4am Friday

{{Infobox album|

| name = 4am Friday

| type = Album

| artist = Avail

| cover = Avail-4amfriday.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 10, 1996

| recorded = January–February 1996 at Uncle Punchy Studio, Silver Spring, Maryland

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore

| length =

| label = Lookout!

| producer =

| prev_title = Dixie

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Live at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Raftery|first=Brian|title=4AM Friday|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r249127|publisher=All Music|access-date=19 June 2011}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork Media

| rev2Score = 8.3/10{{cite web|last=Baron|first=Zach|title=Avail|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11647-dixie-4am-friday-over-the-james/|publisher=Pitch Fork|access-date=19 June 2011}}

| rev3 =

| rev3Score =

}}

4am Friday is the third studio album by Avail. It is named after the day and time the band received news of Bob Baynor's death (of the band Maximillian Colby). The song "F.C.A." was also written about Bob. It was released in 1996 on Lookout! Records and reissued in 2006 by Jade Tree Records. The reissue also includes the Live at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco album. The song "Simple Song" was featured in the 2002 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.{{Cite web |author=I. G. N. Staff |date=2002-10-09 |title=Tony Hawk 4 Soundtrack |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/09/tony-hawk-4-soundtrack-2 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=IGN |language=en}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Simple Song

| length1 = 3:12

| title2 = Order

| length2 = 1:36

| title3 = Tuesday

| length3 = 2:29

| title4 = 92

| length4 = 1:41

| title5 = McCarthy

| length5 = 2:27

| title6 = (Ben)

| length6 = 0:31

| title7 = Monroe Park

| length7 = 1:28

| title8 = Armchair

| length8 = 1:34

| title9 = Fix

| length9 = 2:07

| title10 = Blue Ridge

| length10 = 2:34

| title11 = Swing Low

| length11 = 1:13

| title12 = F.C.A.

| length12 = 1:44

| title13 = Hang

| length13 = 2:44

| title14 = Governor

| length14 = 1:58

| title15 = Nameless

| length15 = 2:42

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2006 Re-Release Bonus Tracks

| title16 = South Bound 95

| length16 = 1:32

| title17 = Stride

| length17 = 2:55

| title18 = Order

| length18 = 1:46

| title19 = Tuning

| length19 = 2:31

| title20 = Fix

| length20 = 2:12

| title21 = FCA

| length21 = 2:24

| title22 = Pinned Up

| length22 = 2:41

| title23 = Nickel Bridge

| length23 = 1:46

| title24 = Simple Song

| length24 = 3:07

| title25 = Clone

| length25 = 2:19

| title26 = Nameless

| length26 = 3:22

| title27 = Scuffle Town

| length27 = 1:19

| title28 = Blue Ridge

| length28 = 3:55

| title29 = Virus

| length29 = 2:35

| title30 = Model

| length30 = 3:54

}}

References