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{{Infobox album

| Name = I'm Sorry I'm Leaving

| Type name = epI'm Sorry I'm Leaving

| Longtypetype = ep

| Artist artist = [[Saves the Day]]

| Cover cover = Saves the Day - I'm Sorry I'm Leaving cover.jpg

| Releasedalt = July 1, 1999 =

| released = July 1, 1999

| Recorded recorded = March 1999,<br/>Shoulder to the Wheel Studio

| Genre =

| Lengthvenue =

| Label studio = Immigrant Sun

| genre = [[Emo]], [[pop punk]]

| Producer =

| Genre length = 12:31

| Last album = ''[[Can't Slow Down (Saves the Day album)|Can't Slow Down]]''<br />(1998) |

| label = Immigrant Sun

| This album = '''''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'''''<br />(1999) |

| producer =

| Next album = ''[[Through Being Cool]]'' <br />(1999)

| Last album prev_title = ''[[Can't Slow Down (Saves the Day album)|Can't Slow Down]]''<br />(1998) |

| prev_year = 1998

| Next album next_title = ''[[Through Being Cool]]'' <br />(1999)

| next_year = 1999

}}

{{AlbumMusic ratings

| rev1 = [[AllmusicAllMusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-sorry-im-leaving-mw0000114665|title=I'm Sorry I'm Leaving - Saves the Day - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|work=AllMusic|accessdate=May 18, 2015}}</ref>

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'''''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving''''' is an acoustic EP released by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Saves the Day]], released by Immigrant Sun on July 1, 1999.

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==Background and recording==

Saves the Day formed in late 1997,. theirTheir debut album, ''[[Can't Slow Down (Saves the Day album)|Can't Slow Down]]'', was released with [[Equal Vision Records|Equal Vision]] in August 1998.<ref name=EVSTD/> The album helped the band gain fans, but only in the New Jersey area.<ref name=Greenwald80>Greenwald 2003, p. 80</ref> The band promoted the album with two tours, which helped the band expand their fan base.<ref name=EVSTD>{{cite web|url=http://www.equalvision.com/evrbands/savesthed.html|archiveurl=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/19991018200727/http://www.equalvision.com/evrbands/savesthed.html|title=EVR: SAVES THE DAY|archivedate=October 18, 1999 |work=equalvision.com |accessdate=May 18, 2015}}</ref> Saves the Day had three different line-up changes while touring ''Can't Slow Down'', leaving vocalist [[Chris Conley (musician)|Chris Conley]] and drummer Bryan Newman as the only original members left.<ref name=Wired>{{cite webmagazine|url=httphttps://www.wired.com/2014/11/oral-history-through-being-cool/|title=Happy Birthday, Through Being Cool: The Story Behind the Seminal Emo Album|author=Ufberg, Max |date=November 3, 2014|workmagazine=WIRED|accessdate=May 18, 2015}}</ref>

''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' was recorded and mixed at Shoulder to the Wheel Studio in March 1999.<ref name=ISILbooklet/> The EP was [[Mastering engineer|mastered]] by M.J.R. at Metropolis Mastering Ltd.<ref name=ISILbooklet/>

==Release==

''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' was released on Immigrant Sun Records on July 1, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.immigrantsun.com/|archiveurl=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20000621120659/http://www.immigrantsun.com/|title=Immigrant Sun Records Homepage|archivedate=June 21, 2000|work=immigrantsun.com|accessdate=May 14, 2015}}</ref> It includes a cover of [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]'s "[[I Melt with You]]".

== Track listing ==

All songs written by [[Chris Conley (musician)|Chris Conley]], except "I Melt with You" by [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]].<ref name=ISILbooklet/>

Open;CD version

# "I'm Sorry I'm Leaving" – 2:48

# "Hold" – 2:22

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;Saves the Day

* [[Chris Conley (musician)|Chris Conley]] – [[vocals]]

* Bryan Newman – [[drums]]

* Eben D'Amico – [[bass guitar|bass]]

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* {{cite book|last1=Greenwald |first1=Andy |title=Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo |url=https://archive.org/details/nothingfeelsgood0000gree |url-access=registration |date=2003 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |___location=New York |isbn=9781466834927 |edition=First}}

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