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Good Morning Revival is the fourth studio album by Good Charlotte and the follow up to the 2004 release The Chronicles of Life and Death. It is the first album to feature Dean Butterworth on drums, who joined the band in March 2007 after former drummer Chris Wilson departed in 2005. Billy Martin has mentioned in an interview that Benji Madden came up with the name for the album.[1] The sound of Good Morning Revival has more of an Punk Rock style than the previous Good Charlotte albums. This style can be heard in the albums third single, "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)", which is the most successful song on the album by debuting at #2 on the Australian charts and reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Delay of release date

Originally, guitarist Billy Martin mentioned on his blog on the band's website that the album would hopefully be out for Christmas 2006. However the album's original release date was June 2006, but was pushed back numerous times before confirmed on the band's website. The release was pushed back to October, after which it was pushed back further to February 2007. Lead singer Joel Madden said in an interview with MuchMusic that the album release has been pushed back once more to March 5, 2007.[3] On December 6, 2006, the band's website said that the album will now be released March 20, 2007. Days later the band posted a new message on their website saying that the album will be released March 27, 2007.

Internet releases

On Good Charlotte's website, Benji Madden posted a video and announced that the song "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" would be posted on the band's MySpace. The song premiered September 22, 2006 online and it became available to hear at the band's MySpace account and at the official Good Charlotte website. Later, a video for the song was posted in the band's MySpace page on October 26, 2006. The first single from the album, "The River", featuring Avenged Sevenfold's lead singer, M. Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates, appeared online January 4, 2007.

At midnight, on January 23, 2007 the forthcoming record was made available for preorder on iTunes. When pre-ordered, "The River" is downloaded immediately, while the rest of the album is queued to be downloaded on the released date. Preordering on iTunes also provides the exclusive bonus version of the aforementioned single, and a music video of an acoustic session of the song, "Misery". An acoustic version of "March On" could be downloaded through the band's provided that you registered as a member. In addition to the tracks listed below, if bought at Wal-Mart, 5 exclusive songs from their Soundstage performance can be downloaded.

Reception

Initial critical response to Good Morning Revival ranged from average to negative. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 45, based on 18 reviews.[4]

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Japan March 13, 2007 AVEX Trax CD
Ireland March 16, 2007 CD
Australia March 17, 2007 Sony Records CD
Italy, United Kingdom March 19, 2007 CD
Canada, USA March 27, 2007 Epic Records, Daylight Records CD

Track listing

Standard edition

"The River"
A 30-second sample of "The River", the first single from Good Morning Revival. The song features members from Avenged Sevenfold, M. Shadows and Synyster Gates.
"Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)"
A sample of "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)", the third single released from Good Morning Revival. In an episode of TRL, Joel Madden mentioned the song was about the experience of his previous relationship.
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  1. "Good Morning Revival" – 0:56 (Joel Madden, Benji Madden)
  2. "Misery" – 3:49 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  3. "The River" – 3:15 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, featuring M. Shadows, and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold)
  4. "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)" – 4:04 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  5. "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" – 3:25 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden)
  6. "Victims of Love" – 3:45 (Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Don Gilmore)
  7. "Where Would We Be Now" – 3:58 (Billy Martin, Joel Madden, Benji Madden)
  8. "Break Apart Her Heart" – 3:19 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore, Paul Thomas)
  9. "All Black" – 4:19 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  10. "Beautiful Place" – 3:50 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  11. "Something Else" – 3:19 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)
  12. "Broken Hearts Parade" – 3:15 (Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Don Gilmore)
  13. "March On" – 3:13 (Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Don Gilmore)

iTunes edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  1. "The River" (acoustic version) (iTunes bonus track) – 3:32
  2. Digital booklet of Good Morning Revival

Wal-Mart edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  • 5 exclusive downloaded tracks from their Soundstage performance.

Best Buy edition

  • All thirteen songs from U.S. standard edition
  • Bonus track
  1. "Jealousy" (bonus track) – 3:15

Target edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  • Bonus DVD with GCTV episodes 1-3 and videos
  1. GCTV episode 1
  2. GCTV episode 2
  3. GCTV episode 3
  4. Good Morning Revival
  5. "The River" (music video)
  6. The Making of "The River"
  7. "Beautiful Place" (acoustic video)

This edition is also being sold in Kmart stores in Australia.

Japanese edition

  • All thirteen tracks from U.S. standard edition
  • Bonus tracks
  1. "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" (Broken Spindles Remix) (Bonus track) – 4:35
  2. "Face the Strange" (bonus track) – 2:59

B-sides

The band mentioned that they created over 60 B-sides for the album. Only three of them were released as bonus tracks on Good Morning Revival bought in certain stores. They also mentioned that they weren't happy with most of the tracks so they made more. Most of the songs that made it on the album were songs they made last. On May 1st, 2009, Benji Madden posted "No Communication" on the Good Charlotte official website stating that it was a song they made while working on "Good Morning Revival". [5]

  1. "Face the Strange" – 2:59
  2. "Jealousy" – 3:15
  3. "You're Gone" – 3:22

Charts

The album has achieved spots on album charts in many countries. Good Charlotte have achieved top 10 chart debuts in thirteen countries, making Good Morning Revival their highest international chart positions ever. Following its release, the album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 66,000 copies in its first week.[6]

Chart (2007) Peak
Position
Argentinean Albums Chart[7] 4
Australian Albums Chart[8] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 1
Billboard 200[10] 2
Billboard Comprehensive Albums[11] 3
Billboard European Top 100 Albums[12] 9
Billboard Top Digital Albums[13] 4
Billboard Top Internet Albums 4
Billboard Top Rock Albums[14] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[15] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[16] 5
Estonian Albums Chart 5
Finnish Albums Chart[17] 1
French Albums Chart[18] 3
Chart (2007) Peak
Position
German Albums Chart[19] 1
Greek Albums Chart[20] 8
Hong Kong Albums Chart[21] 4
Hungarian Albums Chart[22] 3
Irish Albums Chart[23] 3
Italian Albums Chart[24] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[25] 1
Mexican Albums Chart[26] 6
New Zealand Albums Chart[27] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[28] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[29] 7
Taiwanese Albums Chart[30] 5
Thai Albums Chart[31] 8
UK Albums Chart[32] 1

Chart positions

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