Learning to Breathe is the third studio album by the band Switchfoot

Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

. It was released on September 26, 2000 and has since been certified Gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 copies shipped. It was their final record for independent label re:think Records, which was distributed by Sparrow Records

Sparrow Records

-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...

. This album also received a Grammy

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album

Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album was awarded from 1991 to 2011. From 1991 to 1993 it was awarded as Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album. In 2011 the category was known as Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album....

 in 2001, mainly because of the band's affiliation with a CCM

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 label, not because of the band's musical genre.

Track listing

All songs written by Jon Foreman

Jon Foreman

Jonathan Mark Foreman is the lead singer, lead guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and bassist Tim Foreman ....

 except where noted.

1. "I Dare You to Move
   Dare You to Move
   "Dare You to Move" is a single by the alternative rock band Switchfoot from the band's fourth studio album, The Beautiful Letdown. The song was originally called "I Dare You to Move", and was on the album Learning to Breathe, but the band decided to remix it and put it on The Beautiful Letdown...
   
   " – 4:07
2. "Learning to Breathe" – 4:35
3. "You Already Take Me There" (Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman) – 2:42
4. "Love Is the Movement
   Love Is the Movement
   "Love is the Movement" is a song written by Jon Foreman for his band Switchfoot and appears on their third studio album Learning to Breathe. The name of the song has been adopted as the slogan for the philanthropic organization, "To Write Love on Her Arms."...
   
   " – 5:10
5. "Poparazzi" – 3:20
6. "Innocence Again" (Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman) – 3:28
7. "Playing for Keeps" – 3:44
8. "The Loser" – 3:43
9. "The Economy of Mercy" – 3:56
10. "Erosion" – 3:22
11. "Living Is Simple" – 5:17

Credits

Band

• Jon Foreman - Vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Tim Foreman - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , Backing Vocals
• Chad Butler - Drums
  Drum kit
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  , Percussion

In film

The songs "I Dare You to Move" and "Learning to Breathe" appeared in the film A Walk to Remember.

Music videos

The only music video for this album was done for the song, "You Already Take Me There". The video consisted of the band skydiving out of an airplane, while they are seen playing the song where they land. Watch the music video.

Trivia

• The cover art on this album was designed by Switchfoot's bassist Tim Foreman
  Tim Foreman
  Timothy David Foreman is the bassist for the band Switchfoot. He was born in Lake Arrowhead, California but grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and Virginia Beach, Virginia...
  
  .
• "Love is the Movement" is a slogan that has been adopted by To Write Love On Her Arms
  To Write Love on Her Arms
  To Write Love on Her Arms is an interfaith, American non-profit organization which aims to present hope for people struggling with addiction, depression, self injury, and thoughts of suicide while also investing directly into treatment and recovery...
  
  , an organization that Switchfoot supports.

External links

• Lyrics for Learning to Breathe