Warning Device
Studio album by
Teenage Bottlerocket
ReleasedJanuary 8, 2008
RecordedBlasting Room
GenrePunk rock
Length27:51
LabelRed Scare
Teenage Bottlerocket chronology
Total
(2005)		 Warning Device
(2008)		 They Came from the Shadows
(2009)

Warning Device is the third studio album by the American pop punk band Teenage Bottlerocket.

Release

It was released on January 8, 2008 on Red Scare Records, their last release for the label. A music video was released for "In the Basement" on February 4, 2008. The following month, the band embarked on a West Coast US tour with Dead to Me, the Femurs and Broadway Calls, which led into an East Coast tour with the Copyrights.[1][2][3] In August 2008, the band embarked on a headlining tour of Canada with support from Riptides and the Sidekicks, followed by a handful of US shows.[4][5] In October 2008, they then appeared at Riot Fest, before going on a short US tour.[6][7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Punknews.org7/10[9]

Stewart Mason, in his review for AllMusic, says, "Warning Device is an album strictly for pop-punk purists", calling it "old-school pop-punk done up right, with equal emphasis on the pop side of the hyphen..."[8] Punknews.org ranked the album at number nine on their list of the year's 20 best releases.[10]

Track listing

  1. "Bottlerocket" – 0:51
  2. "In the Basement" – 1:56
  3. "Gave You My Heart" – 2:21
  4. "She's Not the One" – 2:08
  5. "Pacemaker" – 2:29
  6. "Social Life" – 1:58
  7. "Welcome to the Nuthouse" – 1:46
  8. "Anna's Song" – 2:06
  9. "On My Own" – 2:40
  10. "Totally Stupid" – 2:18
  11. "Crawling Back to You" – 2:26
  12. "Warning Device" – 2:29
  13. "Wasting Time" – 2:23

Vinyl/digital bonus track

  1. "I Know You Know" – 2:28

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ White, Adam (February 4, 2008). "Teenage Bottlerocket: 'In The Basement'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ White, Adam (February 12, 2008). "Teenage Bottlerocket / The Copyrights". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ Paul, Aubin (March 3, 2008). "Broadway Calls". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ Paul, Aubin (June 23, 2008). "Teenage Bottlerocket / The Sidekicks / The Riptides (Canada)". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ White, Adam (July 28, 2008). "Teenage Bottlerocket split with the Ergs!, tour updates". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  6. ↑ Paul, Aubin (July 15, 2008). "Riot Fest with Bosstones, ALL, Leftover Crack, TSOL, Ergs, Reagan Youth, Paint It Black". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ Paul, Aubin (October 7, 2008). "Teenage Bottlerocket". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Warning Device at AllMusic
  9. ↑ Punknews review
  10. ↑ Shultz, Brian (December 31, 2008). "Best of 2008: Punknews.org (2008)". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
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