Track Listing 1. Swiss Army Romance 2. Best Deceptions, The 3. Remember to Breathe 4. Good Fight, The 5. Sharp Hint of New Tears, The 6. So Impossible 7. Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, The 8. Turpentine Chaser 9. Living in Your Letters 10. For You to Notice 11. Brilliant Dance, The 12. Screaming Infidelities 13. Saints and Sailors 14. Again I Go Unnoticed 15. Hands Down
| Details | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Dashboard Confessional: Christopher Ender Carrabba (vocals, guitar); Johnny Lefler (guitar); Dan Bonebrake (bass); Mike Marsh (drums). Recorded live at MTV Studios, New York, New York. Chris Carrabba, the tortured soul who hides behind the stage name Dashboard Confessional, intros "The Best Deceptions" on his turn at the MTV UNPLUGGED mic with "here's a song about feeling bad and feeling better." That's practically him summing up his songwriting with zen-like simplicity, although like most who get tarred with the emo brush his compositions tend more towards the former. Many can relate and have related to the burning frustration and repeated indignities suffered during futile attempts at finding love and attaching meaning to an often-baffling existence; Carrabba's songs tap into the confusion synonymous with growing up with startling clarity. While one could question the necessity of an unplugged record from an acoustic artist with one legitimate full-length album and a couple EPs, there's something eclectic going on in Carrabba's world captured on his volume of MTV UNPLUGGED. While he surely hasn't plugged in as long as he's recorded under current sobriquet, his electricity comes from his winding lyrics. In a live setting, the spark comes from his adoring fans who join him in taut lines like "sit alone and wonder how you're making out but as for me I wish that I was anywhere with anyone making out."
Editorial Reviews ...Eerie and fanatical... - Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly (01/10/2003)
8 out of 10 - ...Carrabba's songs reach for the universal over the specific - they're conduits for an audience's emotions... Spin (02/01/2003)
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