Editing Something to Write Home About (section)

{{For|the Craig Morgan song|Something to Write Home About (song)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Something to Write Home About
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the Get Up Kids]]
| cover      = TheGet-UpKidsSomethingtoWriteHomeAbout.jpg
| alt        = A painting of two robots sat down, one of which is leaning into the other
| released   = September 28, 1999
| recorded   = June–July 1999
| studio     = Mad Hatter, [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California|Silverlake, California]]
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Emo]]|[[pop-punk]]}}
| length     = 45:26
| label      = [[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]], Heroes & Villains
| producer   = {{hlist|The Get Up Kids|[[Chad Blinman]]|Alex Brahl}}
| prev_title = [[Red Letter Day (EP)|Red Letter Day]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[The Get Up Kids / The Anniversary|Central Standard Time/Vasil + Bluey]]
| next_year  = 1999
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Something to Write Home About
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Action & Action]]
 | single1date = March 24, 2000
}}
}}

'''''Something to Write Home About''''' is the second studio album by American [[emo music|emo]] band [[the Get Up Kids]], released on September 28, 1999, through [[Vagrant Records]] and the band's own label Heroes & Villains Records. Following the promotional tours for their debut album ''[[Four Minute Mile]]'' (1997), the band were in discussion with [[Mojo Records]]. During this period, [[James Dewees]] joined as the band's keyboardist. As negotiations with the label eventually stalled, they eventually went with Vagrant Records. They recorded their next album at Mad Hatter Studios in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles]], California, co-producing it with [[Chad Blinman]] and Alex Brahl. Described as an [[emo]] album, ''Something to Write Home About'' expands on the harder edge of its predecessor, with frontman [[Matt Pryor (musician)|Matt Pryor]] citing the works of the [[Foo Fighters]], [[Jimmy Eat World]] and [[Wilco]] as influences.

''Something to Write Home About'' received generally favourable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], with many praising the songwriting. The album was a commercial success, selling over 100,000 copies, and peaking at number 31 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Albums]] chart in the United States. The band promoted it with a European tour and a US tour with [[At the Drive-In]] until the end of 1999. "[[Action & Action]]" was released as the [[lead single]] from the album. Later that year, the band toured across Australia, Japan, Europe, ending with a headlining US tour; in early 2001 they supported [[Green Day]] and [[Weezer]].

The success of ''Something to Write Home About'' made Vagrant Records one of the major players in the fledgling [[emo]] scene, attracting bands like [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Saves the Day]], and [[Alkaline Trio]] to sign with the label. It is often cited as one of the best albums of the second-wave movement of emo, and is cited as an influence on third wave acts like [[Coheed & Cambria]]. Publications such as ''[[Kerrang!]]'', ''[[LA Weekly]]'' and ''[[NME]]'', among others, have included the album on best-of lists for the emo and pop-punk genres. It was re-released as a CD and DVD set in 2008, and has been re-pressed on vinyl in 2015 and 2016; the 2015 version charted at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' [[Vinyl Albums]] chart.