| Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| Happy birthday, LTB |
(Acronyms are so handy). Hey friends, we've got another September "birthday"! Indeed, on this day 8 years ago, Learning To Breathe was released as Switchfoot's 3rd studio album.
The final album released on the label "Re:Think," and the final album as a 3-piece band, this was a whole different creature than the previous New Way To Be Human, and even showed some signs of sounds to come on The Beautiful Letdown. Of course, this was much more than just a transition album, even if it did have a theme of movement. With songs like "Learning To Breathe," "The Loser," the original version of "I Dare You To Move," and not to mention one of my personal all-time favorites, "Love Is The Movement," you have to admit it - this is a great disc. Here's what one of its creators had to say about it:
“’Learning to Breathe’ felt like we were beginning to hit our stride as a band. Two albums and five years of touring had matured us as a band. This was the most prepared we had ever been before entering the studio. These were songs we’d been playing live as a band, trying out new ideas. There was a sense of confidence upon entering the studio that we’d never felt before at the beginning of a project. This was an enjoyable album, recorded in six weeks with long-time friend/producer Charlie Peacock and newcomer Jaquire King. This album felt like we were turning the corner -- we had finally demystified the recording process, and we were no longer intimidated by it.” -Tim
This record also has the unique quality of having its album art designed by an actual band member (good on ya, Tim). The words on the inside of the lyric booklet really sum up LTB well:
"Welcome to the fallout: where the truth and the shadows have become blurred. This is the incompletion... and we are holding our breath. But look! The winds of redemption have come to within the confines of our frozen fists. "Behold, I make all things new." And in this newness there is hope for the hopeless, where the eternal lines of the heavens collide with our own humanity. In the divine comedy where up is down and down is up we lose ourselves to find ourselves. Love is the movement. This is the revolution."
This album opened my eyes to a lot of new ideas, and even though that was back in 2000, it continues to do so today. It's been a good 8 years, LTB. If any of you guys have favorite moments from this disc, feel free to share 'em.
Hats off to a stellar selection of songs. Happy birthday, Learning To Breathe!
P.S. If you don't own this one, do yourself a favor and order a copy HERE. |
posted by gellie @ 12:15 PM  
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aw ltb. how did i not know that was today?
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Learning to Breathe is one of my all time favorite songs! Happy Birthday!!! :D
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"Playing for Keeps" speaks volumes of encouragement to my inner obsessed-with-self self!
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probably my all time fav of the foot is on this disc.... Love is the Movement! the song needs to be played again live and heard by the masses.
How about in honor of the ltb bday, we get a re-release of Learning to Breathe or Love is the Movement? PLEASE! you could hook up the download for habitat or something.
Anywho, you guys just keep on rockin! God bless!
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HAPPY B DAY LTB!!!!
The title song, was and still is a huge help and a prayer of sorts for when I decided to quit smoking cigarettes.
I still am learning to breathe...
Thanks SF for be available.
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That's cool, PaulH in NC! I quit in 1993 after 15 years of dragging on a lit stick of dynamite. It was hard but I had a little help from my Friend.
Blessings!
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I so love this album - I think this was the 1st one I got after Beautiful Letdown. So many great songs - Learning to Breathe, Love is the Movement, Economy of Mercy...I just love all of them! Happy Birthday LTB :)
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I LOVE this album. Probably my second favorite right behind Nothing Is Sound.
From Innocence Again to Love Is The Movement to The Loser to The Economy Of Mercy... I love all the ideas displayed in this album. I was just thinking today about the quote from Jon a while back about love: "Love is a wrench in the wheels of cause and effect, of reactionary living, of casual imitation. Yes, speed and events are all around us in the information age, but motion, true motion, is rare. Love is the movement."
I adore this album, and happy belated birthday to it =)
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eight years later, this is still my favorite album :)
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this is the album that possibly has my favorite SF song, You Already Take Me There! i love it!
and i really like the video clip for it too hahaha
anway yeh thats my favorite time on the album
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i love this album!! its pretty much the only reason i watch a walk to remember because they use pretty much every song on that movie... :p
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just posted a review of Jon's compilation CD - Limbs and Branches. Thought you'd like to know: http://www.wreckedfortheordinary.com/category.asp?category=arts&filename=limbs-and-branches-jon-foreman-album-review. Thanks!
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thought you might like reading this review, too - http://www.wreckedfortheordinary.com/index.asp?filename=switchfoots-the-best-yet-album-review
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Learning to Breathe was the album that made me a fan of Switchfoot in 2001 and they are still my favorite band to this day! "I Dare You to Move" is the best song EVER and I've always liked the LTB version better than the TBL version. Learning to Breathe is a classic album in my opinion!
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aw ltb. how did i not know that was today?