Title: Fast Times at Barrington High
Release Date: August 19th, 2008
Label: Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance/Atlantic
Recorded in: Manhattan/New York City
Producer: Sam Hollander and Dave Katz
Artwork:


Summer Hair = Forever Young Artwork:


About a Girl Artwork:


Winter Passing Artwork (By: The Butcher):


Track Listing:
01. About A Girl* - Featuring Ryland Blackinton - released July 15, 2008
02. Summer Hair = Forever Young* - Featuring Blake Healy - released July 22, 2008
03. His Girl Friday - Featuring Alex Suarez & Blake Healy - released to SLH on July 25, 2008
04. The Test
05. Rumored Nights
06. Automatic Eyes
07. Crowded Room - featuring Gabe Saporta & Mason Musso - clip heard in TAI TV episode #84 July 27, 2008
08. Coppertone
09. After The Last Midtown Show - featuring Andrew McMahon
10. Beware! Cougar!
11. Paper Chase
12. One More Weekend

Fast Times Bonus Tracks:
- Every Burden Has a Version
- Sodium
- About a Girl (acoustic)
- His Girl Friday (acoustic)

Other:
- Winter Passing* - released December 2, 2008 on digitally.

The * indicates the song is a single or has a video.

Produced by S*A*M and Sluggo
Engineered by Cladius Mittendorfer and Sean Gould; additional engineering by Bryan Russell
Recorded at Fresh Kill Studio, Ash Studio, and Avatar Studio in NYC, May-June 2008
Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 mixed by Machine
Mixed at Machine Shop in Weehawken, NJ
Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9 mixed by Stephen Harris
Tracks 1 and 3 mixed by Tom Lord-Alge
Mixed at South Beach Studios
Assisted by Femio Hernandez

Mastered by Scott Hull at Scott Hull Mastering in NYC
Additional Vocals: Ryland Blackinton on "About a Girl", Alex Suarez on "His Girl Friday", Gabe Saporta & Mason Musso on "Crowded Room"
Blake Healy - Keyboards on "Summer Hair = Forever Young" and "His Girl Friday"
Andrew McMahon - Piano on "After the Last Midtown Show"

Mason Musso and Blake Healy appear courtesy of Columbia Records
Andrew McMahon appears courtesy of Sire Records

Art Direction and Design: Mike Yardley/Skull With Hair - SkullWithHair.com
Additional Art Direction: Jack Edinger
Photos: Courtney Beckett
Band Photo: Taylor Gahm

Management: Jonathan Daniel, Bob McLynn, and Alex Sarti for Crush Management.
Legal: Peter Lewit
Booking: Andrew Simon for CAA Agency and Mark Ngui for Primary Talent
Business Management: Murray Richman and Nathan Richman for Rich Management
A&R Administration: Lesley Melincoff
Marketing: Eric Wong
Tour Management: Tony Marino
6th Man Award: Jack Edinger

All songs copyright 2008 Ponytail Dad/EMI April Music (ASCAP) / Mayday Malone Music and
State One Songs (ASCAP) adm, by S1 Songs (ASCAP)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Reptillian
Music. All rights on behalf of itself and Reptillian Music adm. by EMI Blackwood Music. Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved.

All music by The Academy Is...
All melody and lyrics by William Beckett
except 1-6, 11 by William Beckett, Sam Hollander, and Dave Katz.

Lyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Random Facts:
- Pete Wentz has called the demos "Mind blowing." and "Miles away from where they were."
- About a Girl hit radios August 11, 2008.
- After the Last Midtown Show was apparently written about the only girl William ever loved.
- The album sold 35,000 copies in its first week, making it #17 on the Billboard 200.
- Winter Passing wasn't on Fast Times...but it was a single released digitally on itunes on December 2, 2008. The video was released on December 21, 2008, but the only member of TAI included was William Beckett.

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