Abandon Your Friends

Abandon Your Friends
Studio album by From Autumn to Ashes
Released August 30, 2005
Genre Metalcore, screamo, emo, post-hardcore
Length 47:48
Label Vagrant
Producer GGGarth
From Autumn to Ashes chronology
The Fiction We Live
(2003)
Abandon Your friends
(2005)
These Speakers Don't Always Tell the Truth
(2007)
Singles from Abandon Your Friends
  1. "Where Do You Draw the Line?"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicPositive[1]
Punknews[2]

Abandon Your Friends is the third full-length album by American post-hardcore band, From Autumn to Ashes. Released on August 30, 2005, it is the band's second album on Vagrant Records. It was last studio album of vocalist Benjamin Perri.

Sound

The album shows a slight departure from their traditional sound. The CD has an increased focus on drummer/vocalist, Francis Mark; after the release of the album it was confirmed by the band (after Benjamin Perri had left) that this was due to Ben not contributing as much lyrically or vocally to the album as with previous efforts, and his discontent about being in the band at the time. The album lyrics were mainly written by the band without Benjamin Perri, which may explain why the lyrics have a different slant on them than previous FATA albums. Also contrary to their previous two albums, Melanie Wills of One True Thing is absent on this release.

Background and release

It has also been said that Josh Eppard of Coheed and Cambria is responsible for naming the song "Placentapede". It was said that when at a festival with Coheed & Cambria, FATA planned to play the song live, and they didn't have a name for it because the album wasn't out yet and the song was still in its early stages. They went to Coheed and Cambria's bus and asked Josh what was the first thing that came to mind, and he responded with "Placentapede".[3]

After the release of the album, From Autumn to Ashes recorded the video for "Where Do You Draw The Line."

The artwork on this album was done by artist Chuck Anderson.[4]

Track listing

All music composed by From Autumn to Ashes. All lyrics by Francis Mark except where noted.

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Where Do You Draw the Line"    4:28
2. "Inapprope"    2:47
3. "Sugar Wolf"    5:37
4. "Vicious Cockfight"    3:58
5. "Streamline"    4:40
6. "The Funny Thing About Getting Pistol Whipped Is..."    2:41
7. "Placentapede"    5:15
8. "Kansas City 90210"    4:00
9. "Short for Show"  Francis Mark, Jonathon Cox 4:01
10. "Long to Go"    4:29
11. "Jack + Ginger"  Francis Mark, Benjamin Perri 2:49
12. "Abandon Your Friends"    4:03
Total length:
47:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[5]

From Autumn to Ashes
Additional personnel

References

  1. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. August 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  2. "Punknews Review". Punknews. September 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  3. Chris Harris, "That Haunted Sound On From Autumn To Ashes' New LP Is No Accident", mtv.com, July 13, 2005.
  4. Chuck Anderson's website
  5. "Abandon Your Friends - Credits". AllMusic. August 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
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