''Progress'' is an

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released by Rx Bandits 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 '' Halfway between Here and There'', 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) – 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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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Matt Embree – vocals,

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* James Salomone –

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* Chris Tsagakis –

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Additional musicians

* Kate Carter –

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* Alan Elliot –

clavinet The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respond ...

* Christopher Fudurich – aural chaos * Noah Gaffney –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

* Brad Lindsay –

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* David Vokoun –

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* Rich Zahniser –

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, trombone

References

{{Authority control Rx Bandits albums 2001 albums Drive-Thru Records albums