The Great Depression (Blindside album) explained

The Great Depression
Type:	studio
Artist:	Blindside
Cover:	The Great Depression (blindside).jpg
Recorded:	January–April 2005
Length:	53:28
Label:	DRT, Wasa
Producer:	Lasse Mårtén
Prev Title:	About a Burning Fire
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	With Shivering Hearts We Wait
Next Year:	2011

The Great Depression is the fifth studio album from post-hardcore band Blindside. It is their first album for DRT Entertainment. The album was largely influenced by a trip to Africa that their lead singer, Christian, had undertaken. He was very unsettled by his experience and the things he saw influenced the album immensely. The song "Yemkela" was written about a young African boy he met on his trip. The boy had HIV and had less than two months to live. However, in a recent interview, Christian Lindskog revealed that on a recent tour in South Africa, he had seen Yemkela (who Christian expected would be dead) at a show in Cape Town. To Christian's surprise, he was doing well and watched Blindside perform his song and sang along. This Performance was released on a documentary packaged with Blindside's 2011 album "With Shivering Hearts We Wait."

Track listing

1. "The Great Depression" – 1:27
2. "This Is a Heart Attack" – 3:10
3. "Ask Me Now" – 3:34
4. "We're All Going to Die" – 3:00
5. "Yemkela" – 3:38
6. "Put Back the Stars" – 3:57
7. "Fell in Love With the Game" – 4:07
8. "City Lights" – 3:13
9. "We Are to Follow" – 4:02
10. "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids" – 4:56
11. "My Alibi" – 4:33
12. "Come to Rest (Hesychia)" – 4:29
13. "This Time" – 4:47
14. "When I Remember" – 4:27

Singles

• "Fell in Love With the Game"
• "When I Remember"

Personnel

• Christian Lindskog – Lead vocals
• Simon Grenehed – guitars, backing vocals
• Tomas Näslund – Bass guitar
• Marcus Dahlström – Drums

Guest musicians

• J. Jamte – "You Must Be Bleeding Under Your Eyelids"
• Ilkka Viitasalo (of Benea Reach) – "Come to Rest (Hesychia)"

Trivia

• "Fell in Love With the Game" contains the line "We wrestle in the mud and the blood and the beer," which references the Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue."