Rise or Die Trying is the second full-length album from Four Year Strong

Four Year Strong

Four Year Strong is an American pop punk band from Worcester, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco...

. It hit #31 on the Billboard Heatseekers

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 album charts in 2007. The album was recorded and produced by Matt Robnett of Playwork Productions at Big Sky Audio in Springfield, Pennsylvania.
The name "Rise or Die Trying" comes from a lyric to "Go Long Dad", a song from their first album, It's Our Time

It's Our Time

It's Our Time is the debut album by Four Year Strong. The record's run was limited to 400 copies, with varying color CDs. The first 200 were light blue, with subsequent versions in yellow, red, and green.-Track listing:# "Go Long Dad"...

. The album has sold over 50,000 copies.

Track listing

1. "The Take Over" – 1:34
2. "Prepare to Be Digitally Manipulated" – 3:07
3. "Abandon Ship or Abandon All Hope" – 3:33
4. "Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" – 3:36
5. "Wrecked 'Em? Damn Near Killed 'Em" – 3:12
6. "Catastrophe" – 2:37
7. "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Hell" – 3:06
8. "Bada Bing! Wit' a Pipe!" – 3:22
9. "Beatdown in the Key of Happy" – 3:03
10. "If He's Here, Who's Runnin' Hell?" – 3:18
11. "Maniac (R.O.D.)" – 3:08

UK Bonus Tracks

13. "Beep Beep" – 4:05
14. "Gotta Get Out" – 3:02

All bonus tracks are re-recorded demos.

Trivia

• Mat Bruso, vocalist of Bury Your Dead
  Bury Your Dead
  Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 2001. To date they have had eight releases; one EP: Bury Your Dead, one live DVD: Alive, and six studio albums: You Had Me at Hello, Cover Your Tracks, Beauty and the Breakdown, Bury Your Dead, It's...
  
   appears on the tracks "Prepare To Be Digitally Manipulated" and "Maniac (R.O.D)".
• An official music video was made for the song "Bada Bing! Wit' a Pipe!", but received limited circulation. The music video involved members of the bands acting as different personas (Josh as "Maria," Dan as "Elton," etc.) including the band parodying various music videos.
• Some of the song titles on this album are lines from popular movies/TV shows:

- 'Abandon Ship or Abandon All Hope' is a line from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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- 'Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die' is a line from The Sandlot

The Sandlot

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- 'Wrecked 'Em? Damn Near Killed 'Em' is a line from Men in Black II

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, Otis

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and Black Sheep

Black sheep

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- 'If He's Here, Who's Runnin' Hell?' is a line from National Lampoon's Van Wilder

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

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-"Bada Bing! Wit' a pipe" was a song title selected by old High School friend, Damian Kearney

Personnel

• Dan O'Connor - vocals, guitar
• Alan Day - vocals, guitar
• Joe Weiss - bass
• Jackson Massucco - drums, percussion
• Josh Lyford - synthesizer

Additional personnel

• Matt Robnet - backing vocals
• Brooks Plummer - backing vocals
• Nich Hanterelis - backing vocals

Rise or Die Trying (Unmixed)

In 2006 a unmixed version of the album was leaked on the Internet. It contains seven demos of it, a demo of one bonus track and three songs that doesn't make the cut on the final release.

Track listing

1. "Sparkle Motion"
2. "Heroes Fade Kid, Legends Never Die" ("Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" Demo)
3. "Death Is the Only Adventure I Have Left" ("Catastrophe" Demo)
4. "Angels with Filthy Souls" (Contains a line from "The Takeover")
5. "Your Ego's Writing Checks Your Body Can't Cash"
6. "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Hell" (Demo Version)
7. "Bada Bing! Wit' a Pipe!" (Demo Version)
8. "Wrecked 'Em? Damn Near Killed 'Em" (Demo Version)
9. "Calling All Cars" ("Prepare to Be Digitally Manipulated" Demo)
10. "Gotta Get Out" (Demo Version)
11. "Angles with Even Filthier Souls" ("Maniac (R.O.D.)" Demo)