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{{Infobox album
| name       = Answer That and Stay Fashionable
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[AFI (band)|AFI]]
| cover      = AFI - Answer That and Stay Fashionable cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1995|07|04}}<ref name="Altpress">{{cite web|last=Heller|first=Jason|title=AFI ''Answer That And Stay Fashionable''|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/answerthatandstayfashionable|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=June 22, 2010|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
| studio     = Art of Ears, Hayward, CA
| genre      = [[Hardcore punk]]<ref name="Altpress" /><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Hinds|first=Andy|title= Answer That & Stay Fashionable|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000046062|pure_url=yes}}|work=[[All Media Network]]|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
| length     = 28:21
| label      = Wingnut
| producer   = AFI
| prev_title = [[Fly in the Ointment (album)|Fly in the Ointment]]
| prev_year  = 1995
| next_title = [[Very Proud of Ya]]
| next_year  = 1996
}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" />
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Altpress" />
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first1=Nathan |editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian |editor-link2=Christian Hoard |title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |location=New York |publisher=Fireside Books |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |edition=4th |page=10}}</ref>
}}

'''''Answer That and Stay Fashionable''''' is the debut studio album by American [[rock music|punk rock]] band [[AFI (band)|AFI]]. It was released on July 4, 1995, through Wingnut Records and rereleased on April 22, 1997, through [[Nitro Records]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI – Answer That And Stay Fashionable CD|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1135539/a/Answer+That+And+Stay+Fashionable.htm|publisher=CD Universe|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afinewshq.com/2010/07/geoff-kresge-comments-on-each-answer.html|title=Geoff Kresge comments on each Answer That song!|accessdate=2024-07-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804162619/http://www.afinewshq.com/2010/07/geoff-kresge-comments-on-each-answer.html|archive-date=August 4, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Background==
''Answer That and Stay Fashionable'' was recorded in [[Hayward, California]], at Art of Ears, the studio of [[Andy Ernst]], in 1995. The album was produced by AFI, along with Doug Sangalang, [[Tim Armstrong]] and [[Brett Reed]]. It was recorded in under a week.<ref>{{Cite web|date=Feb 17, 2017|title=Backspin: AFI on 'Answer That and Stay Fashionable' - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icDMEaHpKg0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/icDMEaHpKg0 |archive-date=2021-12-22|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-18|publisher=Yahoo!|via=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

All of the tracks except "Open Your Eyes" are copyrighted to Anthems for Insubordinates.<ref name=":0" />

The album originally included a hidden track, a cover of [[The Police]]'s "Man in a Suitcase", which is absent on the rerelease. In its place is a cover of [[The Circus Tents]]' "Open Your Eyes", originally released with an alternate mix on the ''[[Fly in the Ointment (EP)|Fly in the Ointment]]'' EP in 1995.

Many audio samples are included throughout the album, such as a clip from ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992), whose theatrical release poster the cover artwork parodies. Also featured is a clip from ''[[The Comic Strip]]'' episode "[[Bad News (band)|Bad News Tour]]", from which the album derives its name, and ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afinewshq.com/2013/05/20/where-did-those-atasf-samples-come-from/|title=Where Did Those ATASF Samples Come From?|website=AFI News Headquarters|date=May 20, 2013|accessdate=November 13, 2018}}</ref>

The tracks "Two of a Kind" and "Yürf Rendenmein" were later re-recorded for AFI's second album ''[[Very Proud of Ya]]''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Standard Edition
| all_lyrics = [[Davey Havok]]
| all_music = [[Geoff Kresge]], except where noted
| total_length = 28:21
| title1 = Two of a Kind
| length1 = 1:31
| title2 = Half-Empty Bottle
| lyrics2 = Geoff
| length2 = 1:39
| title3 = Yürf Rendenmein
| music3 = {{hlist|Geoff|Dave}}
| length3 = 2:14
| title4 = I Wanna Get a Mohawk (But Mom Won't Let Me Get One)
| length4 = 1:12
| title5 = Brownie Bottom Sundae
| length5 = 1:47
| title6 = [[The Checkered Demon]]
| music6 = {{hlist|Mark|Geoff}}
| length6 = 2:08
| title7 = Cereal Wars
| length7 = 1:17
| title8 = The Mother in Me
| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Geoff|Dave}}
| length8 = 2:06
| title9 = Rizzo in the Box
| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Dave|[[Adam Carson|Adam]]}}
| length9 = 1:50
| title10 = Kung-Fu Devil
| music10 = Mark
| length10 = 2:15
| title11 = Your Name Here
| lyrics11 = Geoff
| length11 = 2:28
| title12 = Ny-Quil
| length12 = 2:07
| title13 = Don't Make Me Ill
| lyrics13 = {{hlist|Geoff|Dave}}
| length13 = 2:41
| title14 = High School Football Hero
| lyrics14 = Geoff
| length14 = 1:53
| title15 = Man in a Suitcase
| note15 = [[The Police]] cover; hidden track
| lyrics15 = [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
| music15 = Sting
| length15 = 3:13
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Vinyl-only Tracks
| title15        = Self-Pity
| lyrics15       = {{hlist|Mark|Dave}}
| music15        = Mark
| length15       =

| title16        = Key Lime Pie
| lyrics16       = Adam
| music16        = Adam
| length16       = 
}}

{{Track listing
| headline       = Re-release
| title14        = Open Your Eyes
| note14         = [[The Circus Tents]] cover
| lyrics14       = Matt Wedgley
| music14        = The Circus Tents
| length14       = 1:16

| title15        = High School Football Hero
| lyrics15       = Geoff
| length15       = 1:55
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Re-release Vinyl-only Tracks
| title16        = Self-Pity
| lyrics16       = {{hlist|Mark|Dave}}
| music16        = Mark
| length16       = 0:56

| title17        = Key Lime Pie
| lyrics17       = Adam
| music17        = Adam
| length17       = 0:37
}}

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Answer That and Stay Fashionable|others=AFI|year=1995|type=Liner notes|publisher=Wingnut|id=WRCD-1370}}</ref>

'''AFI'''
* Markus Stopholese – guitars
* [[Adam Carson]] – drums
* [[Davey Havok]] –– lead vocals
* [[Geoff Kresge]] – bass, vocals

'''Additional personnel'''
* AFI – producer
* [[Tim Armstrong]] – co-producer {{small|(tracks 2 & 11)}}
* [[Andy Ernst]] – engineer, recording
* George Horn – mastering
* [[Brett Reed]] – co-producer {{small|(tracks 2 & 11)}}
* Doug Sangalang – co-producer
* Steve Z – photography

'''Studios'''
* Recorded at Art of Ears, Hayward, CA
* Mastered  at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA

==References==
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