Stay Rad!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stay Rad!
| type = studio
| artist = Teenage Bottlerocket
| cover = Stay Rad Teenage Bottlerocket.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2019|03|15}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = The Blasting Room
| length = 33:10
| label = Fat Wreck Chords
| producer = Andrew Berlin
| prev_title = Stealing The Covers
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Sick Sesh!
| next_year = 2021
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}
| rev3score = {{rating|7|10}}
| rev4 = BeatRoute{{cite web |url=https://beatroute.ca/2019/04/08/album-review-teenage-bottlerocket-stay-rad/ |title=Album Review: Teenage Bottlerocket – Stay Rad |last=Leonard |first=Christine |date=April 8, 2019 |publisher=BeatRoute |access-date= August 25, 2019}}
| rev4score = (favourable)
}}
Stay Rad! is the eighth studio album by the punk band Teenage Bottlerocket. The album was released by Fat Wreck Chords on March 15, 2019, on CD and LP. Stay Rad! is the first album consisting of original material since the death of drummer Brandon Carlisle, who died in late 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/teenage-bottlerocket-stay-rad-in-the-aftermath-of-tragedy/Content?oid=19009137 |title=Teenage Bottlerocket stay rad in the aftermath of tragedy|last=Forman |first=Bill |date=March 20, 2019 |publisher=Colorado Springs Independent |access-date= August 24, 2019}}
Background
Stay Rad! is the first album by Teenage Bottlerocket consisting of original material since Tales from Wyoming (2015). In 2017 Stealing The Covers was released, an album exclusively consisting of cover songs. The title of the album, Stay Rad!, is inspired by a former roadie of the band, who would wear a hat saying "stay rad".
On January 18 it was announced by Fat Wreck Chords that Teenage Bottlerocket would put out a new studio album on March 15 that year called Stay Rad!. A new song, "I Wanna be a Dog", was made available for streaming.{{cite web |url=https://www.awayfromlife.com/teenage-bottlerocket-mit-dem-ersten-song-vom-neuen-album/ |title=TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET VERÖFFENTLICHEN NEUES ALBUM "STAY RAD" |date=January 18, 2019 |publisher= Away from Life |access-date= August 24, 2019 |language=de}}{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/teenage-bottlerocket-announce-new-lp-stay-rad-share-song-touring/ |title=Teenage Bottlerocket announce new LP ‘Stay Rad!,’ share song, touring |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=January 18, 2019 |publisher=BrooklynVegan |access-date=August 24, 2019}}
On February 20 the song "Everything to Me" was made available for streaming. An accompanying music video was released as well.{{cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/exclusive-teenage-bottlerocket-have-written-the-punk-dad-anthem/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET HAVE WRITTEN THE PUNK DAD ANTHEM |date=February 20, 2019 |publisher=Kerrang! |access-date= August 24, 2019}}
On March 14, a day before the official release, the entire album was made available for streaming via Alternative Press.{{cite web |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/teenage-bottlerocket-stay-rad-album/ |title=TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET KEEP LATE DRUMMER’S SPIRIT IN MIND ON NEW ALBUM |last=Goeman |first=Collin |date=March 14, 2019 |publisher=Alternative Press |access-date= August 24, 2019}}
A video for "I Wanna Be a Dog" was released on August 21, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://riotfest.org/2019/08/teenage-bottlerocket-dog/ |title=Premiere: Dogs Galore in the New Teenage Bottlerocket Music Video |date=August 21, 2019 |publisher=Riot Fest |access-date= August 24, 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Stay Rad!! track listing
| title1 = You Don't Get the Joke
| music1 =
| length1 = 2:10
| title2 = Death Kart
| music2 =
| length2 = 2:37
| title3 = Everything to Me
| music3 =
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = I Wanna Be a Dog
| music4 =
| length4 = 1:48
| title5 = Night of the Knuckleheads
| music5 =
| length5 = 1:54
| title6 = Creature from the Black Metal Lagoon
| music6 =
| length6 = 2:44
| title7 = Anti-Social Media
| music7 =
| length7 = 2:06
| title8 = Wild Hair (Across My Ass)
| music8 =
| length8 = 1:57
| title9 = The First Time That I Did Acid Was the Last Time That I Did Acid
| music9 =
| length9 = 2:35
| title10 = I Want to Kill Clint Carlin
| music10 =
| length10 = 2:01
| title11 = I'll Kill You Tomorrow
| music11 =
| length11 = 2:53
| title12 = Stupid Song
| music12 =
| length12 = 2:39
| title13 = Little Kid
| music13 =
| length13 = 2:04
| title14 = I Never Knew
| music14 =
| length14 = 2:45
}}
Personnel
= Performers =
- Kody Templeman – guitar, vocals
- Ray Carlisle – guitar, vocals
- Miguel Chen – bass
- Darren Chewka – drums
= Production =
- Andrew Berlin – mixing, engineering, producing
- Sergie Loobkoff – layout
- Jason Livermore – mastering
- Jamy Cabre – photography
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|31|artist=Teenage Bottlerocket|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 25, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|15|artist=Teenage Bottlerocket|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 25, 2019}} |