''Progress'' is an

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released by

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on July 17, 2001 through

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. The LP was originally titled ''Artificial Intelligence and the Fall of Technology''. The album was recorded during a tumultuous time in the band's lineup. Several members had left the band after the recording of ''

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'', though former saxophonist Noah Gaffney contributed on the song "Anyone But You." Gaffney's position was eventually filled by saxophonist Steve Borth, formerly of

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ska-punk band

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. After the departure of James Salamone on bass, the band had many temporary replacements, including Johnny Tsagakis, drummer Chris Tsagakis' younger brother. Joe Troy, a longtime friend of Embree who helped write the song "What If?", eventually joined the band as a permanent bass player. Steve Choi, formerly of

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, also became a full member playing guitar and keyboards. Choi had also played keyboards on the demos that the band made for ''Progress'', but when it came time to record, they decided to have Rich Zahniser of

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play on the album, because at the time he was touring with the band. Former

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trombonist Chris Colonnier also played with the band at times in the same role as Zahniser. Progress was ranked #207 on the greatest albums in 2001. Shortly after the release of ''Progress'', Chris Sheets joined as a second trombone player. Not long after that, Rich Balling quit the band. The album spawned the band's first music video for the song "Analog Boy." The band wouldn't make a second music video for another 5 years, until the title track of 2006's '' ...And the Battle Begun''.

Track listing

All songs written by

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, except where noted. # " – 0:28" – 0:28 # "VCG³" (

Rich Balling Rich Balling (also known as R. Loren or Rich Loren) is an American musician, producer, and curator. He is best known for being a former member of Rx Bandits. He is also known for his work in Pyramids, The Sound of Animals Fighting, and being the ...

) – 3:44 # "Consequential Apathy" – 2:36 # "Analog Boy" – 4:13 # "Get" – 2:42 # "All the Time" – 3:55 # "In All Rwanda's Glory" – 3:35 # "Babylon" – 3:20 # "Who Would've Thought" – 3:15 # "Status" – 3:28 # "Anyone But You" (Rich Balling) – 3:03 # "Nugget" – 4:59 # "Progress" – 3:28 # "Nothing Sacred" – 2:58 # "Infection" – 6:53

Personnel

* Rich Balling –

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* Matt Embree – vocals,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* James Salomone –

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* Chris Tsagakis –

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Additional musicians

* Kate Carter –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

* Alan Elliot –

clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

* Christopher Fudurich – aural chaos * Noah Gaffney –

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* Brad Lindsay –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* David Vokoun –

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* Rich Zahniser –

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, trombone

References

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