White Crosses received generally favourable critical acclaim, despite being leaked three months before its retail release date. The album was mainly praised for its success in merging Against Me!'s long-time punk rock style with, according to critics, a new found ethos of "arena-" or "radio rock", through its melody and "big" sound.

White Crosses is Against Me!'s best-charting album to date, peaking at #34 on the Billboard 200

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Track listing

Bonus tracks

Black Crosses

Following Against Me!'s decision to create their own record label, the band decided to re-issue their fifth full-length album, White Crosses. The re-issue contains a second disc titled Black Crosses, a collection of demos from 2009 and acoustic sessions from 2010, serving as an inaugural release for their newly launched record label, Total Treble Music.

The collection features all the original uncensored artwork by Steak Mtn, including a 32-page booklet with lyrics and further artwork.

Black Crosses was released alongside the White Crosses re-issue on double CD and digitally on July 26, and followed by a 3xLP vinyl release on August 9 and October 31 in Europe.

Track listing

Band

• Tom Gabel
  Tom Gabel
  Thomas James "Tom" Gabel is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and a guitarist for Gainesville, Florida punk rock band Against Me!, as well as a solo artist. He was born on Fort Benning, Georgia a US Army post, where his father was stationed. At age 17, he dropped out of high school and formed Against...
  
   – lead vocals
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  , guitar
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• James Bowman – guitar, backing vocals
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• Andrew Seward – bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• George Rebelo – drums
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  , backing vocals
• Warren Oakes
  Warren Oakes
  Warren Oakes is an American drummer best known for his eight years spent as the drummer for the punk rock band Against Me!.On June 8, 2009 he announced that he was leaving the band to pursue a career as a restauranteur...
  
   – drums, backing vocals on Black Crosses (tracks 1, 4–5, 7–11, 14)

Additional musicians

• Zac Rae – additional keyboard
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  s (tracks 3, 5, 7)
• Jon Gaunt – fiddle
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   on White Crosses (track 12), Black Crosses (track 7)
• Ron McGregor – mouth harp
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   on White Crosses (track 12)

Production

• Butch Vig
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   – producer
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• Billy Bush – recording engineer
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• Chris Steffen – assistant engineer
• Alan Moulder – mix engineer
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• Darren Lawson – mix assistant
• Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta – mastering
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Art and design

• Christopher Norris and Tom Gabel – art direction
• Steak Mtn – design, typography, and illustration
• Autumn deWilde – band photography

External links

• "Against Me! Actually Were Teenage Anarchists" by Kate Harper. CHARTattack. September 22, 2010.