For Your Lungs Only

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For Your Lungs Only
The album cover has a white background. The left half of the cover is taken up by artist's rendering, in red and orange tones, of a male torso with lungs and other organs visible, as if through an x-ray. The upper right area of the cover displays the band's name, "The Alkaline Trio", in orange lettering with a yellow highlighing effect. The lower right portion displays the EP's title, "For Your Lungs Only", in green lettering with a similar yellow highlight.
EP by
Alkaline Trio
ReleasedMay 26, 1998
RecordedAtlas Studios, Chicago
GenrePunk rock
Length9:13
LabelAsian Man
ProducerMatt Shockley, Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio chronology
For Your Lungs Only
(1998) 		Goddamnit
(1998)

For Your Lungs Only is the debut EP by the Chicago-based rock band Alkaline Trio, released May 26, 1998 through Asian Man Records. The song "Southern Rock" was re-recorded for their debut album Goddamnit later that year. All four tracks from the EP were reissued on the compilation album Alkaline Trio in 2000.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]

Mike DaRonco of Allmusic commented that the EP "[brings] out more of the grimmer perspectives on lost love. Not that all three members are diagnosed manic depressives — they just have a more honest approach to relating to all those who just got dumped. For Your Lungs Only captures these moments perfectly without crossing into the territory of feeling sorry for themselves".[1] He also noted the influence of the Descendents, Jawbreaker, Crimpshrine, and They Might Be Giants on the EP.[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, and .

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Snake Oil Tanker"1:22
2."Southern Rock"3:06
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Cooking Wine"2:18
2."For Your Lungs Only"2:27
Total length:9:13

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c DaRonco, Mike. "For Your Lungs Only Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-25.

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