Don't Tread on Me (album)

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Don't Tread On Me
Studio album by 311
Released	August 16, 2005
Recorded	February - May 2005 at The Hive in North Hollywood, California
Genre	Alternative rock Reggae rock
Length	37:27
Label	Volcano Records
Producer	Ron Saint Germain, 311
Professional reviews
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311 chronology
Greatest Hits '93-'03 (2004) Don't Tread On Me (2005)

Don't Tread On Me is the eighth studio album by 311, which was released on August 16, 2005. The first single, "Don't Tread On Me", was released to radio on July 26, 2005. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and #1 on the R&R Panel Alternative chart. The second single, "Speak Easy", was released on November 22, 2005 and a third "Frolic Room," was released on June 13, 2006. Despite the success of the leadoff single, the album failed to receive an RIAA certification.

This is the third 311 album recorded in 311's recording studio The Hive in North Hollywood, California.

The album is around the 90th (often varies due to other albums having the same rating) worst reviewed album in the history of Metacritic [1]. However, it's worth noting that despite the 51/100 rating, no review of the album was lower than a 40/100 [2].

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Trivia 3 Singles 3.1 Frolic Room 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Don't Tread on Me" – 3:07
2. "Thank Your Lucky Stars" – 3:24
3. "Frolic Room" – 3:34
4. "Speak Easy" – 3:26
5. "Solar Flare" – 3:11
6. "Waiting" – 3:17
7. "Long For the Flowers" – 2:49
8. "Getting Through to Her" – 3:24
9. "Whiskey & Wine" – 2:59
10. "It's Getting OK Now" – 3:04
11. "There's Always An Excuse" – 5:07

[edit] Trivia

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• Outtakes from the album include: "Little Brother", "Take My Money", "Stealing My Girl", "Wandering Around", "Into the Flame", & "Go".

• The song "Long For The Flowers" is a re-working of an outtake from the 1997 album "Transistor". The original song was called "Grifters".^{[citation needed]}

• The song "Little Brother" is an outtake that didn't make the album, but has been released on iTunes.^{[citation needed]}

• The song "Frolic Room" is named for lead singer Nick Hexum's favorite Los Angeles bar. This song is not the first time he mentions the Frolic Room; it first comes up in "Guns (are for pussies)" on 311 ("Hollywood Boulevard barfly Frolic Room"), then again in lyrics to "Livin' and Rockin'", the final track on 1999's "Soundsystem" ("with whiskey soaked Frolic Room tobacco mouth"). S.A. Martinez called the song "an insurance policy (for 311) to reserve a slot on their juke for eternity." [3]

• "Speak Easy" was inspired by the studies of Wilhelm Reich. [4] S.A. Martinez claims that Reich's "belief is that any emotion we carry, we must let out. Otherwise, this said emotion will sit within us and manifest itself in ways which may not be good for our health. We create blocks that turn into physical symptoms that initially were emotions we denied ourselves from experiencing. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it."

• "Getting Through to Her" is a song about a man trying to make a connection with a girl who suffered from sexual abuse as a child. [5]

• "Solar Flare" is three minutes and 11 seconds long, and the only song with "rap" in the album.^{[citation needed]}

• The album artwork was designed by "Studio Number One."

• This was the second 311 album not to receive a RIAA certification.^{[citation needed]}

• Certain lyrics in the song "Don't Tread on Me", "There's a clock in my head/ And despite what it says/ Another one on the wall/ They don't agree at all", reference similar lyrics in the song "Day In Day Out" by XTC.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Singles

[edit] Frolic Room

Frolic Room is the third song on the album and has a happy vibe to it. The song was written about the Frolic Room, a bar where lead singer Nick Hexum enjoys spending time. There is also a line about the Frolic Room in the song "Livin' and Rockin'", from 1999's Soundsystem. The Frolic Room is also mentioned in "Guns (Are For Pussies)" from the bands eponymously titled "blue album."

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"Don't Tread On Me"	Modern Rock Tracks	2
2005	"Don't Tread On Me"	U.S. Pop 100	93
2006	"Speak Easy"	Modern Rock Tracks	22

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