Controversy Loves Company

Controversy Loves Company is the debut studio album by The Audition.

Controversy Loves Company
Studio album by
The Audition
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2005
StudioNada
GenrePop punk
Length30:32
LabelVictory
ProducerJohn Naclerio
The Audition chronology
All in Your Head
(2004)		 Controversy Loves Company
(2005)		 Champion
(2008)

Background and production

On November 20, 2004, it was announced that the group had signed to independent label Victory Records.[1] The album was recorded at Nada Studios with producer John Naclerio, who also mixed and mastered it.[2]

Release

In July and August 2005, the group supported The Hurt Process on their New Faces from Different Places tour.[3] Controversy Loves Company was released on September 20 through Victory Records. In January 2006, the group went on tour with June, Small Towns Burn a Little Slower and Forgive Durden.[4] before playing three shows later in the month with Ever We Fall.[5] The band performed on the Warped Tour.[6] In January 2007, the band supported The Bronx on their tour of the UK.[7] In February, the band supported Jack's Mannequin on their tour of the US.[8] The tour was then extended into March.[9] In May and June, the group went on a tour across the US with My American Heart, New Atlantic and the Graduate.[10] The group supported Boys Like Girls on their US headlining tour, dubbed Tourzilla, from late September to late November 2007.[11]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [12]
Exclaim!Favorable[13]
Melodic [14]
Punknews.org[15]

It has sold roughly 50,000 copies as of November 20, 2007.

Track listing

All songs written by the Audition.[2]

No.TitleLength
1."Dance Halls Turn to Ghost Towns"3:18
2."You've Made Us Conscious"3:00
3."It's Too Late"3:03
4."Approach the Bench"2:49
5."The Ultimate Cover Up"2:57
6."Don't Be So Hard"3:14
7."Lawyers"3:08
8."Rep Your Clique"2:47
9."La Rivalita"2:36
10."Smoke and Mirrors"3:36
Total length:30:32

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[2]

References
  1. Paul, Aubin (November 20, 2004). "The Audition joins Victory Records". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  2. Controversy Loves Company (booklet). The Audition. Victory Records. 2005. VR248.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "The Hurt Process". Victory Records. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  4. Paul, Aubin (December 30, 2005). "June touring with The Audition, Hawthorne Heights in January, February 2006". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  5. Paul, Aubin (January 15, 2006). "Ever We Fall dates, new music streaming". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  6. "Warped Tour confirms tour routing, venues, more bands". Alternative Press. March 2, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  7. "The Bronx, theAUDITION, I Am Ghost touring U.K. in January". Alternative Press. November 21, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  8. "Jack's Mannequin announce tour with Head Automatica". Alternative Press. November 27, 2006. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  9. "Jack's Mannequin extend spring tour with theAUDITION". Alternative Press. January 23, 2007. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  10. Reinecker, Meg (March 11, 2007). "The Audition". Punknews.org. Aubin Paul. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  11. "Boys Like Girls to release deluxe edition of debut album". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. September 20, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  12. Loftus, Johnny. Controversy Loves Company at AllMusic
  13. Exclaim! review
  14. Roth, Kaj (September 18, 2005). "The Audition - Controversy Loves Company". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  15. Punknews.org review

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