Wide Awake Bored

{{Infobox album | name = Wide Awake Bored | type = Album | artist = Treble Charger | cover = Tc wideawakebored.png | alt = | released = July 25, 2000 (Canada)<br>April 24, 2001 (United States) | recorded = 1999 | venue = | studio = Sound City, Van Nuys<br />Grandmaster, Hollywood<br />King Sound & Pictures Studios, Los Angeles | genre = * Pop-punk * power pop * alternative rock | length = 40:39 | label = Nettwerk | producer = Matt Hyde | prev_title = Maybe It's Me | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Detox | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = American release cover | type = studio | cover = TrebleChargerAmericanPsycho(AR).JPG | border = | alt = | caption = }} }}

'''''Wide Awake Bored''''' is the fourth album by Canadian rock band Treble Charger. The album was released in 2000 in Canada and in 2001 in the United States. The album featured the singles "American Psycho", "Brand New Low" and "Business", all which had music videos and received notable radio airplay. "Brand New Low" and "American Psycho" were included in the ''NHL 2002'' by EA Sports, plus "Wear Me Down" and "Business" were featured in EA's ''Triple Play 2002''.

==Track listing== All songs written by Treble Charger.

{{Track listing | title1= Brand New Low | length1= 3:53 | title2= American Psycho | length2= 3:24 | title3= Business | length3= 3:26 | title4= Cheat Away | length4= 3:47 | title5= Funny | length5= 4:13 | title6= Favorite Worst Enemy | length6= 4:04 | title7= More's the Pity | length7= 3:55 | title8= I Don't Know | length8= 3:54 | title9= Wear Me Down | length9= 3:04 | title10= Another Dollar | length10= 3:01 | title11= Just What They Told Me | length11= 3:54 }}

==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r527900|pure_url=yes}}</ref> | rev2 = Artist Direct | rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1125146,00.html|title=Artist}}</ref> }}

''Wide Awake Bored'' was voted as the seventh-best CD of 2000 by CFNY-FM listeners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edge102.com/charts/20010101.HTM|title=The Top 102 CD's Of 2000|access-date=2025-08-16|archive-date=2001-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210095507/http://www.edge102.com/charts/20010101.HTM|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The album was nominated for "Rock Album of the Year" at the 2001 Juno Awards. Also, their hit single "American Psycho" was nominated in the "Best Single" category. This album was Treble Charger's most successful album to date, reaching platinum status in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0701_g.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - July 2001 |accessdate=2013-11-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174619/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0701_g.php |archivedate=2011-07-06 }}</ref>

==Personnel== *Treble Charger - photography **Greig Nori - guitar, vocals **Bill Priddle - guitar, vocals, keyboards **Rosie Martin - bass, backing vocals **Trevor McGregor - drums *Matt Hyde - producer, engineer *Dan Druff - assistant producer, guitar technician *Jeff Skelton - assistant engineer *Andrew Alekel - assistant engineer *Mike Terry - assistant engineer *Tom Lord-Alge - mixing *David Bendeth - mixing, A&R *Jack Joseph Puig - mixing *Randy Staub - mixing *Don Heffington - percussion on "Brand New Low", "Funny" and "Just What They Told Me" *Rami Jaffee - additional keyboards on "Funny" and "Just What They Told Me" *John Rummen - cover art

== Year-end charts == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !Chart (2000) !Position |- ! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 29, 2022}}</ref> |130 |}

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Category:Treble Charger albums Category:2001 albums Category:Albums recorded at Sound City Studios