Editing Half Hour of Power

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Half Hour of Power
| type         = EP
| artist       = [[Sum 41]]
| cover        = Sum41_halfhourofpower.png
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|2000|6|27}}<ref name=am />
| recorded     = 2000
| venue        = 
| studio       = [[Metalworks Studios]], [[Mississauga, Ontario]], Canada
| genre        = <!--Sourced in the body of the article and organized the order that the genres are in. Do not add unsourced genres  -->
* [[Pop punk]]
* [[skate punk]]
| length       = 30:00
| label        = {{flatlist|
* [[Island Records|Island]]
* [[Big Rig Records|Big Rig]]
* [[Aquarius Records (Canada)|Aquarius]]
}}
| producer     = {{flatlist|
* [[Greig Nori]]
* [[Deryck Whibley]]
}}
| prev_title   = 1998 Demo Tape
| prev_year    = 1998
| next_title   = [[All Killer No Filler]]
| next_year    = 2001
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Half Hour of Power
 | type        = EP
 | single1     = [[Makes No Difference]]
 | single1date = July 11, 2000
}}
}}

'''''Half Hour of Power''''' is the debut [[extended play]]{{refn|group=upper-alpha|Some sources consider ''Half Hour of Power'' a studio album and other sources consider it an extended play.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sum 41 unleash their power (ready to release 2 albums). |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27353938_ITM |publisher=Canadian Musician |date=July 1, 2000 |access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |title=Sum 41 Plan DVD, Live B-Sides, Monthlong Tour |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452491/20020221/sum_41.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040510164839/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452491/20020221/sum_41.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2004 |publisher=MTV |date=February 21, 2002 |access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref>}} by Canadian [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Sum 41]]. It was released on June 27, 2000, on [[Big Rig Records]], a subsidiary of [[Island Records]] (United States), and [[Aquarius Records (Canada)|Aquarius Records]] (Canada). The cover features the band's then-drummer [[Steve Jocz]] aiming a [[Nerf]] gun up in the air and standing in front of an explosion in the background. Though officially an EP, ''Half Hour of Power'' may also be considered the band's debut studio album. Most of the songs featured on the EP were included as bonus tracks on Sum 41's actual debut studio album ''[[All Killer No Filler]]'' (2001), which featured a re-recorded version of ''Half Hour of Power'''s sixth track "Summer". This is the second of three times that this song was featured on a Sum 41 album. It first appeared on their 1998 demo tape. The group originally planned to include different versions of the song on each of their albums as a joke, but scrapped the idea after ''All Killer No Filler'', as they felt that it would annoy their fanbase.

==Music==
Critics have categorized ''Half Hour of Power'' as [[pop punk]]<ref name=Hybrid /><ref name=CMJ /><ref name=Paul /><ref name=am>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/half-hour-of-power-mw0000066795|title=Half Hour of Power Review |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 30, 2025|first=Curtis|last=Zimmermann}}</ref> and [[skate punk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aux.tv/2016/02/the-13-best-albums-from-the-emopop-punk-boom/ |title=The 13 best albums from the emo/pop-punk boom |publisher=[[Aux (TV channel)|Aux]] |last=Rousseau |first=Rob |date=February 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name=CMJ>{{cite journal |title=SUM 41 Half Hour of Power |journal=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |last=Behrman |first=Lorne |number=85 |year=2000 |issn=1074-6978 |page=61}}</ref><ref name=Paul>{{cite web |url=http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/sum-41-half-hour-of-power/ |title=SUM 41 – HALF HOUR OF POWER |publisher=Punktastic |date=July 30, 2004}}</ref> The songs "Grab the Devil by the Horns and Fuck Him Up the Ass" and "Ride the Chariot to the Devil", are [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] songs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/half-hour-of-power-japan-bonus-tracks-mr0001355372|title=Half Hour of Power [Japan Bonus Tracks] - Sum 41 - Release Info - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> similar to [[Iron Maiden]].<ref name=CMJ /><ref name=am /> Although "Another Time Around" was described as punk rock, the song's intro was described as "dirge-metal".<ref name=Hybrid /> The song "Second Chance for Max Headroom" sounds like the band [[NOFX]]<ref name=Paul /> and has a [[ska]] section.<ref name=Hybrid>{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1200/sum41.shtml |title=SUM 41 - HALF HOUR OF POWER |publisher=Hybridmagazine.com |author=Ewan Wadharmi |access-date=2015-12-10 |archive-date=2001-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010510052831/http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1200/sum41.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=CMJ /> The song "Dave's Possessed Hair/It's What We're All About" is known for having a part with elements of [[hip hop music]].<ref name=Hybrid /><ref name=CMJ /> Elements of [[hardcore punk]] are also featured on the EP.<ref name=CMJ /> The track "T.H.T." is [[oi!]].

== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="am"/>
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Curtis Zimmermann of [[AllMusic]] stated that "The first track, "Grab the Devil by the Horns and Fuck Him up the Ass," is a time warp. For a minute and a half the group relives the [[New wave of British heavy metal|new wave of British metal]] and cranks out an [[Iron Maiden]] style tune. After a brief trip down memory lane the album quickly morphs into pop punk. The songs are well crafted and the hooks are catchy on "Make No Difference" and "Summer." But in some respects that is problematic, there was a time in the pre-[[Green Day]]/[[Blink-182]] years where punk defined itself by not being radio friendly. A good album, but essentially proof that turn of the millennium punk is just as much a corporate rock entity as adult contemporary."<ref>{{Citation|title=Half Hour of Power - Sum 41 {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/half-hour-of-power-mw0000066795|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref>

==Track listing==
Writing credits taken from [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/performer/SUM%2041 |title=Sum 41 |publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] |accessdate=May 8, 2024}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| total_length  = 29:57
| title1        = Grab the Devil by the Horns and Fuck Him Up the Ass
| note1         = Instrumental
| writer1       = [[Deryck Whibley]], [[Steve Jocz]], [[Dave Baksh]], [[Jason McCaslin]]
| length1       = 1:07
| title2        = Machine Gun
| writer2       = Whibley
| length2       = 2:29
| title3        = What I Believe
| writer3       = Whibley, [[Greig Nori]]
| length3       = 2:50
| title4        = T.H.T.
| writer4       = Whibley
| length4       = 0:44
| title5        = [[Makes No Difference]]
| writer5       = Whibley, Nori
| length5       = 3:10
| title6        = Summer
| writer6       = Whibley, Nori
| length6       = 2:40
| title7        = 32 Ways to Die
| note7         = Instrumental
| writer7       = Jocz
| length7       = 1:31
| title8        = Second Chance for Max Headroom
| writer8       = Whibley
| length8       = 3:51
| title9        = Dave's Possessed Hair" / "[[What We're All About]]
| writer9       = Whibley, Baksh / Whibley, Jocz, Baksh, [[MC Shan|Shawn Moltke]]
| length9       = 3:48
| title10       = Ride the Chariot to the Devil
| note10        = Instrumental
| writer10      = Whibley, Baksh
| length10      = 0:55
| title11       = Another Time Around
| note11        = Actual song ends at 3:22 with added silence afterwards bringing the EP's length to 30 minutes
| writer11      = Whibley, Nori
| length11      = 6:52
}}

==Personnel==
Adapted from the EP's liner notes.<ref name=Booklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=Half Hour of Power|type=CD liner notes|others=Sum 41|year=2000|publisher=[[The Island Def Jam Music Group]]}}</ref>

;Sum 41
*[[Deryck Whibley|Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]], [[rapping]] on "What We're All About"
*[[Dave Baksh|Dave "Hot Chocolate" Baksh]] - [[lead guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], rapping on "What We're All About"
*[[Jason McCaslin|Jason "Cone" McCaslin]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals
*[[Steve Jocz|Steve "Stevo 32" Jocz]] – [[drum kit|drums]], rapping on "What We're All About"

;Additional musicians
*Sarah McElcheran, Steven Donald - [[Horn (instrument)|horns]] on "Second Chance for Max Headroom"
*[[MC Shan]] - rap vocals on "What We're All About"

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2000–2001)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|- 
! scope="row"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|Japanese Albums]] ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Oricon Charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/282562/ranking/cd_album/|title=Sum 41 Album & Song Chart History – Oricon Charts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023204731/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/282562/ranking/cd_album/|archive-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 62
|-
! scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="zobbel 1994-2008">{{Cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM|title=Chart Log UK (1994–2008) DJ S – The System Of Life|publisher=Zobbel.de|access-date=May 8, 2024}}</ref>
| 143
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart|UK Rock & Metal Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20020113/112/|title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=January 13, 2002|access-date=July 2, 2024}}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|36|artist=Sum 41|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|176|artist=Sum 41|rowheader=true|access-date=August 6, 2020}}
|}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Sum 41|title=Half Hour of Power|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2003|access-date=May 8, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Sum 41|title=Half Hour of Power|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2013|id=12547-1183-2|access-date=May 8, 2024}}
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==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjK2W6TkofG_g-LmZ0dYMAg9V7FA1OVET ''Half Hour of Power''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)

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