The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
EP by
ReleasedJuly 20, 2010
Studios
Genres
Length17:28
LabelWind-up
Producers
12 Stones chronology
Anthem for the Underdog
(2007)
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
(2010)
Beneath the Scars
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Jesus Freak HideoutStarStarStarStar[2]

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday is an EP from the American rock band 12 Stones. It was released on July 20, 2010, by Wind-up Records and debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200. The album's title is a reference to the motto of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

"We Are One" was the theme song of the professional wrestling stable, The Nexus, the Washington Capitals, darts player Paul Nicholson, and was used as a fight song of the Philadelphia Flyers on April 14, 2012, for the game three of their playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Welcome to the End"
  • Paul McCoy
  • Eric Weaver
  • Justin Rimer
  • Andy Waldeck
Skidd Mills3:14
2."We Are One"
  • McCoy
  • Weaver
  • Rimer
  • Skidd Mills
3:29
3."Disappear"
  • McCoy
  • Rimer
  • Mills
  • James Michael
  • Zac Malloy
David Bendeth3:25
4."Tomorrow Comes Today"Rimer
  • Petersen
  • Rimer
  • Mills (add.)
4:20
5."Enemy"
  • McCoy
  • Aaron Gainer
  • Weaver
  • Rimer
Mills2:59

Personnel

12 Stones

  • Paul McCoy – vocals
  • Eric Weaver – guitar, backing vocals
  • Aaron Gainer – drums
  • Justin Rimer – guitar
  • Kevin Dorr – bass

Production

  • Justin Rimer – producer (2)
  • Skidd Mills – producer (1, 5), additional production (4) mixing (1, 4, 5) audio engineer (1, 4, 5)
  • Grant Craig – assistant engineer (1, 4, 5)
  • J. Hall – audio engineer (1, 4, 5)
  • Ross Petersen – producer, audio engineer (2, 4)
  • Gregg Wattenberg – producer (2), audio engineer (4)
  • Ben Grosse – mixing (2)
  • John Alicastro – assistant engineer (2, 4)
  • Brian Montgomery – digital editing (2, 4)
  • David Bendeth – producer, mixing (3)
  • John Bender – audio engineer, digital editing (3)
  • Kato Khandwala – audio engineer, digital editing (3)
  • Ryan Smith – mastering

Additional personnel

  • John Bender – vocal arrangement (3)
  • Bethany Crowley – art direction, designm
  • Ray Lego – photography
  • Diana Meltzer – A&R
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Gregg Wattenberg – A&R, Wind-up production supervisor

Singles

  1. "We Are One"
  2. "Disappear"

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 1820621 The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday at AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ Michael Weaver (July 27, 2010). "12 Stones, The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday EP Review". Retrieved August 28, 2013.