| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 72%[1] |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | 5/10[3] |
| Ox-Fanzine | 9/10[4] |
Before the Blackout is Allister's third studio album.
Release
It was released on October 11, 2005 on Drive-Thru Records. From late January until early March 2007, the band supported Mest on their tour of the U.S.[5] In March and April the band went on a tour of Japan, before breaking up.[6]
Track listing
(all songs written by Allister, except where noted otherwise)
- "Waiting" – 3:23
- "D²" – 4:09
- "A Lotta Nerve" (Allister, Dennis Hill) – 2:42
- "From the Ground Up" (Allister, Rory Cleveland) – 2:14
- "Blackout" – 4:08
- "Rewind" – 2:59
- "2 A.M." – 3:32
- "You Lied" – 3:23
- "A Study in Economics" – 3:35
- "Suffocation" – 2:55
- "Easy Answers" (Allister, Hill, Kyle Homme) – 2:55
- "The Legend of Pegleg Sullivan" – 2:45
- "Potential Suicide" – 3:11
- "Alone" – 4:04
- Bonus track
The Japanese version of the album, issued through In-n-Out Records, includes a bonus track. The track, sung in Japanese, is a cover version of a 1993 The Boom song.
- "Shima Uta" (Kazufumi Miyazawa (宮沢和史, Miyazawa Kazufumi)) – 3:06
Personnel
References
- ^ Beringer, Drew (November 20, 2005). "AbsolutePunk - Allister / Last Stop Suburbia". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Apar, Corey. "Before the Blackout - Allister | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Rauf, Raziq. "Album Review: Allister - Before The Blackout / Releases". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Wahle, Sebastian (December 2005 – January 2006). "Allister Before the Blackout CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Mest break up". Alternative Press. January 13, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ "Paramoreee". Alternative Press. March 6, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2016.