Maybe I'll Catch Fire
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{{Infobox album
| name = Maybe I'll Catch Fire
| type = studio
| artist = Alkaline Trio
| cover = Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 14, 2000
| recorded = October 1999 at Atlas Studios, Chicago
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = * Punk rock{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/alkaline-trio/maybe-ill-catch-fire.shtml |title=Alkaline Trio: Maybe I'll Catch Fire: Pitchfork Review |work=Pitchfork|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816161300/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/alkaline-trio/maybe-ill-catch-fire.shtml |archivedate=August 16, 2000 }}
| length = 35:15
| label = Asian Man
| producer = Matt Allison, Alkaline Trio
| prev_title = Goddamnit
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Alkaline Trio
| next_year = 2000
}}
Maybe I'll Catch Fire is the second studio album by the American punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released on March 14, 2000 on Asian Man Records. Produced by Matt Allison, it was the band's final studio album with founding drummer Glenn Porter and their last album with Asian Man Records.
After recording the album, Porter was replaced by former Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee, who made his stage debut in December 1999. The band promoted the album with an appearance on the 2000 Plea for Peace Tour in June and July of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.alkalinetrio.com:80/news.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510212532/http://www.alkalinetrio.com:80/news.html|title=News|publisher=Alkaline Trio|archivedate=May 10, 2000|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = Kerrang!
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Paul |date=April 1, 2000 |title=Underground |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=795 |page=45}}
| rev3 = Ox-Fanzine
| rev4 = Pitchfork Media
}}
Mike DaRonco of Allmusic liked the album, but less than the band's previous effort, 1998's Goddamnit, saying that "Lyrically, Maybe I'll Catch Fire follows in the footsteps of Goddamnit, while staying true to the elaborate but emotional tone of aggressive pop-punk. Not as essential as the Trio's previous efforts, but it would be difficult for any band to follow up an album like Goddamnit".{{cite web|last = DaRonco|first = Mike|title = Maybe I'll Catch Fire Review|website = Allmusic|url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r465509|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate = 2009-11-25}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, and Glenn Porter
| total_length = 35:16
| title1 = Keep 'Em Coming
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = Madam Me
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = You've Got So Far to Go
| length3 = 3:14
| title4 = Fuck You Aurora
| length4 = 4:49
| title5 = Sleepyhead
| length5 = 3:56
| title6 = Maybe I'll Catch Fire
| length6 = 3:07
| title7 = Tuck Me In
| length7 = 2:39
| title8 = She Took Him to the Lake
| length8 = 2:40
| title9 = 5-3-10-4
| length9 = 2:56
| title10 = Radio
| length10 = 4:41
}}
Personnel
;Alkaline Trio
- Matt Skiba – guitar, vocals
- Dan Andriano – bass, vocals
- Glenn Porter – drums
;Artwork
- Craig Ackerman – Layout Design
- Brian Case – Layout Design
- Heather Han – Photography
;Production
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLmds4EcjNUvLRypUtR--7AYWRKrsShe1 Maybe I'll Catch Fire] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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