This Adultery Is Ripe is the debut studio album by the American post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers, released in August 2000. Produced by Matt Bayles, this album was recorded over a weekend [2] on a limited budget, and has been described as "stripped-down" and catchy by singer Jordan Blilie[3] The artwork to This Adultery Is Ripe is almost entirely composed of pictures taken from the 1967 film The Graduate, which is described as a "cinematic masterpiece" in the liner notes.
| This Adultery Is Ripe | ||||
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| Studio albumby | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | December 10–12, 1999 | |||
| Studio | Studio Lithio (Seattle, Washington) | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 21:47 | |||
| Label | Second Nature | |||
| Producer | Matt Bayles, The Blood Brothers | |||
| The Blood Brothers chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
All tracks are written by The Blood Brothers
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rescue" | 2:06 |
| 2. | "Doctor! Doctor!" | 3:29 |
| 3. | "The Face in the Embryo" | 2:21 |
| 4. | "James Brown" | 1:05 |
| 5. | "Mutiny on the Ark of the Blood Brothers" | 2:09 |
| 6. | "Jordan Blilie Pets the Wild Horse's Mane" | 1:47 |
| 7. | "Marooned on Piano Island" | 1:55 |
| 8. | "This Adultery Is Ripe" | 1:37 |
| 9. | "Time for Tenderness" | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Jennifer" | 1:54 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Additional Notes |
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| United States | 2000 | Second Nature Recordings | Compact disc | SN022 | |
| Hopscotch | LP | Hopscotch #14 | Pressed twice, first on black vinyl, second on white. Total amounts unknown. | ||
| Sound Virus | Sound Virus #1 | 116 clear vinyl copies, unknown amount of black vinyl copies. |