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| Studio album by AFI | |||||
| Released | March 11, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | Cello Studios (Los Angeles, California) | ||||
| Genre | Punk rock, alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 55:08 (AU) 56:02 (US) 63:02 (UK) |
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| Label | DreamWorks Records | ||||
| Producer | Butch Vig, Jerry Finn, Jade Puget | ||||
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Sing the Sorrow was the first major-label release by the alternative rock band AFI, released in 2003. The album reached the #5 position on the Billboard charts, and was certified Gold on April 30, 2003 by the RIAA. The album went Platinum in December of 2004.
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Hidden/Bonus tracks/Alternate covers
After "...but home is nowhere," there is a hidden poem, which some refer to as "[untitled]." After the poem, a new song begins, entitled "This Time Imperfect." Many think of these songs as just one full track entitled "...but home is nowhere." The UK edition of the CD also contains two bonus tracks; "Synesthesia" and "Now the World". Now the World is also at the end of the Japanese edition. These tracks were also available for download from a "secret site" to which the US version of the album gave access. Even though the secret site has been down for some time now (since Dreamworks disappeared), most copies of Sing The Sorrow still have links to the secret site. The album was released with three cover options: red, silver and black. Most of the covers are red. Half of the first US and UK pressings featured the silver cover[1], which is now rare and out of print. The black cover was only available at shows on the US tour following the album release, as well as through the Despair Faction's online store, but is also now rare and out of print. There were 2500 pressed with black covers.[2]
DVD edition
A limited DVD edition was released, and features a short film called Clandestine, directed by Norwood Cheek. The film is eight minutes long, features all four band members and contains references to Sing the Sorrow. The film sees the band members trying to obtain a mysterious box which bears resemblance to the Sing the Sorrow album cover. The film features two soundtracks; one by Hunter, and one by Jade.
Track listing
US/AU version
- "Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" – 2:57
- "The Leaving Song, Pt. II" – 3:31
- "Bleed Black" – 4:15
- "Silver and Cold" – 4:11
- "Dancing Through Sunday" – 2:26
- "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
- "Death of Seasons" – 3:59
- "The Great Disappointment" – 5:27
- "Paper Airplanes (makeshift wings)" – 3:57
- "This Celluloid Dream" – 4:11
- "The Leaving Song" – 2:44
- "...but home is nowhere" – 3:51
- "Spoken Word" – Hidden Track
- "This Time Imperfect" – Hidden Track
Tracks 13 and 14 are hidden tracks which are found in the song "... but home is nowhere".
UK version
- "Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" – 2:57
- "The Leaving Song Pt. II" – 3:31
- "Bleed Black" – 4:15
- "Silver and Cold" – 53:24
- "Dancing Through Sunday" – 2:26
- "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
- "Death of Seasons" – 3:59
- "The Great Disappointment" – 5:27
- "Paper Airplanes (makeshift wings)" – 3:57
- "This Celluloid Dream" – 4:11
- "The Leaving Song" – 2:44
- "...but home is nowhere" – 3:50
- "Synesthesia" (bonus track) – 3:30
- "Now the World" (bonus track) – 4:01
- "Spoken Word" – 13:12
- "This Time Imperfect" – 11:43
Tracks 15 and 16 are hidden tracks which are found in the song "Now the World".
Bonus tracks, B-Sides, unreleased tracks, etc.
All tracks recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions unless otherwise noted.
- "Synesthesia" is featured on the UK version of the album.
- "Now the World" is featured on the UK version of the album. A different recording can be found on the 336 EP, which can also be found on the "Girl's not Grey" single. The song's title can also be seen in the album's special edition booklet, despite the song not being on the album.
- "Reiver's Music" was featured on the DVD in the special edition version of the album. This is the same version as presented on the 336 EP. It can also be found on the "Girl's not Grey" single.
- "Synesthesia" (Demo) can be found on the "Girl's Not Grey" and "The Leaving Song Pt. II" singles.
- "This Celluloid Dream" (Demo) can be found on the "Girl's Not Grey" and "The Leaving Song Pt. II" singles.
- "The Great Disappointement" (Demo) can be found on the "The Leaving Song Pt. II" single.
- "Paper Airplanes" (Demo) can be found on the "The Leaving Song Pt. II" single.
- "...but home is nowhere" (Demo) can be found on the "The Leaving Song Pt. II" single.
- "The Leaving Song" (Demo) can be found on the "The Leaving Song Pt. II" single.
- "Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37" was recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions, but first released on the MySpace Records, Vol. 1 compilation album in November 2005. It was later re-released as a bonus track on the UK and Australian versions of Decemberunderground. The song's title can also be seen on the Sing the Sorrow special edition booklet.
- "Carcinogen Crush" was a track that was written and recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions. It was later re-recorded for Decemberunderground, but again not on the album- it is currently planned for release on an EP.[3] The song can currently be found as a bonus song on the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game and can be bought in digital music retailers such as iTunes as a single. In a recent blog entry by Jade, he confirmed that Hunter was the sole songwriter of this song.
- "100 Words" is known to have been recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions. It has not been released in any form thus far. The title can be seen in the booklet to the special edition version of the album, and has been discussed by a few band insiders.
Personnel
Production
- Producers: Jerry Finn and Butch Vig
- Mixing Engineer: Jerry Finn
- Executive Producer: Jade Puget
- Recording Engineer: Joe McGrath
- Assistant Engineers: Chris Holmes, Alan Mason, Dan Chase, Stacey Dodds, and Alan Sanderson
- Additional Technical Assistance: Alan Mason
- Drum Technicians: Garner Knutsen and Mike Fasano
- Recorded at Cello Studios, Los Angeles
- Mixed at Chalice Studios, Los Angeles
- Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Brian Gardner
- A&R: Luke Wood
- Art Direction & Design: Jason Noto & Doug Cunningham, Morning Breath, Inc.
- Icon Illustration: Alan Forbes
- Photography: Matthew Welsh
Guests
- Susie Katayama: Cello
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Additional keys on "...but home is nowhere"
- Jasmine Weist: Guest female vocal
- Nick 13: Background vocals
- Geoff Kresge: Background vocals
- Chris Holmes: Background vocals
- Ralph Saenz: Background vocals
- Jerry Finn: Background vocals
- Joe McGrath: Background vocals
- Matt Wedgley: Background vocals
- Butch Vig: Background vocals
- Steve Cunningham: Background vocals
- Luke Wood: Background vocals
- Stacey Dodds: Vocoder
- St. Mileon's Church: Choir
- Gibson Casian: Spoken Word vocals
- Hans Wold: Spoken Word vocals
Trivia
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- The word 'fucking' is used twice in "Death of Seasons." To avoid a Parental Advisory warning on the album, the word is replaced with 'scuking' [sic] in the lyrics booklet.
- "Miseria Cantare" roughly translates to "To Sing Sorrow" in Latin if cantare is taken as the infinitive or "Sing [of] Sorrow" if cantare is the imperative.
- Gibson Casian, who reads the first part of the "Spoken Word" poem, is Jade Puget's half-brother.
- The album was ranked number 77 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's 'List of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time'.
- Even though this album was released on Dreamworks Records, the CD also features a Nitro Records logo.
- Professional wrestler CM Punk, currently in ECW, used "Miseria Cantare - The Beginning" as his theme whilst competing for Ring of Honor (ROH). A sped up version of the song was also used as theme music for the CHIKARA promotion's CP Munk character, a parody of the aforementioned CM Punk in the form of a chipmunk.
- The limited edition cover is used for the iTunes version of 'Sing the Sorrow'.
- On the backside of the CD case, there's a little picture in a circle. The picture resembles a part of the cover for Black Sails In The Sunset.
