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Stylus Magazine	D
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Full Collapse is the second album by American post-hardcore band Thursday. Released on April 10, 2001, it marks their first and only studio album on Victory Records and features two of the band's most popular singles, "Understanding in a Car Crash" and "Cross Out the Eyes." Full Collapse helped to establish Thursday as an immensely popular group in the indie and alternative rock music scenes, reached #178 on The Billboard 200, and provided some of the earliest mainstream exposure to post-hardcore.

In 2000, Victory Records representatives flew out to watch Thursday perform in their hometown alongside Boysetsfire. Shortly thereafter, the label expressed strong interest in signing Thursday. At the end of that summer, just before signing to Victory, Thursday welcomed guitarist Steve Pedulla into the band. They then began work in a sophomore album with at Big Blue Meenie to record once again with Sal Villanueva. In June, the band noted disagreements over album packaging but otherwise described the relationship as "great." They would later reveal the troubled communication between band and label and the resulting legal battle.

The writing process of Full Collapse was reportedly more collaborative than on the band's debut, Waiting. The band later described how they were "just kids" when writing the album and that the time period saw bands from the New York metropolitan area delivering a new wave of music that was gaining momentum as nu metal faded. Some demos and alternate versions of songs featured on Full Collapse would later be released on the 2007 CD/DVD, Kill the House Lights.

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