====== Waiting ======

[{{ :music:waiting.jpg?200|Album Art for Waiting}}]
=====Album Info=====
Waiting was Thursday's debut album, released on Eyeball Records in 1999. The photography throughout the album's artwork, with the exception of live shots, was done by Tom Keeley's uncle, Dennis Keeley.
<side right>**Other albums**\\ [[Music:Full Collapse|{{:music:thursday_full_collapse.jpg?100|Full Collapse}}]][[Music:Five Stories Falling|{{:music:five_stories_falling.jpg?100|Five Stories Falling}}]]</br>[[Music:War All the Time|{{:music:war_all_the_time.jpg?100|War All the Time}}]][[Music:A City by the Light Divided|{{:music:a_city_by_the_light_divided.jpg?100|A City by the Light Divided}}]]</br>[[Music:Kill the House Lights|{{:music:kill_the_house_lights.jpg?100|Kill the House Lights}}]][[Music:Split with Envy|{{:music:split_with_envy.jpg?100|Split with Envy}}]]</br>[[Music:Common Existence|{{:music:common_existence.jpg?100|Common Existence}}]]</side>

===== Track Listing =====

  - [[Music:Waiting:Porcelain|Porcelain]] – 4:40
  - [[Music:Waiting:This Side of Brightness|This Side of Brightness]] – 3:35
  - [[Music:Waiting:Ian Curtis|Ian Curtis]] – 3:47
  - [[Music:Waiting:Introduction|Introduction]] – 1:58
  - [[Music:Waiting:Streaks in the Sky|Streaks in the Sky]] – 4:30
  - [[Music:Waiting:In Transmission|In Transmission]] – 3:41
  - [[Music:Waiting:Dying in New Brunswick|Dying in New Brunswick]] – 4:06
  - [[Music:Waiting:The Dotted Line|The Dotted Line]] – 4:19
  - [[Music:Waiting:Where the Circle Ends|Where the Circle Ends]] – 3:11

===== Suicide Theme =====

The song "Porcelain" is a tribute and call to action regarding suicide. Kevin, best friend to Geoff Rickly, had committed suicide soon after moving to San Francisco. At the time of his suicide, there wasn't a toll-free suicide hotline available in San Francisco that Kevin was aware of and he was unable to seek counseling at the time of his death. The song "Ian Curtis" and late lead singer of the UK group Joy Division. Another victim of suicide, Curtis hanged himself in his Macclesfield home in 1980. The song contains the lyrics "Love has torn us apart", in reference to Joy Division's song "Love Will Tear Us Apart".