Transgender Dysphoria Blues

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Transgender Dysphoria Blues
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Studio album by Against Me!
Released January 21, 2014[1]
Recorded Total Treble Studios, Elkton, Florida
Studio 606, Los Angeles, California
Earthsound Recording, Valdosta, GA
Motor Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre Punk rock, alternative rock, folk punk, queercore, pop punk
Length 28:43
Label Total Treble, Xtra Mile
Producer Laura Jane Grace
Against Me! chronology
Black Crosses
(2011)Black Crosses2011		 Transgender Dysphoria Blues
(2014)		 23 Live Sex Acts
(2015)23 Live Sex Acts2015
Singles from Transgender Dysphoria Blues
  1. "True Trans"
    Released: July 12, 2013
  2. "Unconditional Love"
    Released: May 26, 2014
  3. "Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ"
    Released: April 18, 2015
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Transgender Dysphoria Blues is the sixth studio album by punk band Against Me!. The album was released on January 21, 2014 by Total Treble Music and Xtra Mile Recordings. The album deals with gender dysphoria, following the coming out of Laura Jane Grace as a transgender woman.[2][3]

Recording history

The band first announced work on a new album in November 2011[4] The first sessions for the album were a false start, where the band started recording some basic tracks and then went on tour, and decided to scrap and start over when they got back from tour. Then, the record was completely recorded except for vocals when drummer Jay Weinberg quit the band. The band first tried to have fill-in drummer Atom Willard record drum tracks to match the previously recorded tracks, but it wasn't working.[5] Starting from scratch, the band began recording the album a final time at Studio 606 in February 2013.[6] In May 2013, long-time bassist Andrew Seward also left the band.[7] A month later, Fat Mike of NOFX joined the band in the studio,[8] playing on three songs, two of which appear on the album. That same month, tracking for the album was completed.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 82/100[10]
Review scores
Source Rating
Absolute Punk 9/10[11]
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[12]
Alternative Press 3.5/5 stars[13]
The A.V. Club B+[14]
NOW Magazine 5/5 stars[15]
Paste Magazine 9.3/10[16]
Pitchfork Media 7.5/10[17]
PopMatters 8/10[18]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[19]
Sputnikmusic 4.7/5 stars[20]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[21]

Will Hermes of Rolling Stone rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, and called it "A series of bracing songs about a self-destructive girl in a boy's body, it's a thematic offspring of Lou Reed (see Berlin, etc.)", and noted how "it takes balls to come out this way, in this genre" wishing Laura "God-speed, sister."[19] Also, Hermes said that the album musically "sticks to the band's established brand of warrior-cry punk metal", and this "limits the range of what might be an ever braver new world, one glimpsed on the softer acoustic 'Two Coffins.'"[19]

Accolades

Publication Rank List
American Songwriter 20 Top 50 Albums of 2014[22]
Consequence of Sound 6 Top 50 Albums of 2014 [23]
Noisey 2 TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014[24]
PopMatters 6 The 80 Best Albums of 2014[25]
Rolling Stone 15 50 Best Albums of 2014[26]
Spin 14 50 Best Albums of 2014[27]
Stereogum 14 The 50 Best Albums of 2014[28]
TIME 7 Top 10 Best Albums of 2014[29]
The Village Voice 10 Pazz+Jop Albums of 2014[30]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 23, their highest debut yet on the chart.[31] It also debuted at No. 6 on Top Rock Albums,[32] with 10,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold 42,000 copies in the United States as of August 2015.[33]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Laura Jane Grace. 

No. Title Length
1. "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" (often erroneously titled "Talking Transgender Dysphoria Blues") 3:16
2. "True Trans Soul Rebel"   3:12
3. "Unconditional Love"   2:51
4. "Drinking with the Jocks"   1:48
5. "Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ"   2:57
6. "FUCKMYLIFE666"   2:56
7. "Dead Friend"   3:02
8. "Two Coffins"   2:20
9. "Paralytic States" (also known as "Paralytic States of Dependency"[34]) 3:12
10. "Black Me Out"   3:09
Total length:
 28:43

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[35] 23
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[36] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[37] 6
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[38] 2

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production

Art and design

  • Christopher Norris and Laura Jane Grace – art direction
  • Steak Mtn – design, typography, and illustration

References

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  35. ↑ "Against Me! – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Against Me!. Retrieved 03 August 2015.
  36. ↑ "Against Me! – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Against Me!.
  37. ↑ "Against Me! – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Against Me!.
  38. ↑ "Against Me! – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Against Me!.
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