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AFI
Released 2004

God Called in Sick Today
03:21
56,140 plays

Totalimmortal
02:44
39,073 plays

The Days of the Phoenix
03:27
22,008 plays

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- 1
- The Lost Souls
- 02:42
- 17,229 plays

- 2
- The Days of the Phoenix
- 03:27
- 22,008 plays

- 3
- A Winter's Tale
- 03:24
- 17,646 plays

- 4
- Totalimmortal
- 02:44
- 39,073 plays

- 5
- Fall Children
- 03:12
- 18,947 plays

- 6
- The Prayer Position
- 03:28
- 15,354 plays

- 7
- God Called in Sick Today
- 03:21
- 56,140 plays

- 8
- Lower It
- 02:18
- 15,276 plays

- 9
- A Single Second
- 02:11
- 17,152 plays

- 10
- Third Season
- 02:49
- 12,830 plays

- 11
- He Who Laughs Last
- 01:49
- 15,513 plays

- 12
- I Wanna Get a Mohawk (But Mom Won't Let Me Get One)
- 01:12
- 20,830 plays

- 13
- Perfect Fit
- 01:58
- 20,269 plays

- 14
- Rolling Balls
- 02:21
- 12,090 plays

- 15
- Who Said You Could Touch Me?
- 01:24
- 12,798 plays

album review

"While we're really proud of our history and accomplishments we feel our career is really just getting started and feel slightly embarrassed by anything that hints at retrospect. There's plenty of time for that later when we're old. We'd rather move forward...." That was the post by AFI on their official message board in October 2004. Though cryptic, it seemed to denounce or at least dismiss the hits and rarities compilation issued that November by Nitro Records, AFI's label until their 2003 bow for DreamWorks. Unauthorized? Maybe. But AFI is still a solid overview of the band's pre-Sing the Sorrow output, which between 1996 and 2000 included five albums and an EP. Quality was spotty on each release. But the records do trace the transformation of AFI's sound, from the early influence of California hardcore and punk to the crashing chords and richer melodic sense that would coalesce with the hit major-label debut, Sorrow. Working in reverse chronological order, AFI includes the stronger tracks from each album, as well as a few extras to reel in the diehards. "Winter's Tale" is a rousing, U.K.-only pop-punk gem from the Days of the Phoenix EP, there are two tracks from the All Hallows EP, and "Lower It" comes from the vinyl of 1999's Black Sails in the Sunset. "Rolling Balls" and "Who Said You Could Touch Me?" also come from the vinyl pressing of Very Proud of Ya. Even if it is a Christmas season play on AFI's larger popularity, Nitro's collection is a snapshot of the group's development. Its brash sound will also be a surprise to fans of the much more grandiose Sing the Sorrow. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide