This Is Only a Test

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This Is Only a Test
Studio album by
the Smoking Popes
ReleasedMarch 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length36:58
LabelAsian Man
ProducerMatt Allison, Smoking Popes
Smoking Popes chronology
It's Been a Long Day
(2010) 		This Is Only a Test
(2011)

This Is Only a Test is the sixth studio album by the Chicago-based pop punk band the Smoking Popes, released March 15, 2011 through Asian Man Records. It was produced by Matt Allison and is their first album with drummer Neil Hennessy, who joined the band in 2008. It is a concept album, with all of the songs written from the perspective of a single teenage boy dealing with the growing pains of adolescence.[1][2][3] Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Josh Caterer described it as "kind of a concept album about a teenage life. All of the songs are written from the point of view of a high school student, and they explore aspects of teenage life. This would be [about] a contemporary teenager. It's not specifically autobiographical of my high school experience. Obviously, those things are incorporated into what I write, but I tried to create a character who is the protagonist in these songs."[4]

  1. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Review: This Is Only a Test". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  2. ^ Yancey, Bryne (2011-03-15). "Review: This Is Only a Test". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  3. ^ Tori (2011-03-15). "Review: Smoking Popes - This Is Only a Test". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  4. ^ Albers, Lucy (2011-02-11). "A conversation with Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2010-02-24.