Jersey's Best Dancers

Jersey's Best Dancers is the third studio album by the New Jersey band Lifetime. It was released on June 10, 1997, and was the band's second LP release on Jade Tree Records.

Jersey's Best Dancers
Studio album by
Lifetime
ReleasedJune 10, 1997
RecordedJuly 1996 & February 1997,
Trax East Studios, New Jersey
GenreEmo, melodic hardcore,[1][2] pop punk,[3][4][5] punk rock[6][7]
Length23:17
LabelJade Tree
Lifetime chronology
Hello Bastards
(1995)		 Jersey's Best Dancers
(1997)		 Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey
(2006)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk91%[5]
AllMusic[6]
Pitchfork8.5/10[1]
Punknews.org[7]

The album received largely positive reviews. Kevin Ruggeri of Pitchfork said that "Jersey's Best Dancers portrays Lifetime at the height of their craft; a fitting swan song for a band that's been in a constant stage of evolution and progression since its inception."[8] Peter J. D'Angelo of Allmusic declared that "Lifetime's third and final full-length LP is a triumphant burst of upbeat punk rock that makes it clear the band called it quits while they were still at the top of their game."[9]

Legacy and influence

The album was included at number 40 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.[3] BuzzFeed included the album at number 8 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.[4] Eddie Cepeda of Noisey noted the album's influence on future pop punk bands such as Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco and Taking Back Sunday.[10]

Track listing
  1. "Turnpike Gates" – 2:20
  2. "Young, Loud, and Scotty" – 1:59
  3. "Francie Nolan" – 2:08
  4. "25 Cent Giraffes" – 2:20
  5. "Hey Catrine" – 2:13
  6. "Bringin' It Backwards" – 1:32
  7. "How We Are" – 1:27
  8. "Theme Song for a New Brunswick Basement Show" – 2:04
  9. "Cut the Tension" – 1:55
  10. "The Truth About Lars" – 1:53
  11. "The Boy's No Good" – 1:12
  12. "The Verona Kings" – 2:08

References
Citations
  1. "Lifetime: Jersey's Best Dancers: Pitchfork Review". June 18, 2003. Archived from the original on June 18, 2003.
  2. Blest, Paul (June 18, 2014). "Jade Tree: The Essentials, the Overlooked, and the Rightfully Forgotten".
  3. Bird, ed. 2014, p. 69
  4. Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20130523095040/http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1469012
  6. "Jersey's Best Dancers - Lifetime | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  7. "Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers". www.punknews.org.
  8. "Lifetime: Jersey's Best Dancers: Pitchfork Review". 2003-06-18. Archived from the original on 2003-06-18. Retrieved 2017-07-15.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  9. "Jersey's Best Dancers - Lifetime | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  10. "With 'Jersey's Best Dancers,' Lifetime Accidentally Injected Pop Punk and Hardcore into Emo". Noisey. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
Sources
  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (191). ISSN 1465-0185.


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