Writer's Block (Evergreen Terrace album)

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Writer's Block is a cover album released by the melodic hardcore band Evergreen Terrace in 2004. It contains mostly covers of songs that influenced the band. The band wrote this in their CD:

"Yeah, we know this isn't our new album. This is just a bunch of covers that we suckered Eulogy into putting out... Hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Roll Deep." - 01/04

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist (date)	Length
1.	"Maniac"	Michael Sembello	Michael Sembello (1983)	3:13
2.	"Zero"	Billy Corgan	The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)	2:52
3.	"Plowed"	Tim Cross, Joey Mazzola, Jimmy Paluzzi	Sponge (1994)	3:12
4.	"Stars"	Tim Lash, Matt Talbott	Hum (1995)	4:37
5.	"Knowledge"	Operation Ivy	Operation Ivy (1989)	1:56
6.	"Mad World"	Roland Orzabal	Tears for Fears (1983)	2:55
7.	"The Kids Aren't Alright"	Dexter Holland	The Offspring (1998)	3:05
8.	"Sunday Bloody Sunday"	U2	U2 (1983)	3:42
9.	"Dying Degree"	Fat Mike	NOFX (1994)	2:13
10.	"Brave Reality"	Evergreen Terrace	Original	6:26
Total length:				34:11

• "Brave Reality" contains a hidden track: sample's Drowning Pool's "Bodies", Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Punknews

Punknews reviewer Conduit praised the album, giving it 5 stars. The reviewer stated that the cover of "Zero" was "the weakest track on the CD" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" as being the least interesting one, while picking "Mad World" as the album's best song. Conduit said "Brave Reality" (the album's only original song) "is a step above their earlier material, mixing the hardcore parts with the melody a lot better then in the past". The reviewer concluded his review by calling the hidden track "fucking hilarious."

Personnel

• Andrew Carey – lead vocals
• Craig Chaney – lead guitar, clean vocals
• Josh James – rhythm guitar
• Jason Southwell – bass guitar
• Christopher Brown – drums