Invalid Opinions
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| Studio album by Luke Ramada | ||||
| Released | March 12, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Alias | |||
| Producer | Luke Ramada | |||
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Invalid Opinions is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Luke Ramada. It was released on March 12, 2007.
The double album was recorded during a self-imposed exile from the public eye from April to August 2006 after his management were concerned that his meltdown over the lower than expected placement of "If I Got The Death Penalty For Loving You Too Much" would destroy his career. Luke related his frustrations with the music industry and public response to his actions versus silence on more serious matters on a series of songs he wrote, then continued finding inspiration through challenges with navigating relationships both as an adolescent and in the present while in the public eye. Luke recorded a large number of songs during his exile and decided to split the tracks onto two CDs, one with political and topical songs entitled "Miscommunications" and one with songs about relationships entitled "Anti-Aphrodisiacs".
Invalid Opinions was critically acclaimed upon its release for its divergence from Luke's pop-oriented debut album and for the raw emotion of many of the songs on each of the discs. The album debuted and peaked at #2 and would go on to sell around 900,000 copies. It stands as Luke's best-selling album to date, and yielded his first top 5 hit in "Red Bull Afternoons & Irish Coffee Evenings".
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All songs written and produced by Luke Ramada, except where otherwise noted.
Disc 1: Miscommunications[edit | edit source]
1. Comeback Single
2. Extinction Of The Shy (with Paulo Araujo)
3. Disasterpiece Theater
4. (Would It Be) Better
5. Erasing Yesterday
6. Pain At The Pump
7. Anticlimax (with Veronica's Science)
8. Dear Mother
9. Red Bull Afternoons & Irish Coffee Evenings
10. Backlash Is Such A Cruel Word, Let's Just Call It Tough Luck
11. You Wouldn't Know What A Home Is Until You Get Evicted
12. Nobody Wanted My Life Story Anyway
13. The Last Confessions Of A Writer's Block Sufferer
14. Life Imitates Fiction
Disc 2: Anti-Aphrodisiacs[edit | edit source]
1. Six Haiku Describing A Story Of Doomed Love
2. Creating White Lies Is The Most Powerful Form Of Art
3. Please Don't Put My Pieces Back Together
4. (insert a kiss-up here)
5. Respirator
6. She's Only Sane When She Sleeps
7. Beautiful Cocaine
8. Hope's Nightmare (with Autumn White)
9. When You're In Love With A D-Lister
10. Hunted
11. Anymore (with Lindsay Belle) (Lindsay Belle)
12. A Very Strange Way To Save The Day (with Morris David Cat) (Morris David Cat)
13. Elizabeth Worley
14. Vacation Horror Stories
15. Did You Miss My Rejection?
16. Pain Is The Cleanser
17. This Song Will Self-Destruct In 10 Seconds
