Good Views, Bad News is the second album by the punk rock band Broadway Calls. It was recorded at Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado,[4] Produced by Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson[5] & Jason Livermore.[6]

Good Views, Bad News
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 2009
RecordedEarly 2009
StudioFort Collins, Colorado
GenrePop punk, punk rock
Length34:09
LabelSideOneDummy
ProducerBill Stevenson, Jason Livermore
Broadway Calls chronology
Broadway Calls
(2007)
Good Views, Bad News
(2009)
Comfort/Distraction
(2013)
Singles from Good Views, Bad News
  1. "Be All That You Can't Be"
    Released: July 21, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Punknews.org [2]
Read Junk [3]

Release

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The album was preceded by the single "Be All That You Can't Be", released on July 21, 2009[7][8] on 7" vinyl in 3 colours.[9] On August 4, 2009, "Tonight Is Alive" was posted on the band's Myspace profile.[10] Three days later, a music video was released for "Be All You Can't Be".[11] On the album's release date, each of the tracks were made available for streaming through a different website, such as "Midnight Hour" through Punknews.org.[12] They appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August 2009.[13] Following this, they supported Streetlight Manifesto on their North American tour.[14] In October and November 2009, they supported the Bouncing Souls on their headlining US tour, and appeared at The Fest.[15][16] In November and December 2009, they went on a European tour with Set Your Goals and Fireworks.[17] In January 2010, the band supported Anti-Flag on their headlining US tour for a few shows.[18] In March 2010, the band appeared at Harvest of Hope Fest and the South by Southwest music conference.[19][20] Bookending these performances were a handful of shows with Red City Radio and Cobra Skulls. Following this, the band went on a North American tour with the Flatliners and Cobra Skulls until April 2010.[21] Additional dates were added, extending the trek into May 2010.[22] On May 13, 2010 a music video was released for "Basement Royalty".[23] In August 2010, the band performed at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan.[22]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Broadway Calls

Good Views, Bad News
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight Hour"2:50
2."Be All That You Can't Be"2:57
3."Election Night"3:12
4."Basement Royalty"3:04
5."To the Sheets"2:45
6."Give Up the Ghost"2:56
7."Sundowners"3:09
8."Tonight Is Alive"3:48
9."Best Year"3:39
10."Wake Up Call"2:59
11."At the End"2:50
Total length:34:09
Bonus tracks
UK bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."The Call Out"2:11

Personnel

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Ty Vaughn - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Matt Koenig - Bass/Vocals
Josh Baird - Drums / Percussion

Other Contributors

References

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  4. ^ a b "Broadway Calls Records at Blasting Room, FC, Colorado". SideOneDummyRecords. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  5. ^ a b "Broadway Calls Records with Producer Bill Stevenson". SideOneDummyRecords. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  6. ^ a b "Broadway Calls finish pre-production". Broadway Calls. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  7. ^ "Side One Dummy Records announced new Broadway Calls single". Side One Dummy. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  8. ^ Yancey, Bryne (May 14, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Be All That You Can't Be', 'Midnight Hour'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Be All That You Can't Be single information". Side One Dummy. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  10. ^ Paul, Aubin (August 4, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Tonight is Alive'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Paul, Aubin (August 7, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Be All You Can't Be'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  12. ^ Paul, Aubin (August 18, 2009). "Broadway Calls: 'Midnight Hour'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  13. ^ Paul, Aubin (June 17, 2009). "Anti-Flag, Faith No More, Rise Against to play Reading and Leeds Festival 2009". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  14. ^ Paul, Aubin (August 5, 2009). "Streetlight Manifesto / Outernational / Broadway Calls". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  15. ^ Yancey, Bryne (September 9, 2009). "The Fest 8 confirms more bands: Broadway Calls, The Swellers, Panthro UK United 13, more". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  16. ^ Paul, Aubin (August 25, 2009). "Bouncing Souls / Bayside / Broadway Calls". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  17. ^ Paul, Aubin (November 23, 2009). "Set Your Goals / Broadway Calls / Fireworks". Punknews.org. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  18. ^ Paul, Aubin (December 4, 2009). "Menzingers, Star F*cking Hipsters, Broadway Calls, Trash Talk added to Anti-Flag tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  19. ^ Whtie, Adam (December 3, 2009). "Broadway Calls, the Riverboat Gamblers, Apostle of Hustle at SXSW 2010". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  20. ^ Yancey, Bryne (January 22, 2010). "7 Seconds, Smoke or Fire, Crime in Stereo, more added to Harvest of Hope". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  21. ^ Yancey, Bryne (February 23, 2010). "Broadway Calls (North America)". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  22. ^ a b Yancey, Bryne (April 16, 2010). "Broadway Calls adds more dates". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  23. ^ Paul, Aubin (May 13, 2010). "Broadway Calls: 'Basement Royalty'". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.