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Christie Front Drive is the only studio album by the indie rock band Christie Front Drive. It was released in 1997 on Caulfield Records, and re-released by Magic Bullet Records as a remastered edition with a bonus DVD containing the band's final live performance in 1996. "Radio" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by Vulture.[4]

ReleasedApril 4, 1997[1]
RecordedMay 15–17, 1996
StudiosIdful, Chicago, Illinois
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Christie Front Drive
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 4, 1997[1]
RecordedMay 15–17, 1996
StudiosIdful, Chicago, Illinois
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Length32:29
LabelCaulfield
ProducerAndy Bryant
Christie Front Drive chronology
Anthology
(1995)
Christie Front Drive
(1997)
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Christie Front Drive has been called "one of the more expansive records of the genre."[5] AllMusic described the style as "somewhere on the poppier end of emo (or the emo-ish end of indie-pop, depending on one's perspective)."[6]

“Radio” was ranked number 18 on Vulture’s “100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time” list (2020).[7]

Track listing

  1. "Saturday" – 6:35
  2. "Radio" – 3:49
  3. Untitled – 0:42
  4. "November" – 3:56
  5. Untitled – 1:06
  6. "Fin" – 4:30
  7. "About Two Days" – 6:08
  8. Untitled – 1:27
  9. "Seven Day Candle" – 3:46
  10. Untitled – 0:39

Personnel

  • Eric Richter – vocals, guitar
  • Jason Begin – guitar
  • Kerry McDonald – bass
  • Ron Marschall – drums

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