title: The Papercut Chronicles
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  The Papercut Chronicles is the second studio album by Gym Class Heroes released in 2005 by Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance. A sequel, The Papercut Chronicles II, was released in 2011. The album has sold over 32,000 copies in US.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Standard Edition
  
  * "Za Intro" – 1:40
  * "Papercuts" – 3:26
  * "Petrified Life and the Twice Told Joke (Decrepit Bricks)" – 4:53
  * "Make Out Club" – 4:43
  * "Taxi Driver" – 1:59
  * "So Long Friend" – 1:14
  * "Everyday's Forecast" – 4:21
  * "Pillmatic" – 3:11
  * "Simple Livin'" – 3:06
  * "Cupid's Chokehold" (featuring Patrick Stump) – 4:03
  * "Faces in the Hall" – 4:13
  * "Graduation Day" – 1:44
  * "Apollo 3-1-5" – 2:29
  * "wejusfreestylin'pt2" – 1:12
  * "To Bob Ross with Love" – 2:38
  * "Papercuts (The Reason for the Lesions Remix by Mr. Dibbs)" – 3:46
  * "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" – 4:01
  * "Band Aids" – 4:58
  * The song "Band Aids" ends at minute 1:52. After 2 minutes and 10 seconds of silence (1:52 - 4:02), begins an untitled hidden track: it's a computer generated voice that talks.
  
  ### Japanese Bonus Track
  
  * "Boomerang Theory" (Bonus Track)
  
  ### Bonus Remix CD
  
  * "Chicago" (Remix)
  * "Heart Transplant" (Remix)
  * "Attention" (Remix)
  * "Gotta Get Out of Here" (Remix)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.
  
  Gym Class Heroes
  
  * Travis McCoy - vocals
  * Matt McGinley - drums
  * Ryan Geise - bass
  * Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo - guitar
  
  Additional personnel
  
  * Doug White - producer, engineer
  * Milo Bonacci - guitars
  * Sie One - production (tracks 1, 8, 12, and 18)
  * Gary Ventura - photography
  * Evan Leake - CD layout/design
  * Patrick Stump - guest vocals (track 10)
  * Adam English - piano (track 10)
  * Rand Bellavia - additional backing vocals (track 10)
  * Matt Green - mixing and additional engineering (track 10)
  * Mr. Dibbs - remixing (track 16)
  * Chris Alsip - guest vocals (track 16)
  
  ## Additional notes
  
  * "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" is a commentary on mainstream rap music from Travis' point of view as a rapper himself.
  * The lyrics in the outro of "Kid Nothing vs. the Echo Factor" are derived from the first line of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb".
  * "Cupid's Chokehold" samples extensively from Supertramp's song "Breakfast in America".
  * "Taxi Driver" is an homage to other contemporary bands in the indie rock and punk genres.
  * The Papercut Chronicles version of the "Cupid's Chokehold" music video was directed by Andrew Paul Bowser who would later co-direct the "New Friend Request" video with Joseph M. Petrick for their album As Cruel as School Children.
  * "Make Out Club" includes a reference to the song "Girl or Dog?" by Travis's old side project Bernie Allen.
  * "To Bob Ross With Love" is an updated version of "Happy Little Trees" which appears on the album ...For the Kids.
  