We Are the Dynamite explained

We Are the Dynamite
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Blackout
Cover:	We-are-the-dynamite.jpg
Released:	1 October 2007
Studio:	Long Wave Studio, South Wales
Genre:	Emo, post-hardcore
Length:	38:35
Label:	Fierce Panda
Producer:	Romesh Dodangoda
Prev Title:	The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	The Best in Town
Next Year:	2009

We Are the Dynamite is the debut studio album by Welsh rock band the Blackout, released on 1 October 2007 by Fierce Panda Records, their final release on the label. The album sold 12,000 copies in its first week of release.^[1] The singles released from the album were "The Beijing Cocktail" and "It's High Tide Baby!", with the latter single featuring guest vocals from Ian Watkins of Lostprophets.

Track listing

1. "Tick Tick Boom!!" – 1:26
2. "I've Got Better Things to Do Tonight Than Die" – 3:29
3. "I Know You Are, But What Am I?" – 3:29
4. "Spread Legs, Not Lies" – 3:50
5. "The Beijing Cocktail" – 3:43
6. "Murder in the Make-Believe Ballroom" – 3:19
7. "Prepare for a Wound" – 3:43
8. "It's High Tide Baby!" (featuring Ian Watkins) – 3:45
9. "Tops Off Party!" – 4:01
10. "She Is Macho" – 3:28
11. "Life & Death in Space" – 4:21

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.^[2] The Blackout

• Sean Smith – vocals
• Gavin Butler – vocals
• James Davies – guitar
• Matthew Davies – guitar
• Rhys Lewis – bass
• Gareth Lawrence – drums

Additional musicians

• Romesh Dodangoda – string arrangement, drum programming, percussion
• Christiana Mavron – violin
• Rebekah Brown – viola
• Emma Bryden – cello
• Ian Watkins – guest vocals

Production and design

• Romesh Dodangoda – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Chris McFall – art, design, photography

References

Citations

Sources

• Patashnik. Ben. Kelham. Andrew. 2013 Switched On: The Blackout. Rock Sound. February 2013. 170. Freeway Press Inc.. London. 1465-0185.

External links

• We Are the Dynamite at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Notes and References

1. Kelham 2013, p. 32
2. We Are the Dynamite. The Blackout. 2007. booklet. Fierce Panda Records. NONG52CD.