Warning Device is the third studio album by the American pop punk band Teenage Bottlerocket.
| Warning Device | ||||
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| Released | January 8, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Blasting Room | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 27:51 | |||
| Label | Red Scare | |||
| Teenage Bottlerocket chronology | ||||
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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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| Punknews.org | 7/10[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
- "Bottlerocket" – 0:51
- "In the Basement" – 1:56
- "Gave You My Heart" – 2:21
- "She's Not the One" – 2:08
- "Pacemaker" – 2:29
- "Social Life" – 1:58
- "Welcome to the Nuthouse" – 1:46
- "Anna's Song" – 2:06
- "On My Own" – 2:40
- "Totally Stupid" – 2:18
- "Crawling Back to You" – 2:26
- "Warning Device" – 2:29
- "Wasting Time" – 2:23
Vinyl/digital bonus track
- "I Know You Know" – 2:28