Sing the Sorrow
by AFI
- Type: Album
- Released: March聽11,聽2003
- Label: Interscope, DreamWorks, Dreamworks, Adeline
- Country: United States
- Length: 55:17
- Community rating: 3.86/5 from 12 ratings
Artists on this release: Jade Puget, Hunter Burgan
Album Notes & Community Reviews
AFI鈥檚 'Sing the Sorrow' represents a pivotal evolution from the band鈥檚 hardcore punk origins, introducing a polished, multi-layered sound that integrated gothic rock, emo, and post-hardcore with anthemic melodies and an expanded instrumental palette. The album, co-produced by Jerry Finn and Butch Vig, was a critical and commercial breakthrough that achieved multi-platinum status, using its darkly poetic themes and successful singles like "Girl's Not Grey" to cement the band's position in the alternative rock mainstream.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, polished, thematic, male vocalist, androgynous-vocals, theatrical, atmospheric, death, bleak, dynamic
Tracklist
- Miseria Cantare - The Beginning (2:56)
- The Leaving Song Pt. II (3:31)
- Bleed Black (4:14)
- Silver And Cold (4:10)
- 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 (4:10)
- The Leaving Song (3:31)
- ...but home is nowhere (3:50)
- This Time Imperfect (10:38)
Credits
- Jade Puget - electronic programming, guitar, soundtrack
- Hunter Burgan - bass, soundtrack
- Jerry Finn - producer
- Butch Vig - producer
- Norwood Cheek - director (clandestine short film)
- Jim Harter - artwork (source for animal pictures)