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Taking Back Sunday

Amityville, NY · 1999–present · active
alternative rockemopop punkpost-hardcore
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday became a defining voice in the overlap between emo, post-hardcore, and pop punk by making conflict sound communal. Tell All Your Friends captured the band's volatile early chemistry: Adam Lazzara's wounded lead vocals, John Nolan's cutting counter-melodies, Eddie Reyes' driving guitar parts, Shaun Cooper's bass movement, and Mark O'Connell's urgent drumming all pushed against one another without losing the song. The result was a style built on overlapping voices, accusatory hooks, jagged rhythms, and lyrics that felt like arguments shouted from opposite sides of the same room. Where You Want to Be and Louder Now gave that approach a broader rock shape, producing songs with cleaner choruses but the same emotional friction. Later lineup changes and reunions shifted the band's tone, yet the core identity remained tied to tension, call-and-response vocals, and guitar-driven release. Taking Back Sunday endure because their best songs do not simply describe heartbreak or betrayal; they dramatize it in the arrangement. Every pause, shouted harmony, and sudden lift feels like another person entering the fight.
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Taking Back Sunday Discography

Tell All Your Friends (Remastered)
Tell All Your Friends (Remastered) 2002 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 You Know How I Do - Remastered 3:21
  2. 2 Bike Scene - Remastered 3:35
  3. 3 Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) - Remastered 2019 3:32
  4. 4 There's No 'I' In Team - Remastered 3:48
  5. 5 Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Remastered 3:35
  6. 6 Ghost Man On Third - Remastered 3:59
  7. 7 Timberwolves At New Jersey - Remastered 3:25
  8. 8 The Blue Channel - Remastered 2:30
  9. 9 You're So Last Summer - Remastered 2019 3:01
  10. 10 Head Club - Remastered 3:04
Where You Want To Be
Where You Want To Be 2004 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 Set Phasers To Stun 3:03
  2. 2 Bonus Mosh Pt. II 3:06
  3. 3 A Decade Under The Influence 4:07
  4. 4 This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know) 4:11
  5. 5 The Union 2:50
  6. 6 New American Classic 4:35
  7. 7 I Am Fred Astaire 3:43
  8. 8 One-Eighty By Summer 3:53
  9. 9 Number Five With A Bullet 3:49
  10. 10 Little Devotional 3:07
  11. 11 ...Slowdance On The Inside 4:26
Louder Now
Louder Now 2006 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? 3:47
  2. 2 Liar (It Takes One To Know One) 3:11
  3. 3 MakeDamnSure 3:28
  4. 4 Up Against (Blackout) 3:02
  5. 5 My Blue Heaven 4:07
  6. 6 Twenty-Twenty Surgery 3:55
  7. 7 Spin 3:39
  8. 8 Divine Intervention 4:14
  9. 9 Miami 3:41
  10. 10 Error Operator 2:51
  11. 11 I'll Let You Live 5:08
Louder Now (Deluxe Edition)
Louder Now (Deluxe Edition) 2006 · LP
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17 tracks
  1. 1 What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? 3:47
  2. 2 Liar (It Takes One To Know One) 3:11
  3. 3 MakeDamnSure 3:28
  4. 4 Up Against (Blackout) 3:02
  5. 5 My Blue Heaven 4:07
  6. 6 Twenty-Twenty Surgery 3:55
  7. 7 Spin 3:39
  8. 8 Divine Intervention 4:14
  9. 9 Miami 3:41
  10. 10 Error Operator 2:51
  11. 11 I'll Let You Live 5:08
  12. 12 Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something) 4:31
  13. 13 Sleep 3:20
  14. 14 Liar (It Takes One To Know One) - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2006 3:45
  15. 15 MakeDamnSure - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2006 3:32
  16. 16 Error: Operator - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2006 3:04
  17. 17 Divine Intervention - Live Acoustic On Live 105, San Francisco, CA / 2006 3:44
Louder Now: PartTwo
Louder Now: PartTwo 2007 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 3:48
  2. 2 Twenty-Twenty Surgery - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 4:01
  3. 3 My Blue Heaven - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 4:15
  4. 4 Spin - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 3:54
  5. 5 Liar [It Takes One To Know One] - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 3:45
  6. 6 MakeDamnSure - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 3:32
  7. 7 Error: Operator - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 3:04
  8. 8 Divine Intervention - Live At Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA / 2007 5:02
  9. 9 Sleep 3:20
  10. 10 Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something) 4:31
  11. 11 12 Days Of Christmas: Christmas Is For The Birds 6:03
Live From Bamboozle 2009
Live From Bamboozle 2009 2009 · LP
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13 tracks
  1. 1 You Know How I Do - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:47
  2. 2 Error: Operator - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:01
  3. 3 Set Phasers To Stun - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:10
  4. 4 Carpathia - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:50
  5. 5 180 By Summer - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:48
  6. 6 You're So Last Summer - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:12
  7. 7 New Again - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 4:07
  8. 8 Liar [It Takes One To Know One] - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:29
  9. 9 Cute Without The 'E' [Cut From The Team] - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 4:06
  10. 10 Sink Into Me - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:27
  11. 11 A Decade Under The Influence - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 3:41
  12. 12 What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 4:45
  13. 13 MakeDamnSure - Live At Bamboozle, East Rutherford, NJ / 2009 4:26
New Again (Deluxe)
New Again (Deluxe) 2009 · LP
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13 tracks
  1. 1 New Again 3:33
  2. 2 Sink Into Me 3:03
  3. 3 Lonely, Lonely 2:49
  4. 4 Summer, Man 3:51
  5. 5 Swing 3:26
  6. 6 Where My Mouth Is 3:52
  7. 7 Cut Me Up Jenny 3:52
  8. 8 Catholic Knees 2:48
  9. 9 Capital M-E 2:48
  10. 10 Carpathia 3:09
  11. 11 Everything Must Go 4:44
  12. 12 Long Time Comin' 2:38
  13. 13 Carpathia - Version Dance Dicaprio 3:45
New Again
New Again 2009 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 New Again 3:33
  2. 2 Sink Into Me 3:03
  3. 3 Lonely, Lonely 2:49
  4. 4 Summer, Man 3:51
  5. 5 Swing 3:26
  6. 6 Where My Mouth Is 3:52
  7. 7 Cut Me Up Jenny 3:52
  8. 8 Catholic Knees 2:48
  9. 9 Capital M-E 2:48
  10. 10 Carpathia 3:09
  11. 11 Everything Must Go 4:44
Live From Orensanz
Live From Orensanz 2010 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 MakeDamnSure - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:09
  2. 2 New Again - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:16
  3. 3 A Decade Under The Influence / Lightning Song - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 5:58
  4. 4 One-Eighty By Summer - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:41
  5. 5 Your Own Disaster - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:56
  6. 6 My Blue Heaven - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:08
  7. 7 Carpathia - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 3:48
  8. 8 Didn't See That Coming - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 3:26
  9. 9 Set Phasers To Stun - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:39
  10. 10 Everything Must Go - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 5:11
  11. 11 Cute Without The 'E' [Cut From The Team] - Live From Orensanz, New York, NY / 2010 4:18
Winter Passing
Winter Passing 2010 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Winter Passing 3:29
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday 2011 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 El Paso 3:16
  2. 2 Faith (When I Let You Down) 3:08
  3. 3 Best Places To Be A Mom 3:31
  4. 4 Sad Savior 3:18
  5. 5 Who Are You Anyway? 3:32
  6. 6 Money (Let It Go) 3:07
  7. 7 This Is All Now 4:03
  8. 8 It Doesn't Feel A Thing Like Falling 3:55
  9. 9 Since You're Gone 4:09
  10. 10 You Got Me 3:21
  11. 11 Call Me In The Morning 3:59
Taking Back Sunday (Deluxe Edition)
Taking Back Sunday (Deluxe Edition) 2011 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 El Paso 3:16
  2. 2 Faith (When I Let You Down) 3:08
  3. 3 Best Places To Be A Mom 3:31
  4. 4 Sad Savior 3:18
  5. 5 Who Are You Anyway? 3:32
  6. 6 Money (Let It Go) 3:07
  7. 7 This Is All Now 4:03
  8. 8 It Doesn't Feel A Thing Like Falling 3:55
  9. 9 Since You're Gone 4:09
  10. 10 You Got Me 3:21
  11. 11 Call Me In The Morning 3:59
  12. 12 You Should Have Waited - Old Demo / New Demo 2:56
  13. 13 Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Acoustic Version 3:47
  14. 14 Ghost Man On Third - Acoustic Version 4:03
You Got Me
You Got Me 2011 · Single
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2 tracks
  1. 1 You Got Me 3:21
  2. 2 Sad Savior - Live From The WBR Summer Acoustic Sessions, Los Angeles, CA / 2011 3:30
This Is All Now
This Is All Now 2011 · Single
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3 tracks
  1. 1 This Is All Now 4:03
  2. 2 Best Places To Be A Mom 3:31
  3. 3 Ghost Man On Third - Acoustic Version 4:03
TAYF10 Acoustic (Live)
TAYF10 Acoustic (Live) 2013 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 You Know How I Do (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 4:13
  2. 2 Bike Scene (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 4:20
  3. 3 Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team) [Live Acoustic TAYF10] 3:44
  4. 4 There's No 'I' in Team (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 4:00
  5. 5 Great Romances of the 20th Century (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 4:12
  6. 6 Ghost Man on Third (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 4:11
  7. 7 Timberwolves at New Jersey (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 3:34
  8. 8 The Blue Channel (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 3:20
  9. 9 You're so Last Summer (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 3:26
  10. 10 Head Club (Live Acoustic TAYF10) 3:54
  11. 11 Your Own Disaster (Live Acoustic TAYF10) [Bonus] 4:35
Happiness Is
Happiness Is 2014 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 Preface 1:26
  2. 2 Flicker, Fade 4:33
  3. 3 Stood A Chance 3:39
  4. 4 All The Way 3:48
  5. 5 Beat Up Car 3:11
  6. 6 It Takes More 5:11
  7. 7 They Don't Have Any Friends 3:48
  8. 8 Better Homes And Gardens 3:54
  9. 9 Like You Do 2:47
  10. 10 We Were Younger Then 4:42
  11. 11 Nothing At All 3:59
Stood A Chance
Stood A Chance 2014 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Stood A Chance 3:39
Flicker, Fade
Flicker, Fade 2014 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Flicker, Fade 4:33
Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings
Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings 2015 · LP
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17 tracks
  1. 1 Preface 1:26
  2. 2 Flicker, Fade 4:33
  3. 3 Stood A Chance 3:39
  4. 4 All The Way 3:48
  5. 5 Beat Up Car 3:11
  6. 6 It Takes More 5:11
  7. 7 They Don't Have Any Friends 3:48
  8. 8 Better Homes And Gardens 3:54
  9. 9 Like You Do 2:47
  10. 10 We Were Younger Then 4:42
  11. 11 Nothing At All 3:59
  12. 12 How I Met Your Mother 3:08
  13. 13 This Is Happening 3:37
  14. 14 Can You Feel That (Here I Am) 3:57
  15. 15 Stood A Chance - Acoustic 4:32
  16. 16 Better Homes And Gardens - Acoustic 4:05
  17. 17 Like You Do - Acoustic 3:18
Tidal Wave
Tidal Wave 2016 · LP
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12 tracks
  1. 1 Death Wolf 4:12
  2. 2 Tidal Wave 2:32
  3. 3 You Can't Look Back 4:27
  4. 4 Fences 3:37
  5. 5 All Excess 3:35
  6. 6 I Felt It Too 5:22
  7. 7 Call Come Running 3:12
  8. 8 Holy Water 4:19
  9. 9 In The Middle Of It All 3:12
  10. 10 We Don't Go In There 4:01
  11. 11 Homecoming 4:01
  12. 12 I'll Find A Way To Make It What You Want 5:20
Tidal Wave B-Sides
Tidal Wave B-Sides 2016 · Single
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2 tracks
  1. 1 Tidal Wave (Acoustic) 2:58
  2. 2 Holy Water (Acoustic) 4:12
Green Day: The Early Years (Covers & New Classics)
Green Day: The Early Years (Covers & New Classics) 2017 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 She 4:04
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Bullet With Butterfly Wings 2018 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Bullet With Butterfly Wings 4:32
Twenty
Twenty 2019 · LP
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16 tracks
  1. 1 Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) 3:33
  2. 2 You're So Last Summer 3:01
  3. 3 Timberwolves At New Jersey 3:25
  4. 4 A Decade Under The Influence 4:08
  5. 5 Set Phasers To Stun 3:04
  6. 6 One-Eighty By Summer 3:55
  7. 7 Liar (It Takes One To Know One) 3:11
  8. 8 MakeDamnSure 3:32
  9. 9 What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? 3:44
  10. 10 My Blue Heaven 4:09
  11. 11 Sink Into Me 3:04
  12. 12 Everything Must Go 4:44
  13. 13 Faith (When I Let You Down) 3:09
  14. 14 Call Me In The Morning 3:59
  15. 15 All Ready To Go 3:59
  16. 16 A Song For Dan 4:59
A Decade Under The Influence (Acoustic)
A Decade Under The Influence (Acoustic) 2019 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 A Decade Under The Influence - Acoustic 4:12
My Name Is Jonas
My Name Is Jonas 2021 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 My Name Is Jonas 3:16
Tell All Your Friends (20th Anniversary Edition)
Tell All Your Friends (20th Anniversary Edition) 2022 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 You Know How I Do 3:21
  2. 2 Bike Scene 3:35
  3. 3 Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) 3:31
  4. 4 There's No 'I' In Team 3:48
  5. 5 Great Romances Of The 20th Century 3:35
  6. 6 Ghost Man On Third 3:59
  7. 7 Timberwolves At New Jersey 3:23
  8. 8 The Blue Channel 2:30
  9. 9 You're So Last Summer 2:59
  10. 10 Head Club 3:04
  11. 11 Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Demo 3:42
  12. 12 The Blue Channel - Demo 2:41
  13. 13 Bike Scene - Demo 3:39
  14. 14 Mutual Head Club - Demo 3:21
Cute Without The E (Ziri)
Cute Without The E (Ziri) 2022 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Cute Without The E (Ziri) 3:22
Just Us Two
Just Us Two 2022 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Just Us Two 3:48
Loved You A Little (Acoustic)
Loved You A Little (Acoustic) 2022 · Single
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2 tracks
  1. 1 Loved You A Little (Acoustic) 3:24
  2. 2 Loved You A Little 3:27
Bike Scene (Demo)
Bike Scene (Demo) 2022 · Single
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2 tracks
  1. 1 Bike Scene - Demo 3:39
  2. 2 Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Demo 3:42
Great Romances Of The 20th Century (Demo)
Great Romances Of The 20th Century (Demo) 2022 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Great Romances Of The 20th Century - Demo 3:42
Loved You A Little (with Taking Back Sunday and Charlotte Sands)
Loved You A Little (with Taking Back Sunday and Charlotte Sands) 2022 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Loved You A Little (with Taking Back Sunday and Charlotte Sands) 3:27
152
152 2023 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Amphetamine Smiles 3:05
  2. 2 S’old 2:43
  3. 3 The One 3:17
  4. 4 Keep Going 3:12
  5. 5 I Am The Only One Who Knows You 3:08
  6. 6 Quit Trying 3:15
  7. 7 Lightbringer 2:48
  8. 8 New Music Friday 3:15
  9. 9 Juice 2 Me 3:14
  10. 10 The Stranger 3:14
The One
The One 2023 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 The One 3:17
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