Keep It Together

Keep It Together
Studio album by Guster
Released	June 24, 2003
Recorded	2001—2003
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	48:44
Label	Palm/Reprise Records
Producer	Roger Moutenot and Ron Aniello
Professional reviews
AllMusic Guide link Pitchfork link Rolling Stone link
Guster chronology
WBR Sessions (2003) Keep It Together (2003) Live 09/04/03 Knoxville, TN (2003)

Keep It Together is an album by the band Guster. It was released in June, 2003. The album was recorded over a two-year period between 2001 and 2003 in Bearsville, New York, New York City, Burbank, California and Shokan, New York. This is the first album by Guster that features Brian Rosenworcel on kit drums instead of hand percussion, and it went through several working titles including Bitch Magic, Olympia Dukakis and Come Downstairs & Say Hello before the band decided on Keep It Together. The song "I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today" features Ben Kweller on vocals.

Track listing

1. "Diane" – 3:46
2. "Careful" – 3:42
3. "Amsterdam" – 3:37
4. "Backyard" – 2:55
5. "Homecoming King" – 3:37
6. "Ramona" – 3:06
7. "Jesus on the Radio" – 2:17
8. "Keep It Together" – 3:43
9. "Come Downstairs and Say Hello" – 5:16
10. "Red Oyster Cult" – 3:27
11. "Long Way Down" – 4:24
12. "I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today" – 3:22
13. "Silence" – 0:30
14. "Two at a Time" (hidden track – 4:57)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Song facts

Guster performing an "unplugged" version of "Jesus on the Radio" at a concert at The Ohio State University in 2006

• "Jesus on the Radio" - When the band plays the song live, they play it "unplugged", without any instruments or microphones plugged in.^[1]
• "Keep It Together" - The song can be heard at the end of the Season 1 The O.C. episode The Rescue.
• "I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today" - Features friend and tourmate Ben Kweller on lead vocals.

See also

• The Meowstro Sings - Guster's Keep It Together

References