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Studio Albums

LITHIUm (2017)

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"Lithium", Faux Paz's, ninth studio album marks some huge stepping stones for Faux Paz. This album features the group's 2016 3rd Place winning ICCA Set and 2017 1st Place winning BOSS Set, along with 5 other songs, for a total of 12 tracks that the group spent 1.5 years recording, and pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into. Lithium is also being released as Faux Paz enters into its 25th Anniversary year, showing what a long way the group has come in its years of existence. Each song on this album explores an innately dichotomous conflict that is experienced in the human condition. We hope that our album can be the medicine to manage to the bipolar world around us. We hope that this album can be the catalyst for one’s major change. Finally, we hope that our album can comfort those who feel lost, and give them something to truly connect to. 'Lithium' received 11 CARA nominations in total in 2017 and 2018. The album includes Faux Paz's first CARA award-winning song (Where Are Ü Now), which was also featured on the compilation album, Sing 13: Superstition, by the Contemporary A Cappella Society. Track 3, 'Bad Blood', is featured on BOCA (Best of Collegiate A Cappella) 2018! See "Compilation Album Features" below for more information. 
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2017 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)
Awards:
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement for "Where Are Ü Now" by Joshua Singer & Michael Brisentine
Nominations:
  • Best Pop/Rock Song for "Where Are Ü Now"
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Song for "Where Are Ü Now"
  • Best Electronic/Experimental Song for "Where Are Ü Now"
2018 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)
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Awards:
  • Best Rock Song for "Emperor's New Clothes"
  • Runner-Up for Best Pop Album
Nominations:
  • Best Electronic/Experimental Song for "Never Forget You"
  • Best Professional Arrangement for a Scholastic Group for "Emperor's New Clothes" by Michael Brisentine
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Solo for "Dog Days Are Over" by Lynique Webster
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Song for "Bad Blood"​
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Album

Faux Paz (2015)

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Faux [fō, French]: false
Paz [pahz, Spanish]: peace
During the past 23 years of the group’s existence, the name Faux Paz has represented a different emotion to each generation of singers, from unbearable angst to overwhelming love. Today, the group believes “Faux Paz” is defined purely through the music of their eighth studio album. These songs are meant to take the listener on an emotional journey; one that represents Faux Paz's road to the 2015 ICCA Finals.  The self-titled album is the culmination of one of the group's most successful years to date, and is a tribute to every generation that has shaped what it means to be Faux Paz.  With four CARA nominations including one runner-up award, the eighth album has received national recognition in the a cappella community.  The opener track, "Come Into My Head" is also featured on the "best-of" compilation albums Sing 12: This Big! by the Contemporary A Cappella Society, and Voices Only 2016 by Voices Only A Cappella.  See "Compilation Album Features" below for more information.
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2016 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)
​Awards:
  • Runner-Up: Best Mixed Collegiate Song for "Come Into My Head"
Nominations:
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Album
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Solo for "Come Into My Head" by Lynique Webster
  • Best Electronic/Experimental Song for "Our Own House"
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Faux Paz received an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5! Read the full review here.

Chaos (2014)

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On their seventh studio album, the University of Maryland Faux Paz aim to capture the raw emotion that has defined their unique sound for over two decades. Through intricate arrangements and dynamic performances, Chaos explores a wide spectrum of emotions from rage and desperation to hope and vulnerability. Several of Faux’s most powerful selections are on display, including pieces from the 2013 ICCAs and the entirety of their award-winning 2014 ICCA set. This is also their first album to be produced in partnership with The Vocal Company; launching Faux Paz into the next level of recorded a cappella. 
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2015 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)
Awards:
  • Runner-Up: Best Mixed Collegiate Solo for "I Was Here" by Lynique Webster
Nominations:
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Album
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Song for "I Was Here"
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Chaos received an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5! Read the full review here.

REV (2013)

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With their sixth album, the University of Maryland Faux Paz reveal a fresh sound that is both polished and sophisticated while maintaining the explosive energy and emotion that has driven the group for the past 20 years. REV features an array of Faux favorites including songs that have been showcased in the group's award-winning ICCA sets. Faux Paz has revolutionized its sound to remain relevant within an a cappella community that is constantly evolving while staying true to its unmistakable style.  So get ready, get set, and get REV'ed!
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REV received an overall rating of 4 out of 5! Read the full review here.

Busy Work (2009)

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Faux Paz's fifth studio album, Busy Work, was recorded at multiple locations in the spring and fall of 2008, including the studios of award-winning a cappella producer James Gammon in Charlottesville, VA, and the homes of Faux Paz alumni Dave Gradin and James Leathers. It features much of the group's repertoire from 2007-2009, including Faux Paz's 2008 ICCA set of "When I Get You Alone", "My Sin", and "Soulmate".  Additionally, "Flashing Lights" was featured on the "best-of" compilation album, Voices Only 2009!  See "Compilation Album Features" below for more information.
Tracklist:
  1. 4Ever 
  2. Bright Lights
  3. Soulmate
  4. How I Could Just Kill A Man
  5. Flashing Lights
  6. My Sin
  7. Mercy On Me
  8. When I Get You Alone
  9. Portions For Foxes
  10. Valerie
  11. Sailed On
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Busy Work received an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5! Read the full review here.

Crisis Control (2007)

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Crisis Control, Faux Paz's fourth album, was recorded at the studio of award-winning a cappella producer, James Gammon, in Charlottesville, VA in January of 2007.  It features much of the group's current repertoire, including every new arrangement from the Fall 2006 semester.   Additionally, three tracks off Crisis Control were featured on national or international "best-of" compilations!  "24" appears on Voices Only 2007, "Heaven's a Lie" was selected for Sing IV: Good Medicine, and the closing track "Other Side Of the World" is featured on BOCA 2008: Best Of College A Cappella! ​See "Compilation Album Features" below for more information.
​Tracklist:
  1. It's My Life 
  2. Somewhere Only We Know
  3. All These Things That I've Done
  4. 24
  5. How To Save A Life
  6. Unfaithful
  7. I'm The Only One
  8. Fix You
  9. Heaven's a Lie
  10. Sunday Morning
  11. Other Side Of The World

2008 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs)
Nominations:
  • Best Mixed Collegiate Album

For Lack of a Better Word (2005)

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​Tracklist:
  1. Bring Me To Life
  2. 1979
  3. White Flag
  4. Lazy Days
  5. Three Libras
  6. Let Go
  7. Breakaway
  8. Iris
  9. Both Hands
  10. Zombie

We Steal Your Songs (2003)

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Tracklist:
  1. Karma Slave
  2. Everlong
  3. Either Way
  4. It's All Been Done
  5. Turn Off The Light
  6. Dreaming Of You
  7. Drive
  8. Stay
  9. Here With Me
  10. Freedom
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We Steal Your Songs received an overall rating of 4 out of 5! Read the full review here.

...ends with a Z (2001)

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Tracklist:
  1. Sweet Child O' Mine
  2. ​When Doves Cry
  3. Crush
  4. Larger Than Life
  5. Cornflake Girl
  6. Black Balloon
  7. Uninvited
  8. Zoot Suit Riot
  9. The Radical Light
  10. Hole Hearted
  11. Kyrie
  12. Why Should I Cry For You?
  13. Africa
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...ends with a Z received an overall rating of 4 out of 5! Read the full review here.

Compilation Album Features

BOCA 2018: BEST OF COLLEGE A CAPPELLA
By: Varsity Vocals
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Track 5: Bad Blood - Lithium

Sing 13: Superstition (2016)

By: Contemporary A Cappella Society
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Track 9: Where Are Ü Now - Lithium

Voices Only 2016, Vol. 2 (A Cappella)

By: Voices Only A Cappella
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Track 1: Come Into My Head - Faux Paz

Sing 12: This Big! (2015)

By: Contemporary A Cappella Society
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Track 14: Come Into My Head - Faux Paz

Sing IV: Good Medicine (2009)

By: Contemporary A Cappella Society
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Track 18: Heaven's a Lie - Crisis Control

Voices Only 2009 College A Cappella (Disc 1)

By: Voices Only A Cappella
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Track 10: Flashing Lights - Busy Work

BOCA 2008: Best Of CollegE A Cappella

By: Varsity Vocals
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Track 6: Other Side Of The World - Crisis Control

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