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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(69/100) ^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alt Press	^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
Blender	^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	(B) ^[6]
RapReviews	(8/10) ^[7]
Robert Christgau	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Spin	^[10]
Slant	^[11]
USA Today	^[12]

The Quilt is the fourth album by Gym Class Heroes released by Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance. The album was released on September 9, 2008.

Half of the album's 14 tracks are produced by Patrick Stump; Cool & Dre, Tricky Stewart, and Allstar produced the other half. Featured artists on the record include Busta Rhymes, Estelle, The-Dream, and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates. Additional background vocals on the album are also provided by Patrick Stump, Patty Crash, Andre Leon and Lyndsey Ray. Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy is also credited as working on a track.

Before the album was released frontman Travie McCoy stated "It's just gonna be a real, real solid record. The demos we have now are just bananas, ...(Guitarist) Disashi is just a monster on the new stuff. You're going to hear a lot more of him singing on this one and a lot more of his guitar skills that I don't think he really got to flex on the last record."

The album debuted at number fourteen on the Billboard 200 with 32,266 copies sold in its first-week.^[13]

Singles

The first single off the album was "Peace Sign/Index Down" which featured Busta Rhymes. It, however, made no impact globally so it was released alongside "Blinded By The Sun" and "Cookie Jar" featuring The-Dream. A video was shot for both "Peace Sign/Index Down" & "Cookie Jar" as they were official singles whereas "Blinded by the Sun" was a pre-release single off the album.

The next single off the album will be "Guilty as Charged" featuring Estelle. The song premiered on U.K. radio November 1. Travie McCoy announced on 102.7 KISS FM, in Los Angeles, Gym Class Heroes are planning to shoot the video for "Guilty As Charged" in Las Vegas sometime soon.

The song "Don't Tell Me It's Over" originally featured Lil Wayne.

While not released as a single, the song "Home" was featured on Madden NFL 09 without the minute long intro.

"Live a Little"'s music video was uploaded to YouTube November 17, 2009.

Early release

In some stores, The Quilt was released before the release date. The most prominent example is Future Shop, with the album being out on shelves before the release date, September 9.

iTunes version

Along with the normal 14 track album, iTunes also offered an extended edition for $12.99 that included three "Stressed Out Remix" versions of "Cookie Jar" and "Blinded By the Sun" and music videos of "Peace Sign / Index Down" and "Cookie Jar".

Track listing

#	Title	Producers	Featured Guests	Writers	Time
1	"Guilty as Charged"	Patrick Stump	Estelle	Travis McCoy, Patrick Stump	4:00
2	"Drnk Txt Rmeo"	Patrick Stump	Patty Crash	Travis McCoy, Patrick Stump	3:25
3	"Peace Sign/Index Down"	Cool & Dre	Busta Rhymes	Travis McCoy, André Lyon, Eddie Montilla, Marcello Valenzano, Tevor Smith, Jr.	4:01
4	"Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song)"	Patrick Stump		Travis McCoy, Harry Nilson, Patrick Stump	4:16
5	"Blinded by the Sun"	Patrick Stump	Patrick Stump	Travis McCoy, Corey Hart, Kevin Berenton, Patrick Stump	3:00
6	"Catch Me If You Can"	Patrick Stump		Travis McCoy, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz	5:07
7	"Cookie Jar"	Tricky Stewart	The-Dream	Travis McCoy, Christopher Stewart, Faheem Najm, Terius Nash	3:35
8	"Live a Little"	Patrick Stump		Travis McCoy, Adam MacDougall	3:43
9	"Don't Tell Me It's Over"	Cool & Dre	Dre	Travis McCoy, André Lyon, Eddie Montilla, Marcello Valenzano	4:11
10	"Live Forever (Fly With Me)"	Cool & Dre	Daryl Hall	Travis McCoy,André Lyon, Eddie Montilla, Marcello Valenzano	7:09
11	"Kissin' Ears"	Tricky Stewart	The-Dream	Travis McCoy, Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash	3:42
12	"Home"	Cool & Dre		Travis McCoy, André Lyon, Eddie Montilla, Marcello Valenzano	5:09
13	"No Place to Run"	Patrick Stump		Travis McCoy, Patrick Stump	3:45
14	"Coming Clean"	AllStar		Travis McCoy, Allen Gordon, Joel Campbell	3:02

Sales

The Quilt debuted at number fourteen in the Billboard 200, selling 32,266 units in its first week. It has also debuted at number forty-one in the UK Albums Chart, although the second single from the album became their third top ten hit in the UK. In the US, the album sold over 116,286 copies.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	14
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums	5
UK Albums Chart	41

References

^ Gym Class Heroes - The QuiltAbsolutepunk.net. Retrieved on June 24, 2008.
^ Metacritic score
^ Alt Press (#243, p. 162)
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Quilt at AllMusic
^ Blender review^{[dead link]}
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ RapReviews review
^ Robert Christgau review
^ Rolling Stone review
^ Spin review
^ Slant review
^ USA Today review^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7721/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-9-6-08

External links

The Quilt at Metacritic

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[1] Gym Class Heroes - The QuiltAbsolutepunk.net. Retrieved on June 24, 2008.

[2] Metacritic score

[3] Alt Press (#243, p. 162)

[4] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Quilt at AllMusic

[5] Blender review^{[dead link]}

[6] Entertainment Weekly review

[7] RapReviews review

[8] Robert Christgau review

[9] Rolling Stone review

[10] Spin review

[11] Slant review

[12] USA Today review^{[dead link]}

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 '''''The Quilt''''' is the fourth album by [[Gym Class Heroes]] released by [[Fueled By Ramen]]/[[Decaydance]]. The album was released on September 9, 2008.
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 ==References==
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+==External links==
+* {{metacritic album|the-quilt}}
 {{Gym Class Heroes}}

v t e Gym Class Heroes
Travie McCoy Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo Matt McGinley Eric Roberts Ryan Geise Milo Bonacci Sie One
Studio albums	...For the Kids The Papercut Chronicles As Cruel as School Children The Quilt The Papercut Chronicles II
Extended plays	Patches from the Quilt
Singles	"Taxi Driver" "The Queen and I" "New Friend Request" "Cupid's Chokehold" / "Breakfast in America" "Shoot Down the Stars" "Clothes Off!!" "Peace Sign/Index Down" "Cookie Jar" "Guilty as Charged" "Stereo Hearts" "Ass Back Home" "The Fighter"
Other songs	"Life Goes On"
Related articles	Discography