Harmony and Dissidence is the second full length album by Jackson United

Jackson United

Jackson United is an American punk rock band formed by singer and lead guitarist Chris Shiflett in 2003. Shiflett recruited his older brother Scott Shiflett and Pete Parada to complete the band. A debut eponymous EP was recorded and released in 2003. Shortly after this release Parada left the band...

. It was released in 2008 through Magnificent Records, Acetate Records and Deck Cheese Records.

History

The album was recorded during 2007 at Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

' personal Studio 606 West in Northridge, CA, United States. All songs were written by Chris Shiflett

Chris Shiflett

Christopher Aubrey "Chris" Shiflett is best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters as well as the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. He is the younger brother of musician Scott Shiflett.-Career:Shiflett joined Foo Fighters after the release of their third...

, guitarist for Foo Fighters.

The album features bandmates Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

David Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; and the current drummer for Them Crooked Vultures...

 and Taylor Hawkins

Taylor Hawkins

Oliver Taylor Hawkins is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters....

 sharing drumming duties, as Jackson United didn't have a regular drummer at the time of recording. Also featured on the album are Foo Fighters touring members Rami Jaffee

Rami Jaffee

Rami Jaffee, born March 11, 1969, in Los Angeles, is best known as the keyboardist of The Wallflowers and work for several bands and artists, including Foo Fighters, Pete Yorn, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Stone Sour, Joseph Arthur and Coheed and Cambria....

 and Drew Hester

Drew Hester

Drew Hester is a drummer / percussionist / record producer who plays drums with Joe Walsh , Jewel drums, Foo Fighters percussion, Chicago drums and percussion, Lisa Marie Presley drums, Common Sense drums, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders drums and percussion and many others.In...

 on keyboards and percussion respectively.

The album was first released as a download album via iTunes on April 8, 2008, and CD versions followed later in Australia, Japan, United Kingdom (November 3) and United States (September 2).

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Shiflett

1. "21st Century Fight Song"
2. "Undertow"
3. "Black Regrets"
4. "Lifeboat"
5. "Trigger Happy"
6. "White Flag Burning"
7. "Stitching"
8. "The Land Without Law"
9. "The Day That No One Smiled"
10. "Damn You"
11. "Like A Bomb"
12. "You Can't Have It"

Bonus Tracks

International versions of the album came with the following bonus tracks:

1. "Help Save The Youth Of America"
2. "Poison In The Blood" (UK Release only)
3. "Loose Ends" (US Release only)

On the UK edition of the CD, "Poison In The Blood" and "Help Save The Youth of America" are erroneously reversed on the disc compared to the tracklisting on the CD.

Personnel

• Chris Shiflett
  Chris Shiflett
  Christopher Aubrey "Chris" Shiflett is best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters as well as the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. He is the younger brother of musician Scott Shiflett.-Career:Shiflett joined Foo Fighters after the release of their third...
  
   - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Scott Shiflett
  Scott Shiflett
  Scott David Shiflett is a bassist. He plays with the band Face to Face and is also associated with the bands Viva Death, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Jackson United . He also played on 22 Jacks debut album Uncle Bob...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Doug Sangalang  - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Dave Grohl
  Dave Grohl
  David Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; and the current drummer for Them Crooked Vultures...
  
    - drums on tracks 2,3,4,5,6,7,11
• Taylor Hawkins
  Taylor Hawkins
  Oliver Taylor Hawkins is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters....
  
    - drums on tracks 1,8,9,10,12
• Rami Jaffee
  Rami Jaffee
  Rami Jaffee, born March 11, 1969, in Los Angeles, is best known as the keyboardist of The Wallflowers and work for several bands and artists, including Foo Fighters, Pete Yorn, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Stone Sour, Joseph Arthur and Coheed and Cambria....
  
    - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Drew Hester
  Drew Hester
  Drew Hester is a drummer / percussionist / record producer who plays drums with Joe Walsh , Jewel drums, Foo Fighters percussion, Chicago drums and percussion, Lisa Marie Presley drums, Common Sense drums, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders drums and percussion and many others.In...
  
    - percussion

Other

• Producers: Jackson United
• Engineers: Mike Terry, John Lousteau
• Mixing: Chad Blinman
• Mastering: Joe Gastwirt
• Art direction and Design: Jeff Nicholas
• Photography: Ricky Drasin, Gillian Jackman