Leaving Through the Window is the major label debut album by rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Something Corporate

Something Corporate

Something Corporate is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1998. Their current line-up includes pianist and vocalist Andrew McMahon, guitarist Josh Partington, bassist Kevin Page and drummer Brian Ireland....

, released on May 7, 2002 by Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records, established in 1996, was a California-based record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. It has produced various pop punk bands, many with a distinct SoCal sound....

 and MCA

Music Corporation of America

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. The album includes three songs from the band's 2001 EP

Extended play

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 Audioboxer

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-Band:* Andrew McMahon - piano, B3, vocals* William Tell - guitar* Josh Partington - guitar* Kevin "Clutch" Page - bass* Brian Ireland - drums-Additional Musicians:* Christopher Brady - String Arrangements* Charlie Bisharat - violin* Peter Kent - violin...

("Punk Rock Princess", "If You C Jordan" and "Hurricane"), as well as re-recordings of three songs from their 2000 self-released album Ready... Break

Ready... Break

Ready... Break is the debut album by Something Corporate which was never commercially released and was only sold at their local performances in Southern California. It is essentially the band's major label demo recordings that were recorded at the newly opened recording room at the Galaxy Theatre...

("Cavanaugh Park", "Straw Dog" and "Drunk Girl").

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew McMahon, except "Hurricane", "Fall" and "You're Gone" written by Josh Partington.

1. "I Want to Save You" - 4:22
2. "Punk Rock Princess" - 3:52
3. "I Woke Up in a Car" - 4:13
4. "If You C Jordan" - 4:15
5. "The Astronaut" - 4:28
6. "Hurricane" - 3:50
7. "Cavanaugh Park" - 4:18
8. "Fall" - 3:40
9. "Straw Dog" - 3:49
10. "Good News" - 3:51
11. "Drunk Girl" - 4:07
12. "Not What It Seems" - 3:18
13. "You're Gone" - 4:37
14. "Globes and Maps" - 4:48

Credits

• Andrew McMahon
  Andrew McMahon
  Andrew Ross McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.-Early life:...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , hammond
  Hammond organ
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• Kevin "Clutch" Page - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , background vocals
• William Tell
  William Tell (musician)
  William Tell is the former rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the Piano rock band Something Corporate. After leaving the band in 2004 for a solo career, William Tell was signed as a New Door Records solo artist...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , background vocals
• Josh Partington - guitar
  Guitar
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  , background vocals
• Brian Ireland
  Brian Ireland
  Brian Ireland is the drummer for the Geffen Records/Drive-Thru Records band Something Corporate. His bandmates are Andrew McMahon, Kevin "Clutch" Page and Josh Partington. Ireland also worked on a project with former Something Corporate member William Tell, who signed a deal with Universal Records...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
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  , background vocals
• P.J. Smith - background vocals
• Patrick Warren - chamberlin
  Chamberlin
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  , organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...