In Defense of the Genre è il terzo album in studio del gruppo statunitense Say Anything.
L'album, che consta di due dischi, è stato pubblicato il 23 ottobre 2007 dalla J Records, preceduto dall'uscita del singolo Baby Girl, I'm a Blur su iTunes.
Via MySpace è stato possibile per un limitato periodo di tempo pre-ordinare una copia autografata dell'album.
Tracce Disco 1
Disco 2
Formazione
Collaborazioni Una delle peculiarità dell'album è sicuramente il numero notevole di apparizioni di ospiti speciali nell'album, quasi tutti provenienti da noti gruppi della scena pop punk americana contemporanea.
Pete Yorn – backing vocals in "Skinny, Mean Man" Anna Waronker (that dog.) – backing vocals in "No Soul" DJ Swamp – turntable in "No Soul" Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday) – backing vocals in "Surgically Removing the Tracking Device" Fred Mascherino (The Color Fred) – backing vocals in "Surgically Removing the Tracking Device" Anthony Raneri (Bayside) – backing vocals in "This Is Fucking Ecstasy" Hayley Williams (Paramore) – backing vocals in "The Church Channel" and "Plea" Caithlin De Marrais (Rainer Maria) – backing vocals in "Shiksa (Girlfriend)" Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) – backing vocals in "Retarded in Love" Michael Auerbach – backing vocals in "Retarded in Love" Casey Prestwood (Hot Rod Circuit) – in "Retarded in Love" Trever Keith (Face to Face) – backing vocals in "People Like You Are Why People Like Me Exist" Chris Conley (Saves the Day) – backing vocals in "Sorry, Dudes. My Bad." Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) – backing vocals in "In Defense of the Genre" Joshua Sultan – backing vocals in "The Truth Is, You Should Lie With Me" Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) – backing vocals in "About Falling" Laura Kirsch – backing vocals in "About Falling" Jordan Pundik (New Found Glory) – backing vocals in "You're the Wanker, If Anyone Is" Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory) – backing vocals in "You're the Wanker, If Anyone Is" Aaron Gillespie (Underoath & The Almost) – backing vocals in "You're the Wanker, If Anyone Is" Andy Jackson (Hot Rod Circuit) – backing vocals in "We Killed It" Anthony Green (Circa Survive) – backing vocals in "Hangover Song" Kenny Vasoli (The Starting Line) – backing vocals in "Plea"
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