Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault: Jawbreaker Tribute

Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault: Jawbreaker Tribute
Compilation album by Dying Wish Records
Released	July 29, 2003
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock, pop punk
Length	63:49
Label	Dying Wish Records

Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault is a tribute album to the band Jawbreaker, released in 2003 by Dying Wish Records. It includes bands of the post-hardcore, punk rock, pop punk, and emo genres covering Jawbreaker songs. The album is named after a song on Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You.

Scott Heisel of Punknews.org rated the album three and a half stars out of five, calling it "rather solid from start to finish, [seeming] like a heartfelt tribute to the Bay Area punk trio, as opposed to an easy cash-in disc." Describing Bigwig and Face to Face's tracks as "virtually note-for-note renditions of the originals", he complemented them for the clarity of their vocals, something lacking in the original Jawbreaker recordings. He praised Duvall's cover of "Busy" as "one of the most beautiful cover songs [by anyone, of anyone] that I've ever heard", and cited The Æffect's version of "Boxcar" as his favorite track:

If you've ever wanted to hear Jawbreaker at your local dance club, give them this song and it will get spun . Hearing singer Aaron croon, "You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone / save your breath, I never was one" really embodies the Æffect's outlook on music, and the song has rarely sounded sweeter.

He was more critical of some of the other tracks, calling Sparta's acoustic rendition of "Kiss the Bottle" "a bit too foreign and sterile" and noting that "The Reunion Show's MOOG-a-riffic sound fails them on 'Unlisted Track', sounding more chaotic than poppy."

All tracks written by Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Bauermeister, and Adam Pfahler, except where noted .

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