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…Is a Real Boy by Say Anything
…Is a Real Boy is an album by Say Anything, released in 2005. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too”, on 5 lists with a best position of #53.
Say Anything's second album, …Is a Real Boy, arrived on Doghouse Records in August 2004, and it sounds like Max Bemis trying to cram a nervous breakdown and a manifesto onto one disc. Bemis and drummer Coby Linder, the core of the band, signed with Doghouse early in 2003, then met a string of producers before settling on Tim O'Heir and Stephen Trask. The liner notes admit the thing was first conceived as a full-blown rock opera, story and cast included.
What survived is pop-punk with its brain on fire: math-rock twitch, indie-pop sweetness and a heavy dose of theatrical pomp, all circling one theme, the artist who wants his work to change the world and not just be one more guy with a guitar. "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" is the smirking standout. When Bemis' health problems derailed the band in 2005, J Records signed them and reissued the album once he'd come through rehab.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from …Is a Real Boy on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too | 5 | #53 | – | 2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.