Full Collapse

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Full Collapse is Thursday's second album and their debut on Victory Records. It combines post-hardcore influences with melodic elements and personal, emotional lyrics. The album helped to establish Thursday as an immensely popular group in the indie and alternative rock music scenes. Live cuts of "Understanding in a Car Crash", "Autobiography of a Nation", "Paris in Flames", and "Standing on the Edge of Summer" appear on the band's 2002 Victory Records live EP Five Stories Falling. The album reached #178 on The Billboard 200. There is also a Special Edition of the album, which includes the videos for the two released singles ("Understanding in a Car Crash" and "Cross Out the Eyes") and several Thursday-themed desktop computer wallpapers.

Printed directly on the inner circle of the disc are the words, "Full Collapse On Impact". "Standing on the Edge of Summer" is written about Rickly's grandmother.

Track listing

• All lyrics written by Geoff Rickly, All music written by Thursday

1. "A0001" – 0:36
2. "Understanding in a Car Crash" – 4:24
3. "Concealer" – 2:19
4. "Autobiography of a Nation" – 3:55
5. "A Hole in the World" – 3:27
6. "Cross Out the Eyes" – 4:08
7. "Paris in Flames" – 4:33
8. "I Am the Killer" – 3:35
9. "Standing on the Edge of Summer" – 3:42
10. "Wind-Up" – 4:23
11. "How Long Is the Night?" – 5:45
12. "I1100" – 1:40

Personnel

• Geoff Rickly - vocals
• Tom Keeley - guitar, vocals
• Steve Pedulla - guitar, vocals
• Tim Payne - bass guitar
• Tucker Rule - drums

• Sal Villanueva - Production, additional guitar (on "Autobiography of a Nation" and "Wind-Up")
• Tim Giles - Engineering, mixing, strings and melotone (on "Paris in Flames")
• Erin Farley - Engineering, additional guitar (on "Understanding in a Car Crash")
• Codie Brown - Assistant engineer
• Timo G. Less - Mastering
• Frank Giokas - Additional guitar (on "Standing on the Edge of Summer")
• Thomas Schlatter - Additional vocals (on "Autobiography of a Nation" and "Cross Out the Eyes")
• Jerry Boland - Additional guitar/vocals (on "Autobiography of a Nation" and "Paris in Flames")
• Joe Darone - Additional vocals (on "Autobiography of a Nation")
• Mike Chapman - Cover photographs
• Dennis Keeley - Centre photographs
• Patrick Larson - Design, art direction

Singles

• "Understanding in a Car Crash"
• "Cross Out the Eyes"
• "Standing on the Edge of Summer"

Videos

• "Cross Out the Eyes"
• "Understanding in a Car Crash" (w/ live footage)

In other media

• The song "Standing on the Edge of Summer" was featured in the 2002 Wes Craven film, They. It is heard playing on Julia's stereo when she is stranded in her car late at night.
• "The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out (of Control)" on Thursday's 2006 album A City by the Light Divided retells the story of "Understanding in a Car Crash" from a different point of view.

References

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