From the Carpet

2006 EP by The Academy Is...

From the Carpet

EP by

The Academy Is...

Released

February 21, 2006

Recorded

The Gallery of Carpet (Villa Park, Illinois)

Genre

Acoustic

Length

21:17

Label

Fueled by Ramen

The Academy Is... chronology

Almost Here
(2005)

From the Carpet
(2006)

Santi
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(73%)^[1]

From the Carpet is an acoustic EP by The Academy Is..., released as a digital-only release on February 21, 2006.^[2] It included three songs from Almost Here: "The Phrase That Pays", "Down and Out" and "Black Mamba"; new songs "Pour Yourself a Drink" and "The Fever"; as well as a cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero".^[2] For the recording, the band returned to The Gallery of Carpet studio to work with engineer Brian Zieske, who produced and recorded their self-titled EP, before the band appended the "Is..." to their name.

Track listing

All tracks are written by William Beckett, except where otherwise noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pour Yourself a Drink" (Basement Demo)	1:28
2.	"The Fever"	3:40
3.	"The Phrase That Pays" (Nashville version)	4:01
4.	"Working Class Hero" (John Lennon cover)	3:41
5.	"Down and Out" (featuring Sheldon Miller of This Is Me Smiling [Piano rendition])	5:15
6.	"Black Mamba" (Three in the Morning PartyMix)	3:07

References

^ "The Academy Is... - From the Carpet - Album Review". AbsolutePunk. 8 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "The Academy Is… to release digital-only acoustic EP". Alternative Press. February 14, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2016.