Lifetime

Lifetime are a five-piece melodic hardcore/pop punk/emo band from New Jersey that formed in 1990 and broke up in 1997. They played a few reunion shows in 2005 and ended up staying together and putting out a new album in 2007. Since then, they've still been fairly active with sporadic shows an such. They were signed to Jade Tree Records and then Decaydance when they reformed. Their guitarist Dan Yemin was also in Kid Dynamite and sang for Paint It Black. Hopefully this band doesn't really need much more of an introduction, since they are absolutely quintessential for any fan of pop punk or the less intense side of hardcore. Lifetime basically mastered the two-minute catchy d-beat rhythm sound, and thus have ended up being enormously influential. Jersey's Best Dancers is an absolute classic, as well as its predecessor Hello Bastards. There's really no need to rant on about how good they are, it's essentially a redundant statement of fact at this point, so enjoy.

Dwell (1991)

1. Dwell

2. Find

3. Souvenir

4. Gone

Background (1993)

1. You

2. Pieces

3. Myself

4. Thanks

5. Up

6. Bedtime

7. Old Friend

8. Ghost

9. Alive

10. Background

Tinnitus (1994)

1. Isae Aldy Beausoleil

2. Ferret

3. Star Sixty-Nine

4. Ampersand

Hello Bastards (1995)

1. Daneurysm

2. Rodeo Clown

3. Anchor

4. I'm Not Calling You

5. Bobby Truck Tricks

6. (The Gym Is) Neutral Territory

7. I Like You Ok

8. It's Not Funny Anymore (Husker Du cover)

9. Irony Is For Suckers

10. What She Said

11. Knives, Bats, New Tats

12. Ostrichsized

The Boy's No Good (1996)

1. The Boy's No Good

2. Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey

Jersey's Best Dancers (1997)

1. Turnpike Gates

2. Young, Loud And Scotty

3. Francie Nolan

4. 25 Cent Giraffes

5. Hey Catrine

6. Bringin' It Backwards

7. How We Are

8. Theme Song For A New Brunswick Basement Show

9. Cut The Tension

10. The Truth About Lars

11. The Boy's No Good

12. The Verona Kings

Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey (2006)

Disc 1

1. Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey

2. Isae Aldy Beausoleil

3. Ferret

4. Starsixtynine

5. Ampersand

6. Secede

7. Young, Loud And Scotty

8. Bringin' It Backwards

9. Theme Song For A New Brunswick Basement Show

10. New England (Billy Bragg cover)

11. Money (Embrace cover)

12. You

13. Pieces

14. Myself

15. Thanks

16. Up

17. Bedtime

18. Old Friend

19. Ghost

20. Alive

21. Background

22. Dwell

23. Find

24. Souvenir

25. Gone

26. Tradition

Disc 2

1. You

2. Pieces

3. Myself

4. Thanks

5. Up

6. Bedtime

7. Old Friend

8. Ghost

9. Alive

10. Background

11. You (Live)

12. Ghost (Live)

Note: Missing the last few songs, all live tracks

Two Songs (2006)

1. Haircuts And T-Shirts

2. All Night Long

Lifetime (2007)

1. Northbound Breakdown

2. Airport Monday Morning

3. Just A Quiet Evening

4. Haircuts And T-Shirts

5. Can't Think About It Now

6. Spiders In The Garden

7. Yeems Song For Nothing

8. Try And Stay Awake

9. Song For Mel

10. All Night Long

11. Records At Nite