Trainwreck (album)

Trainwreck is the second full-length album from Canadian post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It is a tightly-knit concept album that follows the loss of sanity of one man following the murder of his wife he committed in his sleep. A music video was released for the song "Medicating".

Trainwreck
Studio album by
Boys Night Out
ReleasedJuly 26, 2005
Genre
Length52:21
LabelFerret
ProducerMachine
Boys Night Out chronology
Make Yourself Sick
(2003)		 Trainwreck
(2005)		 Fifty Million People Can't Be Wrong
(2007)

The album marks a stylistic shift for the band, taking influences from progressive rock and most of Connor Lovat-Fraser's vocals being sung rather than screamed.[2]

Release

On April 6, 2005, Trainwreck was announced for release in three months' time.[3] Boys Night Out embarked on a cross-country tour of Canada with the Fullbast, Blue skies at War and As Tall as Lions, and supported Millencolin on their headlining US West Coast tour in May 2005.[3][4] On May 29, 2005, the album's artwork and track listing was posted online; alongside this, "Composing" was made available for free download through the band's Myspace profile.[5] On June 23, 2005, "Medicating" was posted online; the song's music video followed on July 15, 2005.[6][7] On July 25, 2005, "Healing" was posted on their PureVolume account.[8] Trainwreck was released on July 26, 2005.[3] Between September and November 2005, the band toured the US as part of the Nintendo Fusion Tour, which was headlined by Fall Out Boy.[9] Between January and March 2006, the band went on a cross-country US tour with Armor for Sleep and Chiodos, titled the Invisible Sideshow.[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Boys Night Out.

No.TitleLength
1."Introducing"3:37
2."Dreaming"4:52
3."Waking"3:36
4."Sentencing"3:28
5."Medicating"4:00
6."Purging"3:39
7."Relapsing"4:55
8."Recovering"4:07
9."Composing"5:49
10."Disintegrating"4:14
11."Healing"3:24
12."Dying"6:40
Total length:52:21

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicFavorable[2]
Melodic[11]
Now2/5[12]
Punknews.org[1]
Riverfront TimesFavorable[13]

Personnel

Boys Night Out

Additional musicians

  • Machine - group vocals
  • Ken Greenberg - spoken word
  • Diane Pacenka - group vocals
  • Dan Nigro - guest vocals

Additional personnel

  • Machine - production, mixing, drum and vocal engineering
  • Jakob Nygard - drum recording, drum engineering, guitar and vocal engineering, Pro-tools
  • Dan Korneff - Pro-tooled drums
  • Sal Mormando - assistant drum recording
  • Toby "Bias" Paice - Assistant guitar and vocal recording
  • Rob Harrari - group vocal engineering
  • Switzerland - art direction, design
  • Gordon Ball - photography
  • Jacob Patrick Robinson - lead vocals

References
  1. Shultz, Brian (July 26, 2005). "Boys Night Out - Trainwreck". Punknews.org. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  2. "Trainwreck - Boys Night Out". AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  3. Shultz, Brian (April 6, 2005). "Boys Night Out announce release date, tour dates". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  4. Paul, Aubin (April 4, 2005). "Dates and venues for Millencolin West Coast tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  5. Paul, Aubin (May 29, 2005). "Track listing and artwork for upcoming Boys Night Out full length". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  6. Shultz, Brian (June 23, 2005). "Boys Night Out posts track; Banner track listing, MP3". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  7. Paul, Aubin (July 15, 2005). "Madball, Boys Night Out videos from Ferret". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  8. Paul, Aubin (July 25, 2005). "More new music from Boys Night Out". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  9. Paul, Aubin (July 27, 2005). "First leg of dates for Nintendo Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy, Motion City Soundtrack, others". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  10. Paul, Aubin (December 10, 2005). "Armor For Sleep, Boys Night Out, Action Reaction and Chiodos dates for 2006". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  11. Roth, Kaj (January 12, 2007). "Boys Night Out - Trainwreck". Melodic. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  12. Davies, Evan (July 28, 2005). "Watch Out". Now. Archived from the original on January 15, 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  13. Seabaugh, Julie (July 20, 2005). "Watch Out". Riverfront Times. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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