Cavalier Eternal

"Cavalier Eternal" is a song by the Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band Against Me!, released as the first single from their 2003 album Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy. While the album was released by Fat Wreck Chords, the 7-inch singles for "Cavalier Eternal" and "Sink, Florida, Sink" were released by the band's previous label No Idea Records, using alternate versions of the songs that differ from the versions on the album.

"Cavalier Eternal"
Single by Against Me!
from the album Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy
A-side"Cavalier Eternal"
B-side"You Look Like I Need a Drink"
ReleasedMay 4, 2004
RecordedAugust 2003
StudioArdent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee
GenrePunk rock, folk punk
Length5:38
LabelNo Idea (151)
Songwriter(s)Laura Jane Grace
Producer(s)Rob McGregor
Against Me! singles chronology
"The Disco Before the Breakdown"
(2002)		 "Cavalier Eternal"
(2004)		 "Sink, Florida, Sink"
(2005)

Background

For the recording of their second album, Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy, Against Me! chose work with producer Rob McGregor, who had recorded their first album and two previous EPs.[1] The band planned to record at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, where they could make an all-analog recording with very few overdubs.[2] In order to ensure that McGregor would be familiar with the new songs by the time they went to Memphis, the band recorded demos for the entire album at his Goldentone Studios in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida on July 15 in the span of a few hours.[2] The rest of the album was recorded that August at Ardent.[3] The version of "Cavalier Eternal" from the July 15 Goldentone session was used on the album, as Fat Wreck Chords head Fat Mike preferred it to the version recorded at Ardent.[3][4] The band elected to release the Ardent version as a single through their previous label No Idea Records, along with a single for "Sink, Florida, Sink", both singles using alternate versions of songs from the album's recording sessions.[5] The B-side of "Cavalier Eternal" is an acoustic recording of "You Look Like I Need a Drink", while the album version was recorded with a full band and electric instrumentation.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Laura Jane Grace; all music is composed by Against Me!.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Cavalier Eternal" (alternate version)2:52
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."You Look Like I Need a Drink" (acoustic)2:46
Total length:5:38

Personnel

Band

Production

See also

References
  1. "Against Me! Recording Plans". Punknews.org. 2003-07-08. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  2. "Against Me! to release The Original Cowboy on Fat this summer". Punknews.org. 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  3. Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy (CD). Against Me!. San Francisco: Fat Wreck Chords. 2003. 667-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Gabel, Tom (2009-04-23). "The Original Cowboy!". againstme.net. Against Me!. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-10. At the insistence of Fat Mike, the song 'Cavalier Eternal' from the 7/15/03 session did end up making it onto As The Eternal Cowboy, Mike preferring the demo to the version made at Ardent.
  5. "Two new Against Me! 7"s". Punknews.org. 2003-10-12. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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