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''In Defense of The Genre'' is the third full-length studio album by American pop-punk band Say Anything, released on October 23, 2007 through J Records as a double disc album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Say Anything to Release Full-Length this October )〕 It debuted at number 27 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 25,000 copies in its first week.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Underwood Leads Three Country Debuts Onto Chart )〕 The first single, "Baby Girl, I'm a Blur", was released October 2, 2007 on iTunes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Say Anything, Hellogoodbye Set For MySpace Tour )〕 The album artwork was provided by Jeff Smith, an artist primarily known for his work on the ''Bone'' comic series. On September 19, 2007, fans could pre-order an autographed copy of the album with an optional Say Anything T-shirt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pre Order In Defense of The Genre! )〕 An extra booklet was packaged with the CDs, autographed by Max Bemis, Alex Kent, and Jeff Turner. ==Background== Writing and plans for ''In Defense of the Genre'' began in March 2006 during Say Anything's extensive touring and promotion for the reissue of their previous effort, ''…Is a Real Boy''. The band started rehearsing and piecing together the album through pre-production the next year in January 2007, until the record was finally completed half a year later in September.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Say Anything Finish new Album )〕 Max Bemis described in an interview that the record is more focused on "observations of other people", unlike ''...Is a Real Boys lyrical content revolving solely on Bemis and his problems.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Say Anything Eyes Early 2007 For New CD )〕 The record "picks up in my life where (a Real Boy'' ) left off because it is very autobiographical, even more so than the last record. Musically, it's different, more mature and somewhat more cohesive and poppy, but darker in a whole different way."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview: Say Anything (Max Bemis) - 06.19.07 )〕 The album features 23 individual guest vocalists and musicians, including Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, Pete Yorn, Anna Waronker, Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday, Aaron Gillespie of Underoath and The Almost, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, and Hayley Williams of Paramore. Additional instrumentation was handled by DJ Swamp and Casey Prestwood, whom contributed on turntable and pedal steel guitar, respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rock Veterans Guest On New Say Anything Album )〕 The December issue of ''Alternative Press'' reported that Jesse Lacey of Brand New chose not to collaborate. In December 2007, Absolutepunk.net did a 3-part video series showing an in depth look at the recording of ''In Defense of the Genre''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABSOLUTExclusive: Say Anything Video Series (Part 1 Of 3) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABSOLUTExclusive: Say Anything Video Series (Part 2 Of 3) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABSOLUTExclusive: Say Anything Video Series (Part 3 Of 3) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「In Defense of the Genre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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