When I Pretend to Fall

Track listing

1. "Blue Diamonds" – 3:49
2. "Scared Straight" – 4:17
3. "Shapes" – 4:03
4. "Cinnamon" – 4:12
5. "Bride and Bridle" – 3:32
6. "Blanket Hog" – 6:06
7. "It'll Be a Breeze" – 2:59
8. "Stupid" – 4:01
9. "Prom Night at Hater High" – 4:06
10. "New Girl" – 2:31
11. "The Sound of Coming Down" – 3:51
12. "Nora" – 4:22

    Band members

• John Roderick – vocals, guitar, keyboards, lap steel, tambourine, loops
• Sean Nelson – vocals, keyboards
• Michael Shilling – drums
• Eric Corson – bass, accordion

  Additional Players (alphabetically, by track)

• Jon Auer – electric guitar
• Peter Buck – mandolin
• Chris Caniglia – keyboards
• Dave Carter – trumpet
• Katrina Cordi – violin
• Jennifer Falkner – vocals
• Craig Flory – tenor sax
• Nathan Harrison – cello
• Kerry Downing Johnson – viola
• Scott McCaughey – boomerang harmonica
• Sean Ripple – vibraphone
• Bart Roderick – organ, piano
• Steve Scalfati – alto sax
• Mike Simpson – French horn
• Sarah Standard – viola
• Ken Stringfellow – vocals, piano, kurzweil, bass
• Megan Thompson – vocals
• Chris Walla – guitars
• Christa Wells – vocals
• Blake Wescott – tambourine
• Stephanie Wicker – vocals
• Gloria Wu – vocals

  Other information

• Track 9, "Prom Night at Hater High" is also the title of a One Tree Hill episode from season 4.
• The album's title comes from track 8 "Stupid".
• The indie rock band BOAT parodied the album's cover art, among several others, on its 2011 release Dress Like Your Idols.