Teen Dance Ordinance is the fourth album

Album

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 by the Alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 group A

A (band)

A are a British alternative rock band from Suffolk, England, that formed in 1993. They have released four albums, and two live mini-albums.In 2002, the band enjoyed a brief period of commercial success, in which "Nothing", the first single from Hi-Fi Serious , charted at #9 on the UK singles chart...

. It was released on 25 June 2005 in the United Kingdom

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 and later in the United States

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. The title refers to a law

Teen Dance Ordinance

The Teen Dance Ordinance was a controversial Seattle law which severely curtailed the ability of concert and club promoters to hold events for underaged patrons. During its existence from 1985 to 2002, it was routinely criticized for its severity and its effects on the local music scene and industry...

 passed in 1985 by Seattle City Council and repealed in 2002 which prohibited minors and adults from attending the same dance clubs. It featured a more straight-rock sound and displayed an almost complete absence of the keyboards and sampling that marked the early sound of the band.

Due to many delays in the release of the album, which consisted of the label shelving the album for two years after recording was already completed in 2003 and Jason Perry experiencing illness, the band already were out of general public interest due to the long time they were away from releasing material. This meant the album was given very little promotional attention by the label and media, meaning it only charted at #95 in the UK charts and were dropped by Warners in October as a result. After the failiure of the album, the band went on hiatus until reforming in 2009.

"Rush Song" was played as background music in the UK version of the television show Pimp My Ride

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Track listing

1. "Rush Song" – 4:09
2. "Better Off With Him" – 3:30
3. "The Art of Making Sense" – 4:13
4. "Someone Else" – 3:55
5. "Die Tonight" – 4:02
6. "2nd Coming" – 4:13
7. "Wake Up" – 2:43
8. "Black Hole" – 4:15
9. "Hey" – 4:06
10. "Worst Thing That Can Happen" – 3:36
11. "Afterburner" – 4:19
12. "Wisdom" – 4:24

Singles

Rush Song

• CD1:

1. "Rush Song" – 4:11
2. "French Kiss" – 3:14

• CD2:

1. "Rush Song" – 4:11
2. "Get Out More" – 4:17
3. "Have The Night" – 3:43
4. "Rush Song" (Video)

Better Off With Him

1. "Better Off With Him" – 3:36
2. "Descender" – 3:10

DVD contains Better Off With Him Audio and Video. Making of the Video, a Making of the album video and an audio track "Broken Island"

External links

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer article on repeal of the TDO