Good Charlotte (album)

Good Charlotte

Studio album by Good Charlotte

Released

September 26, 2000 (US)

Recorded

1999–2000

Genre

Pop punk^[1]

Length

45:12

Label

Daylight
Epic Records

Producer

Don Gilmore, John Feldmann

Good Charlotte chronology

GC EP
(2000)

Good Charlotte
(2000)

The Young and the Hopeless
(2002)

Singles from Good Charlotte

"Little Things"
Released: March 27, 2001
"The Motivation Proclamation"
Released: August 7, 2001
"The Click"
Released: 2001
"Festival Song"
Released: 2001

Japanese/re-release cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)^[3]

Good Charlotte is the self-titled debut studio album by Good Charlotte released on September 26, 2000 in the US. The album was influenced by Lit's A Place in the Sun (1999).^[4] It contains the song "Little Things", which was the first single ever released by the band. The album received mostly positive reviews. Good Charlotte is the only album to feature Aaron Escolopio on drums, who left after the album was made.

Track listing

Original version

All songs written by Benji and Joel Madden, except "Let Me Go" and "Seasons", co-written with Josh Ian.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Things"	3:23
2.	"Waldorf Worldwide"	3:21
3.	"The Motivation Proclamation"	3:36
4.	"East Coast Anthem"	2:27
5.	"Festival Song"	3:00
6.	"Complicated"	2:49
7.	"Seasons"	3:15
8.	"I Don't Wanna Stop"	2:41
9.	"I Heard You"	2:43
10.	"Walk By"	2:42
11.	"Let Me Go"	3:01
12.	"Screamer"	3:36
13.	"Change"	4:42
14.	"Thank You Mom" (hidden track)	3:56
Total length:		45:12

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"If You Leave"	2:45
16.	"The Motivation Proclamation" (Live acoustic version)	3:42
Total length:		51:39

2003 re-release

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Things"	3:23
2.	"Waldorf Worldwide"	3:21
3.	"The Motivation Proclamation"	3:36
4.	"East Coast Anthem"	2:27
5.	"Festival Song"	3:00
6.	"Complicated"	2:49
7.	"Seasons"	3:15
8.	"I Don't Wanna Stop"	2:41
9.	"I Heard You"	2:43
10.	"The Click"	3:33
11.	"Walk By"	2:42
12.	"Let Me Go"	3:01
13.	"Screamer"	3:36
14.	"Change"	3:42
15.	"Thank You Mom" (hidden track)	3:56
Total length:		47:45

The 2003 re-release adds the track "The Click" and cuts the minute of silence that followed "Change" on the original (before the hidden track begins).

Charts

Date	Chart	Position
October 19, 2002	U.S. Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums^[5]	1
September 2001	U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers^[6]	13
October 2001	New Zealand Albums Chart^[5]	12
April 2003	Japanese Albums Chart	23

Certifications

Country	Awarding body	Sales	Certification
United Kingdom	BPI	60,000	Silver^[7]
United States	RIAA	500,000	Gold^[8]

Personnel

Good Charlotte

Joel Madden - lead vocals
Benji Madden - lead guitar, backing vocals
Billy Martin - rhythm guitar, additional backing vocals on "Little Things"
Paul Thomas - bass guitar, additional backing vocals on "Little Things"
Aaron Escolopio - drums, additional backing vocals on "Little Things"

Additional musicians

David Campbell - string arrangements

Production

Don Gilmore - producer, engineer, mixing on tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
John Feldmann - producer, mixing on tracks: 10
Mauricio Iragorri - engineer
Vladimir Meller - mastering
Ted Jensen - mastering

Artwork

Frank Harkins - art direction
Julian Peploe - art direction

References

Citations

↑ "Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Allmusic review".
↑ Hiltbrand, David (October 13, 2000). "Music Review: 'Good Charlotte' Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
↑ Sayce 2014, p. 36
1 2 "Chart Data: Good Charlotte". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
↑ "Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte | Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
↑ "BPI - Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2014-08-13. Enter "Good Charlotte" into the search bar; for "Search By", select "Artist"; for "By Format", select "Album"; tick the "Exact match" box and click search.
↑ RIAA USA. Enter "Good Charlotte" into the "Artist Name" field under the Advanced drop down menu for exact match.

Sources

Sayce, Rob (June 2014). Bird, Ryan, ed. "Hall of Fame: A Place in the Sun". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (187). ISSN 1465-0185.

External links

Good Charlotte at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Good Charlotte

Joel Madden Benji Madden Paul Thomas Billy Martin Dean Butterworth Aaron Escolopio Chris Wilson

Studio albums	Good Charlotte The Young and the Hopeless The Chronicles of Life and Death Good Morning Revival Cardiology Youth Authority

Compilations	Greatest Remixes Greatest Hits

Live albums and EPs	GC EP Bootlegs iTunes Live from Montreal

Singles	"Little Things" "The Motivation Proclamation" "The Click" (video only) "Festival Song" "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" "The Anthem" "Girls & Boys" "The Young & the Hopeless" "Hold On" "Predictable" "I Just Wanna Live" "The Chronicles of Life and Death" "We Believe" "The River" "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)" "Misery" "Where Would We Be Now" "Like It's Her Birthday" "Sex on the Radio" "Last Night"

Videography	Video Collection Live at Brixton Academy Fast Future Generation

Tribute albums	Anthem: The String Quartet Tribute to Good Charlotte

Labels	Epic Records Daylight Records EMI Records Capitol Records

Related	Discography Awards and nominations DCMA Collective Dead Executives Level 27 Clothing Damious McDreary: A Boy and His Bat Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour The Madden Brothers

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