Editing Before the Robots

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Before the Robots
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Better Than Ezra]]
| cover      = Before the Robts.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2005|4|4}}
| recorded   = 2005
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[country rock]], [[Southern rock]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=51|s=55}}
| label      = [[Artemis Records|Artemis]]
| producer   = BTE, Ethan Allen
| prev_title = [[Greatest Hits (Better Than Ezra)|Greatest Hits]]
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [[Paper Empire]]
| next_year  = 2009
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Before the Robots
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = [[A Lifetime]]
 | single1date = 2005
 | single2     = [[Our Last Night (Better Than Ezra song)|Our Last Night]]
 | single2date = 2005
 | single3     = [[Juicy (Better Than Ezra song)|Juicy]]
 | single3date = 2006
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score ={{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r733836|pure_url=yes}} link]}}
'''''Before the Robots''''' is the studio follow-up [[album]] to [[Better Than Ezra]]'s 2001 studio release ''[[Closer (Better Than Ezra album)|Closer]]'' and debut album on [[Artemis Records]]. It was released on April 4, 2005, internationally and a day later in [[North America]].

The band enjoyed their biggest success since 1996's ''[[Friction, Baby]]'' on the reworked single "[[A Lifetime]]", which first appeared on 2001's ''[[Closer (Better Than Ezra album)|Closer]]''. The tracks "A Southern Thing" and "[[Our Last Night (Better Than Ezra song)|Our Last Night]]" also gained some radio airplay. Additionally, the album track "Juicy" was the featured music in promotions for the second season of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.

Prior to the album's release, the band offered to autograph all copies of the album pre-ordered through their website.

The album title reportedly came to the band's drummer Travis McNabb in a dream.  He dreamt of seeing a UK buzz band called Before the Robots.  The next day, he asked fellow band members if there was such a band.  Upon finding out there was not, they decided to adopt the phrase for this album's title.

On January 22, 2010, American country-pop singer [[Taylor Swift]] covered "Breathless" at a performance at the ''[[Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief]]'' event, a charity telethon to benefit the victims of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]]. Swift has also been known to cover "Our Last Night" at many of her concerts.

==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[Kevin Griffin]].
{{track listing
| title1          = Burned
| length1         = 3:41
| title2          = Daylight
| length2         = 3:54
| title3          = [[A Lifetime]]
| length3         = 3:27
| title4          = It's Only Natural
| length4         = 4:16
| title5          = Overcome
| length5         = 5:22
| title6          = Special
| length6         = 4:03
| title7          = American Dream
| length7         = 3:39
| title8          = [[Our Last Night (Better Than Ezra song)|Our Last Night]]
| length8         = 4:12
| title9          = A Southern Thing
| length9         = 4:02
| title10         = [[Juicy (Better Than Ezra song)|Juicy]]
| length10        = 3:53
| title11         = Hollow
| length11        = 3:30
| title12         = Our Finest Year
| length12        = 4:21
| title13         = Breathless
| length13        = 3:35
| total_length    = 51:55
}}

==Personnel==
;Better Than Ezra
* Tom Drummond&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]]
* [[Kevin Griffin]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]], [[guitar]], [[piano]]
* Travis Aaron McNabb&nbsp;– [[drum kit|drums]]

;Additional personnel
* [[Tim Palmer (record producer)|Tim Palmer]] - Mixing
* Greg Collins&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
* Jon Gros&nbsp;– [[Hammond B3|B3]] [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano|Whirly]], [[Rhodes piano|Rhodes]]
* Jason Hill&nbsp;– [[backing vocalist|background vocals]]
* Brian Karzcig&nbsp;– background vocals
* Eric Lucero&nbsp;– [[trumpet]]
* Mark Mullins&nbsp;– [[trombone]]

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[[Category:2005 albums]]
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[[Category:Artemis Records albums]]