Sound the Alarm is the fifth studio album by the New Jersey emo

Emo

Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...

 band Saves the Day

Saves the Day

Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera....

. It was released by Vagrant Records

Vagrant Records

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 on April 11, 2006. It was produced by Steve Evetts who also produced Saves the Day's first two albums, Can't Slow Down and Through Being Cool

Through Being Cool

Through Being Cool is the second album by Princeton, New Jersey-based rock band Saves the Day. It has a more melodic sound than their first release, Can't Slow Down, which was a more punk/hardcore driven record. The album was released one year after the band's first release even though they had...

. All of the album's lyrics were written by Chris Conley

Chris Conley

Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...

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This album was hailed by many as something of a return to the band's classic sound, after the sonic departure of In Reverie

In Reverie

-Unreleased tracks:There are three unreleased tracks that were recorded at the same time, but not released on the standard edition of the album: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom." The unreleased songs, however, could be downloaded for free on the band's homepage requiring only a legal...

in 2003.

Sound the Alarm reached number 67 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

Sound the Alarm is part one of a three part concept that Chris Conley described in an interview with Punknews.org

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The track "Head for the Hills" is used on the soundtrack of the football video game Madden NFL 07

Madden NFL 07

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Track listing

1. "Head for the Hills" - 2:50
2. "The End" - 1:54
3. "Shattered" - 3:08
4. "Eulogy" - 3:22
5. "Dying Day" - 2:21
6. "34" - 2:22
7. "Say You'll Never Leave" - 2:20
8. "Diseased" - 2:12
9. "Don't Know Why" - 3:22
10. "Sound the Alarm" - 3:06
11. "Bones" 2:23
12. "Delusional" 2:07
13. "Hell Is Here" 3:36