Sadness Will Prevail

Sadness Will Prevail
Studio album by Today Is the Day
Released	September 3, 2002
Recorded	December 1, 1999–April 26, 2002
Studio	Austin Enterprise, Nashville, TN Mastering, Clinton, MA
Genre	Noise rock, avant-garde metal
Length	144:46
Label	Relapse
Producer	Steve Austin
Today Is the Day chronology
Live Till You Die (2000) Sadness Will Prevail (2002) Kiss the Pig (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Sadness Will Prevail is the sixth album by Today Is the Day, released on September 3, 2002 through Relapse Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Steve Austin. 

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Maggots and Riots"	2:58
2.	"Criminal"	4:40
3.	"Distortion of Nature"	2:45
4.	"Crooked"	2:59
5.	"Butterflies"	3:07
6.	"Unearthed"	3:16
7.	"The Descent"	4:59
8.	"Death Requiem"	4:17
9.	"Christianized Magick"	5:24
10.	"Voice of Reason: Vicious Barker"	2:20
11.	"Face After the Shot"	4:09
12.	"The Ivory of Self-Hate"	3:40
13.	"The Nailing"	5:35
14.	"Mistake"	3:35
15.	"Invincible"	7:30
16.	"Aurora"	3:02
17.	"Sadness Will Prevail"	8:04
18.	"You Gotta Give a Man a Mile" (Japanese CD only)	2:26

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Myriad"	6:09
2.	"Spaceship"	1:54
3.	"Flowers Made of Flesh"	3:21
4.	"Your Life Is Over"	4:31
5.	"Control the Media"	6:39
6.	"Vivicide"	2:33
7.	"Miasma"	1:01
8.	"Times of Pain"	4:02
9.	"Breadwinner"	1:20
10.	"Friend"	2:08
11.	"Never Answer the Phone"	23:15
12.	"I Live to See You Smile"	4:28
13.	"Sadness Will Prevail Theme"	11:25
14.	"The Good Life" (Japanese CD only)	5:33

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
2002	Rockdelux	Spain	"Albums of the Year"	9	[2]
2002	Terrorizer	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	27	[3]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the Sadness Will Prevail liner notes.^[4]

Today Is the Day Steve Austin – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, sampler, piano, keyboards, production, mixing, recording, mastering, cover art, design Chris Debari – bass guitar, guitar Marshall Kilpatric – drums, percussion

Production and additional personnel Shawn Briggs – design Kris Force – electric violin, acoustic violin Jackie Gratz – cello Orion Landau – cover art, design Mark Morton – additional guitar Seth Putnam – additional vocals Wrest – sampler

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2002	Relapse	CD	RR 6532

References

1. York, William. "Sadness Will Prevail". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
2. "Rock De Lux 2002: Albums of the Year". Rockdelux. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
3. "Terrorizer Albums Of The Year 2002". Terrorizer. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
4. Sadness Will Prevail (booklet). Today Is the Day. Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania: Relapse Records. 2002.

External links

• Sadness Will Prevail at Discogs (list of releases)