Chuck (Sum 41 album)

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Chuck is an album by Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is also the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh. He left the band on May 11, 2006 to pursue his career with his new band Brown Brigade.

The album is named after a UN peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the band was filming a documentary for War Child Canada. Fighting broke out during the filming and Chuck helped the band evacuate from their hotel during the fighting (Chuck was staying in the same hotel during that time).

Track listing

1. "Intro"- 0:46
2. "No Reason"– 3:04
3. "We're All to Blame"– 3:38
4. "Angels With Dirty Faces" 2:23
5. "Some Say"– 3:26
6. "The Bitter End"– 2:51
7. "Open Your Eyes"– 2:45
8. "Slipping Away"– 2:29
9. "I'm Not The One"– 3:34
10. "Welcome To Hell"– 1:56
11. "Pieces"– 3:02
12. "There's No Solution"– 3:18
13. "88"– 4:40

Japanese Tour Edition

1. Noots – 3:51
2. Moron – 2:00
3. Subject To Change- 3:17

The Japanese Tour Edition also contains a bonus disc.

1. Pieces (Acoustic) - 3:18
2. No Brains (Acoustic) - 3:04
3. Over My Head (Better Off Dead) (Acoustic) - 2:46
4. Some Say (Acoustic) - 3:42
5. There's No Solution (Acoustic) - 3:28

Singles

• "We're All to Blame" - 2004
• "Pieces" - 2005
• "Some Say" - 2005
• "No Reason" - 2005

Band Lineup

1. Deryck Whibley-Vocals, Guitar, Piano
2. Dave Baksh-Guitar,
3. Cone McCaslin-Bass,
4. Steve Jocz-Drums

Trivia

• The album also comes in Enhanced CD versions.
• "Noots" appears on the soundtrack for the motion picture The Fantastic Four (2005).
• "Moron" is an improved version of the one which appeared on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 compilation by Fat Wreck Cords.
• This is the last album to be recorded with the "classic" Sum 41 lineup (Whibley, Baksh, McCaslin, and Jocz).
• The chorus for "Subject to Change" was redone as the chorus for the song "Underclass Hero" for the album Underclass Hero.
• "88" is named for the tempo of the song, which is 88 bpm.
• "We're All to Blame" was used in the fightscene between Zilla and Godzilla in Godzilla Final Wars.
• In the CD insert, Deryck Whibley is labeled as Biz instead of Bizzy D and Steve Jocz is labeled as Stevo instead of Stevo 32.