Underdog Alma Mater is the debut album from Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 band Forever the Sickest Kids

Forever the Sickest Kids

Forever the Sickest Kids is an American pop punk band from Dallas, Texas, who have yet to be signed to a new label after the closure of Universal Motown Records. In issue 228 of Alternative Press, the group was named the number one underground band in the "22 Best Underground Bands". Their first...

. It was released on April 29, 2008. The first track to be heard from this album was "Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)", which was released on their MySpace

MySpace

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 page on March 19 at midnight. The track listing for this album was released on March 20, revealing that 5 of the songs on this album are re-recorded versions of songs that have been previously released. The full album was leaked onto the internet on April 17; pre-order information also soon surfaced online.

In June 2008, it was announced that Underdog Alma Mater would be re-released as a deluxe edition on July 7, 2009. This new release features the original songs plus 18 previously unreleased tracks, including demos and acoustic songs, as well as a DVD.

Track listing

1. "Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)
   Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)
   "Whoa Oh! " is the first track and single from Forever the Sickest Kids' debut album Underdog Alma Mater. The song was released on April 1, 2008. The video aired on MTV's TRL on June 24...
   
   " – 3:24
2. "Hey Brittany" – 3:08
3. "My Worst Nightmare" – 3:46
4. "Believe Me I'm Lying" – 3:05
5. "The Way She Moves" – 3:43
6. "She's a Lady
   She's A Lady (FTSK song)
   "She's a Lady" is the second single off Underdog Alma Mater by American power pop band Forever the Sickest Kids. It was released on July 14, 2008 as a single in the UK for their upcoming tour there. It is also being sold as a limited edition 7" picture disc...
   
   " – 4:00
7. "Uh Huh" – 2:58
8. "Phone Call" – 3:20
9. "Breakdown" – 3:37
10. "That for Me" – 2:58
11. "Coffee Break" – 2:41
12. "Catastrophe" – 3:18

Best Buy bonus tracks

13. "Give and Take" (Remix)* – 2:21
14. "Hurricane Haley" – 3:42

Deluxe Edition additional tracks

13. "Intro" – 0:19
14. "Middletro" – 0:15
15. "Believe Me, I'm Lying" (Demo) – 2:00
16. "Indiana" – 2:44
17. "Who Invited the Monster" – 1:53
18. "Bundled Up" – 2:47
19. "Uh Huh" (Demo) – 1:40
20. "Catastrophe" (Acoustic Demo) – 2:54
21. "Believe Me, I'm Lying" (Featuring Chae Hawk) – 3:53
22. "My Worst Nightmare" (Demo) – 1:21
23. "Give and Take" (Acoustic Demo) – 1:22
24. "Give and Take" (Remix) – 2:19
25. "Heat Wave Jam Out" – 1:35
26. "The Party Song" – 3:31
27. "Love Story (Taylor Swift cover)
    Love Story (Taylor Swift song)
    "Love Story" is a country pop song performed by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was written by Swift and produced by Nathan Chapman, alongside Swift. It was released on September 12, 2008 by Big Machine Records, as the lead single from Swift's second studio album Fearless...
    
    " – 3:24
28. "Cop Car" – 3:14
29. "Outro" – 0:08

Deluxe Edition DVD content

1. "To The Show"
2. "Alien Encounters"
3. "Battle Of The Bands"
4. "The Death Of Scuz"
5. "Forever The Sickest Epilogue"
6. "1755 Live"
7. "In The Mix"
8. "She's A Lady Music Video"
9. "She's A Lady UK Music Video"
10. "Behind The Video of Whoa Oh!"
11. "Whoa Oh! Music Video"
12. "Ron Browz 'Jumpin Out The Window' Remix"
13. "London September 2008"
14. "London September 2008 pt. 2"
15. "London September 2008 pt. 3"
16. "London September 2008 pt. 4 - Whoa Oh!"
17. "London September 2008 pt. 5 - She's A Lady"
18. "London September 2008 pt. 6 - Hey Brittany"

• Even though the Best Buy bonus track "Give and Take" is labeled as a remix, there is no other song with the same name on any of the band's previous releases.

Production

Of the 12 tracks, 8 were produced by Matt Squire

Matt Squire

Matt Squire is an American multi-platinum music producer and writer. He has produced, engineered, or written tracks for One Direction, 3OH!3, Good Charlotte, New Boyz, Selena Gomez, David Archuleta, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, The Used, All Time Low, Panic! at the Disco, Boys Like Girls, The Cab,...

 and 4 were produced by Matt Mahaffey

Matt Mahaffey

Matt Mahaffey is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and recording engineer best known for his band Self.-Personal:Matt grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee and was involved with music from a young age...

 and Jeff Turzo

Jeff Turzo

Jeff Turzo, as singer/programming and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater , spent the better part of the 1990s as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in 1993....

. Geoff Rockwell provided additional production on each track.

Personnel

• Austin Bello – bass, backing vocals
• Kyle Burns – drums, percussion
• Jonathan Cook – lead vocals
• Kent Garrison – keyboards
• Marc Stewart – guitar
• Caleb Turman – guitar, backing vocals

Promotion

Fans would receive special bonuses by pre-ordering the album from certain retailers.

• Best Buy
  Best Buy
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  • Two bonus tracks: "Give & Take (Remix)" and "Hurricane Haley"
  • A bonus live video of the band's full set at SXSW
• Interpunk
  • Button, sticker, and signed poster
• iTunes
  ITunes
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  (Digital download)
  • Two bonus tracks: "Becky Starz (Remix)" and "Indiana"
• Newbury Comics
  Newbury Comics
  Newbury Comics is a New England-based music retailer. Newbury Comics began as a comic book vendor on Newbury Street in Boston. The company was founded in 1978 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students John Brusger and Mike Dreese. Over the next few years, the focus of the company changed...
  
  
  • Signed CD booklet
• SmartPunk
  • Autographed poster

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
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