Album: This Is What I Live For by Blue October (2020)
Format: Album

Description: This Is What I Live For is the tenth studio album by Blue October, released via Up/Down-Brando Records on October 23, 2020 after originally being scheduled for September 18, 2020. The artwork for the album was created by Phillip Nichols. This Is What I Live For is the first Blue October studio album to feature lead guitarist Will Knaak on every song. The album also marks the first appearance of Justin Furstenfeld's daughter Blue Reed on one of the band's recordings, providing vocals on the song "Fight for Love". The title track features vocals and lyrics by Steve Schiltz of Longwave, a longtime collaborator and defacto session member of Blue October. The songs “I Will Follow You” and “This is What I Live For” were recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2020s, Album


This Is What I Live For is the tenth studio album by Blue October, released via Up/Down-Brando Records on October 23, 2020 after originally being scheduled for September 18, 2020. The artwork for the album was created by Phillip Nichols. This Is What I Live For is the first Blue October studio album to feature lead guitarist Will Knaak on every song. The album also marks the first appearance of Justin Furstenfeld's daughter Blue Reed on one of the band's recordings, providing vocals on the song "Fight for Love". The title track features vocals and lyrics by Steve Schiltz of Longwave, a longtime collaborator and defacto session member of Blue October. The songs “I Will Follow You” and “This is What I Live For” were recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.

Album: The Answers by Blue October (1998)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 1990s, Album


Album: History for Sale by Blue October (2003)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2000s, Album


Album: Home by Blue October (2016)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2010s, Album


Album: Sway by Blue October (2013)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2010s, Album


Album: Foiled by Blue October (2006)
Format: Album

Description: Foiled is the fourth studio album by Blue October. The album was certified gold in the United States on August 9, 2006, and on February 22, 2007, was certified platinum. The album is also popular in Canada where it has also achieved platinum status.

The album was recorded during the summer of 2005. Most of the songs on the album are older Blue October and 5591 songs, except for "Into the Ocean" and "Hate Me", which were written in early 2005 while Justin Furstenfeld was living in Los Angeles and recording the early demos for the album. Foiled was originally going to be titled Beyond the Sadness and was to be released October 11, 2005. During the fall of 2005 the working title was changed to Living Just to Watch It All Go By. The eventual album title Foiled was coined by Justin Furstenfeld and Jeremy Furstenfeld's father, Dan Furstenfeld. Two promotional spin-offs, Foiled Again, and Foiled for the Last Time were released in 2007. Foiled was listed at number 150 among Billboard's top 200 albums of 2007. 

"Hate Me" is the first single from the album. A video for the song appeared on VH1, and the song peaked at number two on the Modern Rock charts.

The second single, "Into the Ocean", was also successful on radio, and the video peaked at number one on VH1.

The track "Congratulations" features guest vocals by Imogen Heap. The track "Into The Ocean" features guest vocals from Zayra Alvarez (best known for her appearance on Rock Star: Supernova). Other guest singers appear on the song "Overweight" but are not named in the album credits.

"Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek" was also included on the Saw III soundtrack and features guest vocals by Kirk Baxley. It is the "heaviest" track on the album because of its masochistic themed lyrics.

The version of the album released in Europe contains the bonus tracks "Independently Happy" and "Chameleon Boy", from Consent to Treatment and History for Sale, respectively, but does not contain the hidden track "It's Just Me".

A premium version of the album, Foiled for the Last Time, was released on September 25, 2007, which includes fourteen of the Live at Stubb's tracks as well as the remastered "Calling You" and two remixes of "X Amount of Words".

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2000s, Album


Foiled is the fourth studio album by Blue October. The album was certified gold in the United States on August 9, 2006, and on February 22, 2007, was certified platinum. The album is also popular in Canada where it has also achieved platinum status.

The album was recorded during the summer of 2005. Most of the songs on the album are older Blue October and 5591 songs, except for "Into the Ocean" and "Hate Me", which were written in early 2005 while Justin Furstenfeld was living in Los Angeles and recording the early demos for the album. Foiled was originally going to be titled Beyond the Sadness and was to be released October 11, 2005. During the fall of 2005 the working title was changed to Living Just to Watch It All Go By. The eventual album title Foiled was coined by Justin Furstenfeld and Jeremy Furstenfeld's father, Dan Furstenfeld. Two promotional spin-offs, Foiled Again, and Foiled for the Last Time were released in 2007. Foiled was listed at number 150 among Billboard's top 200 albums of 2007. 

"Hate Me" is the first single from the album. A video for the song appeared on VH1, and the song peaked at number two on the Modern Rock charts.

The second single, "Into the Ocean", was also successful on radio, and the video peaked at number one on VH1.

The track "Congratulations" features guest vocals by Imogen Heap. The track "Into The Ocean" features guest vocals from Zayra Alvarez (best known for her appearance on Rock Star: Supernova). Other guest singers appear on the song "Overweight" but are not named in the album credits.

"Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek" was also included on the Saw III soundtrack and features guest vocals by Kirk Baxley. It is the "heaviest" track on the album because of its masochistic themed lyrics.

The version of the album released in Europe contains the bonus tracks "Independently Happy" and "Chameleon Boy", from Consent to Treatment and History for Sale, respectively, but does not contain the hidden track "It's Just Me".

A premium version of the album, Foiled for the Last Time, was released on September 25, 2007, which includes fourteen of the Live at Stubb's tracks as well as the remastered "Calling You" and two remixes of "X Amount of Words".

Album: Spinning the Truth Around (Part I) by Blue October (2022)
Format: Album

Description: Spinning the Truth Around is the eleventh and twelfth studio albums by American band Blue October. It is a triple album, released in three separate parts. Part I was released on October 14, 2022. Part II was released October 13, 2023, with Part III to follow soon after. Part III will contain remixes and alternate versions of songs from Parts I and II.The title track was the first single, and was positively compared to Bruce Springsteen.

Justin Furstenfeld co-wrote several songs with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who came up with melodies. The song "The Girl Who Stole My Heart" was conceived after Justin heard an instrumental demo from the 1990s by the band Idaho that had been posted on instagram. He secured permission from Idaho songwriter Jeff Martin to write lyrics to the music, and Martin was given co-writing credit. The Blue October version was initially released as a Christmas single in December 2020.

The vinyl version of Part I of the album was released in three different variants - the standard version being red swirl, as well as a limited run of 600 blue swirl records, and 300 pressings of a limited edition black record with gold smoke inlay, which sold out the first day it was for sale. Part II was also released in three different vinyl variants, with the standard version being green, a limited edition blue, and 300 orange creamsicle color discs.

The single "Where Did You Go? I'm Less of a Mess These Days" reached the top 20 on the alternative rock chart. The song was a successful radio hit for so many weeks that it actually caused a delay in the release of Part II of the album, as the band was hesitant to release new music while they had a single currently climbing the charts.

Recording for Part II wrapped up in May 2023, with the compiled files for the last song "A Better Man" sent off to be mixed on May 31. The final track listing for Part II was announced the next day, and the song "Down Here Waiting" was announced as the first single from Part II. "Down Here Waiting" made its radio debut on June 14. Mastering of the album was completed by June 25, and the release date was announced for September 29, 2023. "Down Here Waiting" was released to online platforms on July 7, 2023. After its first week on radio, "Down Here Waiting" debuted at number 48 on the alternative rock chart, climbing to number 40 in its second week, becoming Blue October's nineteenth song to reach the top 40. The second single from Part II, "All I See Is You" was release September 22, 2023.

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2020s, Album


Spinning the Truth Around is the eleventh and twelfth studio albums by American band Blue October. It is a triple album, released in three separate parts. Part I was released on October 14, 2022. Part II was released October 13, 2023, with Part III to follow soon after. Part III will contain remixes and alternate versions of songs from Parts I and II.The title track was the first single, and was positively compared to Bruce Springsteen.

Justin Furstenfeld co-wrote several songs with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who came up with melodies. The song "The Girl Who Stole My Heart" was conceived after Justin heard an instrumental demo from the 1990s by the band Idaho that had been posted on instagram. He secured permission from Idaho songwriter Jeff Martin to write lyrics to the music, and Martin was given co-writing credit. The Blue October version was initially released as a Christmas single in December 2020.

The vinyl version of Part I of the album was released in three different variants - the standard version being red swirl, as well as a limited run of 600 blue swirl records, and 300 pressings of a limited edition black record with gold smoke inlay, which sold out the first day it was for sale. Part II was also released in three different vinyl variants, with the standard version being green, a limited edition blue, and 300 orange creamsicle color discs.

The single "Where Did You Go? I'm Less of a Mess These Days" reached the top 20 on the alternative rock chart. The song was a successful radio hit for so many weeks that it actually caused a delay in the release of Part II of the album, as the band was hesitant to release new music while they had a single currently climbing the charts.

Recording for Part II wrapped up in May 2023, with the compiled files for the last song "A Better Man" sent off to be mixed on May 31. The final track listing for Part II was announced the next day, and the song "Down Here Waiting" was announced as the first single from Part II. "Down Here Waiting" made its radio debut on June 14. Mastering of the album was completed by June 25, and the release date was announced for September 29, 2023. "Down Here Waiting" was released to online platforms on July 7, 2023. After its first week on radio, "Down Here Waiting" debuted at number 48 on the alternative rock chart, climbing to number 40 in its second week, becoming Blue October's nineteenth song to reach the top 40. The second single from Part II, "All I See Is You" was release September 22, 2023.

Album: I Hope You're Happy by Blue October (2018)
Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: "I Hope You're Happy"  is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band Blue October, released 17th August 2018 through Up/Down-Brando Records.

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock/Pop, 2010s, Album


"I Hope You're Happy"  is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band Blue October, released 17th August 2018 through Up/Down-Brando Records.

Album: Approaching Normal by Blue October (2009)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2000s, Album


Album: Consent to Treatment by Blue October (2000)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2000s, Album

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Album: Any Man in America by Blue October (2011)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2010s, Album


Album: Spinning the Truth Around (Part II) by Blue October (2023)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blue October is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Julian Mandrake (lead guitar). Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: 2020s, Album


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