Red Letter Day (EP)

Red Letter Day
EP by
the Get Up Kids
ReleasedJuly 20, 1999
Recorded1997
StudioRed House
Genres
Length16:45
LabelDoghouse
ProducerEd Rose
The Get Up Kids chronology
Four Minute Mile
(1997)		 Red Letter Day
(1999)		 Something to Write Home About
(1999)
Alternative cover
Cover for The EPs: Red Letter Day and Woodson
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
LAS MagazineUnfavorable[1]
Star Pulse MusicStarStarStar[2]
Pitchfork[3]5.1/10

Red Letter Day is an EP by American emo band the Get Up Kids. It was released before their second full-length album Something to Write Home About. It featured James Dewees on the keyboard. Shortly after the album was released, Dewees joined the band full-time.

The album was recorded in 1997 at Red House Studios by Ed Rose, the producer of the band's first EP Woodson.[4] The album was released only on 10" vinyl. The album was printed on black vinyl, save for two limited pressings, 500 translucent green and 500 clear.[5]

Additional releases

  • The entire EP was later combined with the band's other EP Woodson and re-released on one CD entitled The EPs: Red Letter Day and Woodson.
  • The songs "Forgive and Forget" and "Anne Arbour" were later released on the band's compilation album Eudora.
  • The song "Anne Arbour" was released as a b-side on the single for the song "Ten Minutes".
  • The song "Red Letter Day" was featured on the band's second studio album Something to Write Home About.
  • The songs "Mass Pike" and "Red Letter Day" were featured on the band's live album Live! @ the Granada Theater.
  • The song "Red Letter Day" was featured on the compilation No-Fi Trash released by Suburban Home Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Get Up Kids.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."One Year Later"3:05
2."Red Letter Day"2:57
3."Forgive and Forget"3:26
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Anne Arbour"3:33
2."Mass Pike"3:44

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production

Design

References

  1. ↑ Herboth, Eric J. "Reviews". lostatsea.net. Archived from the original on December 13, 2005.
  2. ↑ Star Pulse Music review
  3. ↑ DiCrescenzo, Brent (July 20, 1999). "The Get Up Kids: Red Letter Day EP". Pitchfork.
  4. ↑ "The Get Up Kids". Lawrence.com. February 19, 2003. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Red Letter Day | The Get Up Kids". Dead Format. August 15, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
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