| 词条 | We Are the Romans |
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| name = We Are the Romans | type = studio | artist = Botch | cover = Botch - We Are the Romans.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1999|11}}[1] | recorded = June 29 – July 8, 1999 | venue = | studio = Studio Litho (Seattle, Washington) | genre = Metalcore, mathcore | length = {{Duration|m=52|s=35}} | label = Hydra Head (HH666-41) | producer = Matt Bayles, Botch | prev_title = American Nervoso | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = An Anthology of Dead Ends | next_year = 2002 }}We Are the Romans is the second and final studio album by American metalcore band Botch. It was originally released in November 1999 through Hydra Head Records,[1] and a remastered two disc edition was later released on September 11, 2007.[1] A Hydra Head repressing of the vinyl was released on October 25, 2011.[2] The repress sold out on pre-order in under 20 minutes.[3] RecordingIn 1999, Botch recorded some live demos with Matt Bayles for their second studio album and follow up to American Nervoso. Two months later, Botch returned to Litho Studios with Bayles to record what would become We Are the Romans. The group only had approximately one week to track the album, and according to Knudson, the group "[rushed] to get everything done and do it as well as we wanted to."[4] As a last minute addition to the album, Botch rewrote and rerecorded the song "Frequenting Mass Transit"—originally released on a split release with Murder City Devils—and changed the title to "Frequency Ass Bandit".[5] Promotion and releaseWe Are the Romans was released in November 1999 through Hydra Head Records on both CD and double LP vinyl formats.[6]Botch's first show in support of We Are the Romans was the final show for the Seattle venue Rkcndy with The Blood Brothers, Playing Enemy and Kill Sadie in October 1999. The club was an all-ages venue that was being demolished to make way for a hotel. Verellen expressed his admiration for playing all-ages shows stating that, "People go to all-ages shows to see the bands, but people will go to bars... and while they're at the show, they're just hanging out with their friends. That doesn't mean all bar shows are like that, but that's what makes me not want to play bars, basically."[6] In 2000, Botch toured Europe with The Dillinger Escape Plan, and also went on a smaller North American tour later that year.[7] In 2001, Botch performed at Louisville, Kentucky's hardcore festival Krazy Fest 4[8] which also featured Coalesce, Converge, Poison the Well and Harkonen among others. LyricsThe title of the album was derived from the lyrics to the album's closing track "Man the Ramparts". According to Verellen: "Brian [Cook] thought it'd make a great title, but I thought it was a totally silly gladiator song. The riff is kinda huge, so I was thinking about chariots and fire and stuff like that. It sounds like I pulled the words out of Conan the Barbarian. But then we started talking about the social decline of Western civilization, and how Americans are the new Romans—it's all slaves and Caesars. So we made it work."[5] Bassist Brian Cook, who determined many of the song titles, credits J. G. Ballard's book The Atrocity Exhibition as inspiring themes of "the human body as a landscape, and the way that culture and environment sort of dictates the human body and vice versa."[9] Reception and legacy{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[10] | rev2 = Drowned in Sound | rev2Score = 10/10[11] | rev3 = Exclaim! | rev3Score = favorable[12] | rev4 = Punknews.org | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[13] | rev5 = Stylus Magazine | rev5Score = B+[14] | rev6 = Sputnikmusic | rev6Score = 4.5/5[15] | rev7 = | rev7Score = | rev8 = | rev8Score = | rev9 = | rev9Score = | rev10 = | rev10Score = | noprose = yes }}{{Expand section|date=May 2014}} The album achieved critical acclaim upon release and would become an influential work of music on the mathcore and metalcore movements.[16][15] Loudwire named the album fifth in its rankings of the 25 best Metalcore albums of all-time.[17] In November 2005, We Are the Romans was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, with Decibel naming it one of the most influential hardcore albums of the 1990s.[18] "C. Thomas Howell as the 'Soul Man'" has been described by the band as satirizing Racetraitor and "other bands with these very lofty political ideals that seemed like more a marketing tool for the genre of political hardcore rather than a sincere agenda" (Brian Cook).[9] Track listingAll songs written and arranged by Botch. {{Track list|title1 = To Our Friends in the Great White North |length1 = 5:10 |title2 = Mondrian Was a Liar |length2 = 2:41 |title3 = Transitions from Persona to Object |length3 = 6:04 |title4 = Swimming the Channel Vs. Driving The Chunnel |length4 = 4:30 |title5 = C. Thomas Howell as the 'Soul Man' |length5 = 4:44 |title6 = Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb |length6 = 3:04 |title7 = Frequency Ass Bandit |length7 = 4:26 |title8 = I Wanna Be a Sex Symbol on My Own Terms |length8 = 3:35 |title9 = Man the Ramparts |length9 = 10:50 |title10 = Thank God for Worker Bees (Remix) (hidden track) |length10 = 7:27 |all_writing=|title11=|length11=|title12=|length12=|title13=|length13=|title14=|length14=|title15=|length15=|title16=|length16=|title17=|length17=|title18=|length18=|title19=|length19=|title20=|length20=|total_length=}} Remaster bonus discCreditsWriting, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. Personnel{{Col-float |width=40em}}Botch
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/releasedetail/2384|title= Botch - We Are The Romans [Deluxe]|publisher= Punknews.org|accessdate=2008-01-10}} [19]2. ^{{cite web|title=BOTCH - We Are the Romans 2xLP repress|url=http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/2011/09/botch-we-are-romans-2xlp-repress.html|publisher=Hydra Head Records|accessdate=20 September 2011|date=19 September 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=BOTCH - We Are the Romans 2xLP SOLD OUT|url=http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/2011/09/botch-we-are-romans-2xlp-sold-out.html|publisher=Hydra Head Records|accessdate=28 September 2011|date=28 September 2011}} 4. ^Bennett 2009, pp. 318–319 5. ^1 Bennett 2009, p. 321 6. ^1 Simons 1999, p. SL19 7. ^Bennett 2007, p. 104 8. ^{{cite web|author=Downey, Ryan|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/botch-p366056/biography|title=Botch – Biography|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=April 15, 2011}} 9. ^1 J. Bennett, "Fallen Empire", Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces, Albert Mudrian, ed., Da Capo Press, p. 322. 10. ^{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000050847 |label=We Are the Romans - Botch |last=York |first=William}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4840/reviews/11762 |title=Album Review: Botch - We Are The Romans |last1=Diver |first1=Mike |date=April 1, 2005 |website=drownedinsound.com |publisher=Drowned in Sound |access-date=March 17, 2016}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/botch-we_are_romans_deluxe_edition |title=Botch We Are The Romans: Deluxe Edition |last1=Sutherland |first1=Sam |date=September 19, 2007 |website=exclaim.ca |access-date=March 17, 2016}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/6708/botch-we-are-the-romans-reissue |title=Botch - We Are the Romans [reissue] |last1=Shultz |first1=Brian |date=September 28, 2007 |website=www.punknews.org |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=March 17, 2016}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/botch/we-are-the-romans.htm |title=Botch - We Are The Romans - Review |last1=Charity |first1=Al |date=September 1, 2003 |website=www.stylusmagazine.com |publisher=Stylus Magazine |access-date=March 17, 2016}} 15. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/11481/Botch-We-Are-the-Romans/ |title=Botch - We Are the Romans (album review 5) |last1=Flatley |first1=Ryan |date=March 21, 2007 |website=www.sputnikmusic.com |publisher=Sputnikmusic |access-date=March 17, 2016}} 16. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2005/11/01/botch-we-are-the-romans/ |title=Botch – “We Are the Romans” |last=Chase |first=Jesse |date=November 1, 2005 |website=Decibel Magazine |access-date=March 22, 2018}} 17. ^Loudwire metalcore top 25 18. ^{{cite web|last1=Chase|first1=Jesse|title=Botch – “We Are the Romans”|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2005/11/01/botch-we-are-the-romans/|website=Decibel|accessdate=2018-05-11}} 19. ^1 2 {{cite news| title = Preview: Lakewood's Botch band will help close Rkcndy all-ages club| first = Stephanie| last = Simons| newspaper = The News Tribune| publisher = The McClatchy Company| location = Tacoma| issn = 1073-5860| date = October 29, 1999| page = SL19}} }} External links
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