The Lawrence Arms Announce Career Retrospective Album

The Lawrence Arms are releasing a career retrospective album, including five previously unreleased songs, called We Are the Champions of the World. It’ll be out May 30th via Fat Wreck Chords. Pre-orders are now up. You’ll find the track listing and the band’s upcoming tour dates below.

Track Listing

  1. On with the Show
  2. Great Lakes/Great Escapes
  3. Alert the Audience!
  4. 100 Resolutions
  5. The Devil’s Takin’ Names
  6. Beautiful Things
  7. Quincentuple Your Money
  8. The Slowest Drink at the Saddest Bar on the Snowiest Day in the Greatest City
  9. Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God.
  10. Right as Rain Part 2
  11. Seventeener (17th and 37th)
  12. Chapter 13: The Hero Appears
  13. The Ramblin’ Boys of Pleasure
  14. Light Breathing (Me and Martha Plimpton in a Fancy Elevator)
  15. Like a Record Player
  16. You are Here
  17. Boatless Booze Cruise Part 1
  18. Brick Wall Views
  19. Sixteen Hours
  20. Turnstiles
  21. An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstance
  22. The Northside, the L&L and Any Number of Crappy Apartments
  23. Porno & Snuff Films
  24. Demons
  25. The Rabbit and the Rooster *
  26. Catalog *
  27. Black Snow *
  28. Laugh Out Loud *
  29. Warped Summer Extravaganza (Turbo Excellent) *

Tour Dates

4/4 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
4/5 – Garwood, NJ @ Crossroads
4/6 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
4/7 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
4/8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
4/9 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
4/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
4/11 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
4/12 – Chicago, IL @ Metro (w/ Banner Pilot)
4/27 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
4/28 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
4/30 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
5/1 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
5/3 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
5/4 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
5/5 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
5/6 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater