Friendships Often Fade Away

Friendships Often Fade Away
Studio album by Audio Learning Center
Released	February 26, 2002
Recorded	June 2000 – June 2001
Genre	Post punk, alternative rock
Length	59:56
Label	Vagrant
Producer	Adam Kasper, Christopher Brady
Audio Learning Center chronology
Friendships Often Fade Away (2002) Cope Park (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Los Angeles Times
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Punknews.org

Friendships Often Fade Away is the debut album by the American post punk band Audio Learning Center, released in 2002 through Vagrant Records.

Critical reception

The Pitch wrote that singer "[Christopher] Brady’s most effective material recalls mournful tales of souls haunted by tainted love and shattered pasts."

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Christopher E. Brady; all music is composed by Christopher E. Brady, Steven Birch, Paul Johnson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Shell"	4:51
2.	"Hand Me Downs"	5:05
3.	"Favorite"	3:20
4.	"Winter"	7:03
5.	"The Dream"	4:54
6.	"A Dedication"	1:41
7.	"Broken"	5:07
8.	"Prescription"	5:59
9.	"December"	1:18
10.	"If You Choose"	5:45
11.	"I Love Robot"	11:57
12.	"untitled" (Hidden track)	2:56
Total length:		59:56

Personnel

Audio Learning Center

• Christopher E. Brady – Lead vocals, bass, art direction, engineer, producer
• Steven Birch – Guitar, backing vocals art direction, design, layout design, wurlitzer
• Paul Johnson – Drums, percussion

Artwork

• Rick Boston – Cover painting
• Marc Trunz – Artwork

Production

• Adam Kasper – Producer, engineer, mixing
• Adam Ayan – Mastering
• Rob Bartleson – Assistant Engineer
• Dave Friedlander – Engineer
• Sam Hofstedt – Engineer
• John McBain – Engineer
• Lars Fox – Pro-Tools
• Sean Cox – Technical Assistance
• Greg Keplinger – Technical Assistance