- ska, rock, ska punk
- 44 min
- 14 tracks
- Sire Records
Anthem is the fifth studio album by American ska punk band Less Than Jake, released on May 20, 2003 on Sire Records, a Warner Bros. imprint. A year after their fourth studio album Borders & Boundaries (2000), the band had spent sometime at their practice space writing new material; by the middle of 2002, the band said their next album would be with Warner Bros.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, unpretentious and warm.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
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Metacritic 71/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press4/5 ★
- Blender2/5 ★
- Gigwise3/5 ★
- Playlouder3/5 ★
- Punknews.org4/5 ★
- Q3.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Welcome to the New South2:47
- 2The Ghosts of Me and You3:21
- 3Look What Happened3:06
- 4The Science of Selling Yourself Short3:08
- 5Short Fuse Burning2:20
- 6Motown Never Sounded So Good2:39
- 7The Upwards War and the Down Turned Cycle2:60
- 8Escape From the A-Bomb House3:32
- 9Best Wishes to Your Black Lung2:55
- 10She's Gonna Break Soon3:15
- 11That's Why They Call It a Union3:04
- 12Plastic Cup Politics2:18
- 13The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out / Screws Fall Out4:54
- 14Surrender3:42
14 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Less Than Jake
- Label
- Sire Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Enhanced CD
- Country
- US
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