A Flight and a Crash
| A Flight and a Crash | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 5, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Salad Days, Beltsville, Maryland in December 2000 & January 2001 | |||
| Genres | Punk rock, post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 39:17 | |||
| Label | Epitaph[1] | |||
| Producer | Brian McTernan | |||
| Hot Water Music chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| NME | [3] |
A Flight and a Crash is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Hot Water Music, released on June 5, 2001 by Epitaph Records.[4][5] It is Hot Water Music's first release on Epitaph. The album peaked at 49 on Billboard's Top Independent Album chart.[6]
Reception
CMJ New Music Monthly's Raspberry Jones described the album as "a full-frontal assault that resembles the early Clash for fierceness".[7] Writing for Lollipop Magazine, Tim Dem praised the record, stating that "A Flight and a Crash continues No Division's Leatherface-sing-a-longs, but with more coherent melodies and song development."[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Flight and a Crash" | Wollard | 2:08 |
| 2. | "Jack of All Trades" | Ragan | 2:44 |
| 3. | "Paper Thin" | Wollard | 2:25 |
| 4. | "Instrumental" | Ragan and Wollard | 1:38 |
| 5. | "Swinger" | Wollard | 2:41 |
| 6. | "A Clear Line" | Ragan and Wollard | 3:15 |
| 7. | "Choked and Separated" | Wollard | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Old Rules" | Ragan | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Sons and Daughters" | Ragan | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Sunday Suit" | Ragan | 3:00 |
| 11. | "She Takes It So Well" | Wollard | 2:48 |
| 12. | "One More Time" | Wollard | 2:12 |
| 13. | "In the Gray" | Wollard | 3:48 |
| 14. | "Call It Trashing" | Ragan and Wollard | 2:51 |
| 15. | "So Many Days" (LP only, also appears on Till the Wheels Fall Off compilation) | Wollard | 3:39 |
References
- ↑ Records, Epitaph. "Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash". Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020 – via epitaph.com.
- ↑ "A Flight and a Crash - Hot Water Music | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ↑ nme
- ↑ Walker, Matt (March 28, 2016). Gainesville Punk: A History of Bands & Music. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781626197671 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Hot Water Music A Flight And A Crash". exclaim.ca.
- ↑ billboard
- ↑ Jones, Raspberry (August 2001). "Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash". CMJ New Music Monthly.
- ↑ Dem, Tim (February 22, 2002). "Hot Water Music – A Flight and a Crash (Epitaph)". Lollipop Magazine. Archived from the original on May 13, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2026.