования группы. Тексты для некоторых песен были навеяны старыми песнями Тайлера Джозефа, записанными в 2007-2008 гг. во время старшей школы. Первый куплет песни Blasphemy был использован в качестве аутро для песни Anathema. Часть текста Just Like Yesterday с некоторыми модификациями попала в Ode To Sleep.[1][2]
Большое количество демо треков было записано Тайлером Джозефом и другими участниками в период 2008-2009 годов. Тайлер сочинил множество мелодий и песен, но по различным причинам некоторые из них были забыты или отложены в долгий ящик.[3]
Первой песней для Regional at Best была Trees, написанная Тайлером в 2008 году и записанная в подвале его дома вместе с Ником Томасом ещё до встречи с Крисом Салихом. [4] Этот трек не был выпущен официально и ждал своего времени среди других файлов Тайлера до 2009 года, пока группа не вспомнила о нём. Тогда участники решили, что Trees идеально подходит для их репертуара. Трек был опубликован на странице группы на MySpace 31 декабря 2009.
Be Concerned is also one of the first songs on Regional at Best. On July 23, 2018, a Google Drive[5] was created with a leaked tracklist of Tyler Joseph songs from 2007 - 2009, one of them being Be Concerned. It was assumed to be a mistake, but some Regional at Best songs that weren't written in 2008-2009 don't appear on this disc. Since the songs fit with rapper Jocef, with whom Tyler recorded 2 songs together in 2009 such as Dollhouse and Live, which indirectly confirms the song's old age.
2010
In 2010, Joseph again starts to work a lot on new music at home or with the band in their studio. Thus, in March - April 2010, Slowtown and Car Radio were recorded. It's suspected that the video from Live Highlights is a recording studio for, but not limited to, these songs. Eventually the band decided that recording live instruments is overly complicated and they will do all new material on a MacBook. From this point on, almost all new music was written only by Joseph himself.
By the end of 2010, from August - September Joseph was imagining and recording a song that he had dreamed of. It became one of the strangest and most unusual song in terms of structure. The song was nameless for a while, and according to Tyler's commentary in Vessel (Commentary Version), with the help of fans, the name of the song was found - Ode To Sleep.
| «The first track is called "Ode to Sleep" and I remember back when I was first trying to name the song, we actually played it live first before it was named, and this is back when we had kind of a small following in our hometown and it was small enough that everyone got to write on a piece of paper and put into a bucket it which name they wanted the song to be named. One was "Ode to Sleep", I forget—I honestly forget the other names of the songs, but it was cool because a hometown audience got to name the song. I like putting this song first on the album, because it kinda puts the listener through kind of a song structure boot camp, if you will, when it comes to them being able to anticipate what the rest of the album is. So "Ode to Sleep" is definitely one that we like to intro with, we open up a lot of our sets with this song and I’m really proud of how weird it is.» | ||
2011
From the beginning of 2011 Tyler started to work a lot more on the new record, recording many songs throughout this time. From late 2010 - April 2011, several songs were recorded: Ruby, Holding On To You and Glowing Eyes. On April 1st, 2011 the band sends out a newsletter to subscribed fans, where they reveal the title of the new album and mention these songs.
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Newsletter
By this time Nick and Chris had almost completely withdrawn from writing music. Thomas and Salih were losing motivation to continue in the music and only Joseph was working on the new album.
According to a fan who attended, on May 7, 2011 after a show Tyler Joseph was approached by fans. They had conversations about depression and suicide, and they shared their stories of how they got through it. This made a big impact on Joseph as he realized that he needed to help others with depression, which inspired him to write the song Guns For Hands. About these conversations with fans, Tyler mentions it in his comments on Vessel:[6]
| «There was one show in particular that this song was inspired by. I was playing a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it’s just this kind of a barn full of kids, and after this show, more than usual, there was kind of an unusual number of kids came up to me and felt inclined to share with me what it is they were going through. You know, a lot of their struggles, a lot of their, you know, whether that be depression or suicidal thoughts, a lot of stuff along that vein. And I just thought, I was like wow, I mean I’m — am I just in a hotbed of kids going through stuff, I mean is this just kind of like a crazy ratio of everyone struggling with this thing?» | ||
2012 - 2013
2014 - Our time
Recording
Promotion
Reception
Setlist
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Guns For Hands" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Holding On To You" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Ode To Sleep" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Slowtown" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Car Radio" | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Forest" | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Glowing Eyes" | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Kitchen Sink" | 5:34 |
| 9. | "Anathema" | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Lovely" | 4:20 |
| 11. | "Ruby" | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Trees" | 4:20 |
| 13. | "Be Concerned" | 4:08 |
| 14. | "Clear" | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 63:09 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Guns For Hands" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Holding On To You" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Ode To Sleep" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Slowtown" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Car Radio" | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Forest" | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Glowing Eyes" | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Kitchen Sink" | 5:34 |
| 9. | "Anathema" | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Lovely" | 4:20 |
| 11. | "Ruby" | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Trees" | 4:20 |
| 13. | "Be Concerned" | 4:08 |
| 14. | "Clear" | 3:38 |
| 15. | "House Of Gold (Newsletter Edition)" | 4:08 |
| 16. | "Two (Newsletter Edition)" | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 69:06 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Guns For Hands" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Holding On To You" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Ode To Sleep" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Slowtown" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Car Radio" | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Forest" | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Glowing Eyes" | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Kitchen Sink" | 5:34 |
| 9. | "Anathema" | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Lovely" | 4:20 |
| 11. | "Ruby" | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Trees" | 4:20 |
| 13. | "Be Concerned" | 4:08 |
| 14. | "Clear" | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 63:09 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Implicit Demand For Proof" | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Fall Away" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "The Pantaloon" | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Addict With A Pen" | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Friend, Please" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "March To The Sea" | 5:32 |
| 7. | "Johnny Boy" | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Oh, Ms. Believer" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Air Catcher" | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Trapdoor" | 4:37 |
| 11. | "A Car, A Torch, A Death" | 4:34 |
| 12. | "Taxi Cab" | 4:46 |
| 13. | "Before You Start Your Day" | 3:53 |
| 14. | "Isle Of Flightless Birds" | 5:46 |
| Total length: | 62:08 | |
Tour
Web Series
The Web Series ''Regional at Best'' is a documentary on how they made their album ''Regional at Best''
Gallery
Credits
See also
Sources
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/twentyonepilots/comments/nedee7/no_phun_intended_everything_we_know_history/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/user/AlexanderPANASONIC/comments/nvnbaa/no_phun_intended_full_history_continued/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8DJGPuuIYY&t=1022s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cokb6XrZQxc&t=10s
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1VO4OUYt9Utd5HgR5nFFPMTTchTRCs5p8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQlHr3Tbo3w&t=0s