The Great Compromise (album)

The Great Compromise is an LP by The Junior Varsity. It was released by British Records in 2004, and was re-released by Victory Records on May 30, 2006 with bonus tracks and a DVD. Allmusic, reviewing the album, said it "features a big and dense sound, messy on the surface but tightly crafted beneath".[1]

The Great Compromise
Studio album by
Released2004; Re-released on May 30, 2006
RecordedAugust 2004
GenreAlternative rock
LabelBritish Records
Victory Records
ProducerLance Reynolds
The Junior Varsity chronology
Demo EP
(2002)
The Great Compromise
(2004)
Wide Eyed
(2005)

Original track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Introduction to the Faint Remembrance of a Dead and Dying Dream" 
2."Park Your Car" 
3."Left Foot Right Foot" 
4."Demo Car City" 
5."Don't Forget to Set Your House on Fire Before You Crawl Into Bed (House Fire)" 
6."Ohio (& the 178 Meter Dash to Indiana)" 
7."The Big Little City Killing Cycle" 
8."I Sang a Song to be Sung" 
9."Falling Far Behind" 
10."Anti-Climactic" 
11."Peter Cottontail and the Demise of the Carrot Tree" 

Re-release track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Introduction to the Faint Remembrance of a Dead and Dying Dream" 
2."Park Your Car" 
3."Left Foot Right Foot" 
4."Demo Car City" 
5."Don't Forget to Set Your House on Fire Before You Crawl Into Bed (House Fire)" 
6."Ohio (& the 178 Meter Dash to Indiana)" 
7."The Big Little City Killing Cycle" 
8."I Sang a Song to be Sung" 
9."Falling Far Behind" 
10."Anti-Climactic" 
11."Peter Cottontail and the Demise of the Carrot Tree" 
12."Don't Forget to Set Your House on Fire Before You Crawl Into Bed (House Fire)" (Re-recording) 
13."Everyone's Got Something They're Running Out Of" (Acoustic) 
14."Mad for Medusa" (Acoustic) 
15."Peter Cottontail" (Digital Demo Version) 
16."Everyone's Got Something They're Running Out Of" (Demo) 
17."If You Could Paint Your Own Vacation, Where Would You Go?" (Demo) 
18."Park Your Car" (Original concept recording) 
19."Anti-Climactic" (Digital Demo Version) 
20."Say Goodnight" (From the 2002 EP) 

The DVD includes the following:

  • Get Comfortable (live)
  • Meet the Band
  • Mad for Medusa (live)
  • Tour of Jacksonville, Illinois
  • Story of the song "House Fire"
  • Bowling with Bayside
  • Saltwater Fountain (live)
  • Live at Metro 3/24/06
  • Headbang Massacre
  • Winner Takes All (bandmembers' previous band) performing "House Fire"
  • Music video for "Get Comfortable"

References

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