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1. Adelitas Way

   189,266 listeners

   11 tracks · 14 July 2009

2. Home School Valedictorian

   93,886 listeners

   11 tracks · 2 June 2011

3. Notorious

   14,032 listeners

   9 tracks · 19 October 2017

4. Adelitas Way (Edited)

   12,202 listeners

   11 tracks · 14 July 2009

5. Getaway

   9,164 listeners

   11 tracks · 26 February 2016

6. Ready for War (Pray for Peace)

   7,131 listeners

   1 track · 29 September 2016

7. Sick

   6,483 listeners

   1 track · 11 March 2011

8. Bad Reputation

   6,286 listeners

   1 track · 18 December 2015

9. Stuck

   4,061 listeners

   11 tracks · 1 January 2014

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11. Invincible (WWE Superstars Theme Song)

    3,067 listeners

    Overwatch activation key. 2 tracks · 17 April 2009

12. I Get Around

    2,708 listeners

    1 track · 12 February 2015

13. Stuck (Deluxe)

    2,042 listeners

    13 tracks · 29 July 2014

14. Tell Me

    1,833 listeners

    1 track · 15 December 2016

15. Deserve This EP

    1,259 listeners

    4 tracks · 11 March 2015

16. Dog On A Leash

    859 listeners

    1 track · 8 April 2014

17. Invincible

    556 listeners

    1 track · 2009

18. Demos

    413 listeners

    11 tracks · 2007

19. Last Stand

    340 listeners

20. Bad Reputation - Single

    204 listeners

    1 track · 18 December 2015

21. Sick (Edited)

    199 listeners

    1 track · 15 March 2011

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Home School Valedictorian, the Las Vegas-based modern rock outfit Adelitas Way's sophomore effort, polishes the already slick foundation on which the band built their 2009 debut. Bolstered by a radio-ready, appropriately bitter first single, “Sick,” a movie trailer-ready, Killers-esque anthem in “Alive,” and a rote, vulnerable, midtempo ballad called “I Can Tell,” High School Valedictorian sounds precise, pained, and impeccable, which is really what modern rock is about, but one can’t help feeling manipulated by the template-like accuracy of it all. Like any good pop record, the verse/chorus formula is applied liberally, and when the band sinks its teeth in, as they do on opener “The Collapse” it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the angst of it all. The hooks are catchy, the playing is tight, and the vision is grand, but the glassy familiarity of each move comes off like two computers playing chess with each other.