Dashboard Confessional: The Best Deceptions is the debut studio album by American rock band Dashboard Confessional, released on March 19, 2001, through Vagrant Records. The album was recorded in December 2000 at Elmwood Recording Studios in Dallas, Texas, and was produced by James Paul Wisner.
The album’s title is a reference to the band’s frontman, Chris Carrabba’s, experiences with dishonesty and betrayal. Carrabba has said that the album is about “the lies we tell ourselves and others in order to protect ourselves.” The album’s lyrics explore themes of love, loss, and redemption.
