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The Quilt is the fourth studio album by American rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, released by Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance on September 9, 2008.

The Quilt
Studio album by Gym Class Heroes
Released	September 9, 2008[1]
Genre	Alternative hip hop alternative rock alternative R&B
Length	58:04
Label	Decaydance Fueled by Ramen
Producer	Patrick Stump Cool & Dre Tricky Stewart Allstar
Gym Class Heroes chronology
As Cruel as School Children (2006) The Quilt (2008) The Papercut Chronicles II (2011)
Singles from The Quilt
"Peace Sign/Index Down" Released: July 8, 2008 "Cookie Jar" Released: July 8, 2008 "Guilty as Charged" Released: December 1, 2008

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(69/100)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	[3]
AllMusic	[4]
Blender	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[6]
RapReviews	(8/10)[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]
Slant	[11]
USA Today	[12]

Half of the album's 14 tracks are produced by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy; Cool & Dre, Tricky Stewart, and Allstar produced the other half. Featured artists on the record include Busta Rhymes, Estelle, The-Dream, and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates. Additional background vocals on the album are also provided by Patrick Stump, Patty Crash, Andre Leon and Lyndsey Ray. Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy is also credited as working on a track.

Before the album was released frontman Travie McCoy stated "It's just gonna be a real, real solid record. The demos we have now are just bananas, ...(Guitarist) Disashi is just a monster on the new stuff. You're going to hear a lot more of him singing on this one and a lot more of his guitar skills that I don't think he really got to flex on the last record."

The album debuted at number fourteen on the Billboard 200 with 32,266 copies sold in its first-week.[13]

Singles

The first single off the album was "Peace Sign/Index Down" which featured Busta Rhymes. It, however, made no impact globally so it was released alongside "Blinded By The Sun" and "Cookie Jar" featuring The-Dream. A video was shot for both "Peace Sign/Index Down" & "Cookie Jar" as they were official singles whereas "Blinded by the Sun" was a pre-release single off the album.

The next single from the album was "Guilty as Charged" featuring Estelle. The song premiered on UK radio November 1, and Gym Class Heroes later shot the video for the song in Las Vegas.

The song "Don't Tell Me It's Over" originally featured Lil Wayne.

While not released as a single, the song "Home" was featured on Madden NFL 09 without the minute-long intro.

"Live a Little"'s music video was uploaded to YouTube on November 17, 2009.

Early release

In some stores, The Quilt was released before the release date. The most prominent example is Future Shop, with the album being out on shelves before the release date, September 9.

iTunes version

Along with the normal 14-track album, iTunes also offered an extended edition for $12.99 that included three "Stressed Out Remix" versions of "Cookie Jar" and "Blinded By the Sun" and music videos of "Peace Sign / Index Down" and "Cookie Jar".

Commercial performance

The Quilt debuted at number fourteen in the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 32,266 copies in its first week, becoming the group's highest peaking album on the chart. As of October 2009, the album has sold 108,000 copies in the United States.[14]

In the United Kingdom, the album also debuted at number forty-one in the UK Albums Chart, even though the second single from the album became their third top ten hit in the UK.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	41
US Billboard 200	14
US Billboard Top Rap Albums	5

References

Citations

Sources

External links

• The Quilt at Metacritic

На других языках

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- [en] The Quilt

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[es] The Quilt

The Quilt es el cuarto álbum de estudio de Gym Class Heroes, lanzado el 9 de septiembre de 2008 por Fueled by Ramen. La mitad de los 14 temas del álbum fueron producidos por Patrick Stump con los productores Cool & Dre, Tricky Stewart mientras que Allstar produjo la otra mitad.

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[ru] The Quilt

The Quilt — четвёртый студийный альбом группы Gym Class Heroes. Его релиз состоялся 9 сентября 2008 года. Дебютировал на 14 месте в Billboard 200, с продажей 32.266 копий. Также на 41 месте в UK Albums Chart.

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