Ire Works

After a successful reception and tour to Miss Machine, the band began recording new material. However, drummer Chris Pennie left the band to join Coheed and Cambria as the band's permanent drummer after the departure of their former drummer. Shortly after, new drummer Gil Sharone was hired by Dillinger and performed the drum tracks on the album.

During the Miss Machine tours, guitarist Brian Benoit developed nerve damage in his left hand and was forced to quit the band. Instead of hiring a new guitarist, Ben Weinman played all of the album's guitar tracks. Jeff Tuttle was later hired as the band's touring guitarist. Once again, the band hired metalcore producer Steve Evetts. Former vocalist Dimitri Minakakis makes guest vocals on the track "Fix Your Face", and has appeared on stage with the band many times.

The artwork was created by Shelby Cinca of Frodus and Decahedron.{{Cite web |title=Decahedron |url=https://decahedron.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Decahedron |language=en}} He was chosen by the band for his sci-fi/futurist-influenced visual sensibilities. The artwork is also a subtle reference to Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning, as a URL pointing to "ireworks.net" is written in small, almost hidden text on the album's official lyric sheet. The triangle on the album contains the same basic colors shown on the Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning pyramid, though the actual artwork uses gradients versus having different levels of shading.

{{Cite web |url=http://www.ireworks.net/ |title=Ire Works |access-date=December 2, 2007 |archive-date=November 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121145351/http://www.ireworks.net/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}

The song "Milk Lizard" can be heard on the radio station Krunch 106.66 in the video game Saints Row 2.{{cite web |title=Saints Row 2 Music |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/10/06/saints-row-2-music |website=IGN |access-date=November 26, 2024 |date=October 6, 2008}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 84/100{{Metacritic album}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = A−{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/dillinger-escape-plan-emire-worksem-7413|title=Dillinger Escape Plan: Ire Works|newspaper=The A.V. Club}}

| rev3 = Chronicles of Chaos

| rev3score = 9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/Reviews/albums/2-4999_the_dillinger_escape_plan_ire_works.aspx|title=The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works : Review|work=Chronicles of Chaos}}

| rev4 = Decibel

| rev4score = 9/10[http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=102528 Decibel magazine, issue #38, p.87. Schizopolis: Ire Works review by Jon Bennett. ]

| rev5 = Drowned in Sound

| rev5score = 8/10{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/11529/reviews/2549344- |title=Album Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound |access-date=February 23, 2015 |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223231816/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/11529/reviews/2549344- |url-status=dead }}

| rev6 = Kerrang!

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}(11/10/2007, p.48)

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}(11/03/2007, p.47)

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.0/10{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11156-ire-works/|title = The Dillinger Escape Plan: Ire Works|website = Pitchfork}}

| rev9 = PopMatters

| rev9score = 9/10{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/the-dillinger-escape-plan-ire-works/|title=The Dillinger Escape Plan: Ire Works|magazine=PopMatters}}

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Ire Works was released to critical acclaim. In the January 2008 issue of Revolver they counted down the top 20 albums of 2007 with Ire Works at number two, right behind Baroness's Red Album and before High on Fire's Death Is This Communion. It gained the same spot in Kerrang! magazine's Top 20 albums of 2007, before Machine Head's The Blackening and behind Biffy Clyro's Puzzle. It was ranked number 3, below Watain's Sworn to the Dark and Pig Destroyer's Phantom Limb, in Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2007.

Mike Portnoy named this album one of his favorite albums of 2007 on his official web page.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Ben Weinman and Greg Puciato

| title1 = Fix Your Face

| length1 = 2:41

| title2 = Lurch

| length2 = 2:03

| title3 = Black Bubblegum

| length3 = 4:04

| title4 = Sick on Sunday

| length4 = 2:10

| title5 = When Acting as a Particle

| length5 = 1:23

| title6 = Nong Eye Gong

| length6 = 1:16

| title7 = When Acting as a Wave

| length7 = 1:33

| title8 = 82588

| length8 = 1:56

| title9 = Milk Lizard

| length9 = 3:55

| title10 = Party Smasher

| length10 = 1:56

| title11 = Dead as History

| length11 = 5:29

| title12 = Horse Hunter

| length12 = 3:11

| title13 = Mouth of Ghosts

| length13 = 6:49

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus track

| title14 = The Perfect Design

| note14 = live

| length14 = 3:57

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The live version of "The Perfect Design" previously appeared on the Plagiarism EP.

• Greg Puciato – lead vocals
• Ben Weinman – guitars, piano, sound design, programming, backing vocals, production
• Liam Wilson – bass
• Gil Sharone – drums, percussion

• Dimitri Minakakis – additional vocals on "Fix Your Face"
• Brent Hinds – additional vocals on "Horse Hunter"
• Steve Evetts – production
• Steve Ryan – additional/assistant engineering
• Alan Douches – mastering
• Ben Weinman – sound design
• Shelby Cinca – graphic design
• Craig Demel – violin
• Robin Reynolds – cello
• Phill Williams – percussion
• Ali Tabatabai – percussion, saw
• Matt Lupo – trumpet

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