White Crosses (album)

White Crosses
White Crosses
Studio album by Against Me!
Released	June 8, 2010
Recorded	August–October 2009
Studios	Eldorado Recording, Burbank, California
Genres	Punk rock; power pop; arena rock;
Length	36:06
Labels	Sire, Total Treble (Reissue)
Producers	Butch Vig, Alan Moulder (mixer)
Against Me! chronology
Singles from White Crosses
	"I Was a Teenage Anarchist"; Released: April 6, 2010; "White Crosses"; Released: August 31, 2010; "High Pressure Low"; Released: December 21, 2010;

White Crosses is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Against Me!, and their second to be released on Sire Records. As with its predecessor, 2007's New Wave, the album was produced by Butch Vig.^[4] It is also the only Against Me! album to feature George Rebelo, drummer of Hot Water Music, following the departure of previous drummer Warren Oakes.

ReleasedJune 8, 2010

RecordedAugust–October 2009

StudiosEldorado Recording, Burbank, California^[1]

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Recording began in August 2009, finishing two months later. The mixing and mastering of the album finished in February 2010, and it was released June 8.^[3] The initial pressing of the record included four bonus tracks.^[5] This is also the last album prior to Laura Jane Grace's transition.

On March 17, 2010, their first video from the album, "Rapid Decompression," was released online via AOL Spinner.^[6] A four-track digital EP for "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" was released as the first single from the album, on April 7, 2010.^[7]

The two outtakes from the White Crosses sessions are "David Johansen's Soul",^[8]^[9] of which an acoustic version was released on Black Crosses, and "Dead Generations",^[10] which remains^{[as of?]} unreleased in any form.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100^[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	83%^[12]
AllMusic	^[4]
The A.V. Club	B+^[13]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[14]
LAS Magazine	9.4/10^[15]
PopMatters	7/10^[16]
Punknews.org	^[17]
Slant Magazine	^[3]
Spin	7/10^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"White Crosses"	3:36
2.	"I Was a Teenage Anarchist"	3:15
3.	"Because of the Shame"	4:21
4.	"Suffocation"	3:56
5.	"We're Breaking Up"	3:57
6.	"High Pressure Low"	4:13
7.	"Ache with Me"	3:38
8.	"Spanish Moss"	3:51
9.	"Rapid Decompression"	1:46
10.	"Bamboo Bones"	3:35
Total length:		36:06

No.	Title	Length
11.	"One by One"	3:34
12.	"Bob Dylan Dream"	2:59
13.	"Lehigh Acres"	3:33
14.	"Bitter Divisions"	4:02
Total length:		50:10

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Lehigh Acres"	3:33
12.	"Bob Dylan Dream"	2:59
13.	"One by One"	3:34
14.	"Bitter Divisions"	4:02
Total length:		50:10

No.	Title	Length
15.	"I Was a Teenage Anarchist" (acoustic)	3:38
Total length:		53:48

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"White Crosses" (Goldentone)	3:14
2.	"I Was a Teenage Anarchist" (acoustic)	3:39
3.	"Because of the Shame" (acoustic)	4:28
4.	""The Western World"" (Goldentone; Demo version of "Suffocation")	3:55
5.	"Strip Mall Parking Lots" (Goldentone)	2:21
6.	"High Pressure Low" (acoustic)	4:18
7.	""Hot Shots"" (Goldentone; officially untitled^[22])	1:49
8.	"Spanish Moss" (Goldentone)	2:22
9.	"Rapid Decompression" (Goldentone)	1:45
10.	"Soul Surrender" (Goldentone)	2:06
11.	"Lehigh Acres" (Goldentone)	3:36
12.	"David Johansen's Soul" (acoustic)	2:49
13.	"One by One" (acoustic)	3:35
14.	"Bitter Divisions" (Goldentone)	3:10
Total length:		43:07

Chart (2010)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[23]	87
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[24]	23
US Billboard 200^[25]	34
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[26]	9
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)^[27]	11