Don't Be a Dick

{{about||the slang term|Dick (slang)|the meta essay|meta:Don't be a jerk}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Don't Be a Dick

| type = studio

| artist = Emily's Army

| cover = Don't Be A Dick (Album).jpeg

| alt =

| released = June 14, 2011

| recorded = 2010–2011

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock, alternative rock, pop punk

| length = 33:57

| label = Adeline, Rise

| producer = Billie Joe Armstrong, Chris Dugan

| prev_title = Regan MacNeil

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = Lost at Seventeen

| next_year = 2013

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Don't Be A Dick

| type = studio

| single1 = Broadcast This

| single1date = February 25, 2010

| single2 = Regan Macneil

| single2date = April 23, 2010

}}

}}

Don't Be a Dick is the debut studio album by American rock band Emily's Army, released on June 14, 2011, through Rise Records and Adeline Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2353032|title=Emily's Army - Don't Be A Dick|work=AbsolutePunk.net|date=4 August 2023 }} The album was produced by drummer Joey Armstrong's father, Billie Joe Armstrong, and long time Green Day engineer Chris Dugan.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/green-day/56918|title=Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong produces son's debut album – audio|author=|work=NME|date=26 May 2011|accessdate=10 January 2015}}

Background

Emily's Army released two singles and the demo in 2009 and 2010 and by the time they had played their first shows they started writing for their first studio album. The band started recording over Christmas 2010 and finished in March 2011. This is the band's first release on Rise Records. This is the first album produced by Billie Joe Armstrong.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Broadcast This

| length1 = 2:17

| title2 = Strictly for the Birds

| length2 = 2:09

| title3 = Asslete

| length3 = 2:23

| title4 = Rom Drom

| length4 = 2:13

| title5 = Little Face

| length5 = 2:01

| title6 = Ho-lloween

| length6 = 2:13

| title7 = West Coast

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Statutory Brainrape

| length8 = 2:23

| title9 = Burn Apollo

| length9 = 2:45

| title10 = The Gutter

| length10 = 2:20

| title11 = Regan MacNeil

| length11 = 2:39

| title12 = I Wanna be Remembered

| length12 = 2:07

| title13 = Bad Cop

| length13 = 2:35

| title14 = Loch Lomond

| length14 = 2:30

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Emilys-Army-Dont-Be-A-Dick/release/5973444|title=Emily's Army - Don't Be A Dick|website=Discogs|date=14 June 2011 |accessdate=18 March 2019}}

;Emily's Army

  • Cole Becker – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Max Becker – lead vocals, bass
  • Joey Armstrong – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Travis Neumann – lead guitar, backing vocals

;Additional personnel

References