Gym Class Heroes – As Cruel As School Children (Ltd Edn Silver Vinyl LP)

This upstate NY 4-piece hip-hop band fuse crisp guitar rhythms, deep melodic bass lines, head cracking beats, and conscious lyrics to create a sound truly their own. 2005 breakout The Papercut Chronicles converted anyone within ear shot into fans while 2006 follow-up As Cruel As School Children truly launched the band to the next level. Produced by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, the gold-certified affair broke into the top 35 on the US Billboard 200 with “Cupid’s Chokehold” appropriating Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America.” Guests include William Beckett (The Academy Is…) on “7 Weeks” and Speech (Arrested Development) on “Biter’s Block.” Reissued here on silver vinyl LP in celebration of Fueled By Ramen’s 25th anniversary.

1. The Queen and I
2. Shoot Down the Stars
3. New Friend Request
4. Clothes Off!!
5. Sloppy Love Jingle, Pt. 1
6. Viva La White Girl
7. 7 Weeks
8. It’s OK, but Just This Once!
9. Sloppy Love Jingle, Pt. 2
10. Biters Block
11. Boys in Bands Interlude
12. Scandalous Scholastics
13. On My Own Time (Write On!)
14. Cupid’s Chokehold / Breakfast in America (Girlfriend) [Radio Mix]
15. Sloppy Love Jingle, Pt. 3