Borders & Boundaries

Borders & Boundaries is the fourth studio album by ska punk band Less Than Jake. It was released October 24, 2000 on Fat Wreck Chords. The album was recorded at Grand Master Studios in Hollywood, CA, with producer Steve Kravac, and is the final studio album to feature saxophonist Derron Nuhfer and trombonist Pete Anna.

Borders & Boundaries
Studio album by
Less Than Jake
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
Recorded2000, Grand Master Studios in Hollywood
GenreSka punk
Length40:58
LabelFat Wreck Chords
ProducerSteve Kravac
Less Than Jake chronology
The Pez Collection
(1999)		 Borders & Boundaries
(2000)		 Goodbye Blue & White
(2002)

Background and production

In January 2000, the band got together to write material for their next album. It marked a change from their previous two albums, which had been writing while in the studio.[1] Recording had concluded in April 2000.[2]

Artwork

The cover art features a map of the area around their home city of Gainesville, Florida, while the booklet "cover" art features a photograph of trombonist Pete Anna saluting the Statue of Liberty. Included on some copies is a spinning wheel which tells you the distance between Gainesville and eight places around the world; Sydney, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Tokyo, London, Paramus, NJ, and Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Release

On June 1, 2000, it was announced that saxophonist Derron Nuhfer had left the band.[3] In July 2000, it was reported that the band was attempting to buy the album rights from Capitol, with the aiming of releasing it on an independent label.[4] The band's drummer, Vinnie Fiorello, wrote about the matter on the linear-notes for Fat Wreck's 2009 greatest hits album, Wrecktrospective: "We recorded a full length for [Capitol Records] while the whole company got replaced, fired, or re-arranged, and in the process the new president there gave us the option of staying or going and taking the record with us." When the band were made aware that they could leave Capitol for another label, "there was only one label we wanted to go to and that was Fat."[5] Around this time, it was announced that Pete Wasilewski of Spring Heeled Jack was filling in Nuhfer's position.[4] On July 12, 2000, the band signed to Fat Wreck Chords.[6]

They then embarked on a summer tour, which was divided into three parts: the first was supported by the Impossibles and New Found Glory, the second by the Ataris and Zebrahead, and the final by the Suicide Machines.[7] On August 10, 2000, the album's artwork and track listing were revealed.[8] Two days later, "Look What Happened" was posted on the label's website.[9] After initially being scheduled for release in August 2000,[3] and then September.[6] Following this, the band supported Bon Jovi on their US arena tour, before embarking on a tour of Japan, with support from local acts, and a stint in Europe with MxPx.[10] In January and February 2001, the band played a short series of US shows with support from Against All Authority.[11] In February and March 2001, the band went on a headlining US tour, dubbed the Tour of International Track & Field Champions, with support from New Found Glory, Anti-Flag, and Teen Idols.[12] Between June and August 2001, the group performed on the Warped Tour.[13]

Borders & Boundaries was reissued in October 2012 with the addition of demo versions of "Suburban Myth", "Magnetic North", and "Hell Looks a Lot Like L.A.".[14]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[15]
Chart AttackFavorable[16]
CMJ New Music MonthlyFavorable[17]
Drowned in Sound10/10[18]
Ox-FanzineFavorable[19]
Punknews.org[20]
Rock Hard6.5/10[21]

The album reached #103 in the Billboard charts.[22]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Magnetic North"2:59
2."Kehoe"3:01
3."Suburban Myth"2:25
4."Look What Happened"3:34
5."Hell Looks a Lot Like L.A."2:13
6."Mr. Chevy Celebrity"1:42
7."Gainesville Rock City"3:07
8."Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You've Got Problems"2:24
9."Bad Scene and a Basement Show"2:38
10."Is This Thing On?"3:06
11."Pete Jackson Is Getting Married"1:54
12."1989"2:27
13."Last Hour of the Last Day of Work"3:17
14."Bigger Picture"2:41
15."Faction"3:30
2002 UK Re-release
No.TitleLength
16."Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding" (Live)3:22
17."Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria" (Live)3:22
18."Down In the Mission" (Live)2:17
19."Anchor / Sugar In Your Gas Tank" (Live)2:51
20."Just Like Frank" (Live)2:15
21."9th At Pine" (Live)2:24
22."How's My Driving, Doug Hastings?" (Live)1:26
2012 Reissue
No.TitleLength
16."Suburban Myth" (Demo)2:22
17."Magnetic North" (Demo)3:01
18."Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A." (Demo)1:31

Personnel

References
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