The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild

The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild
Studio album by Sikth
Released	August 18, 2003 (UK) January 21, 2004 (Japan)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Progressive metal, mathcore, avant-garde metal
Length	60:33
Label	Unparalleled Carousel/Gut (UK) Victor Entertainment (Japan)
Producer	Sikth, Andrew Scarth
Sikth chronology
The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild (2003) Death of a Dead Day (2006) Singles from The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild "Scent of the Obscene" Released: 27 October 2003[1] "Peep Show" Released: December 2003[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Blistering	Mixed[3]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[4]
MusicOMH	Positive[5]

The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild is the debut album from Sikth, released in August 2003 by Unparalleled Records.^[6][7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scent of the Obscene"	4:37
2.	"Pussyfoot"	3:25
3.	"Hold My Finger"	3:44
4.	"Skies of Millennium Night"	4:42
5.	"Emerson (Pt.1)"	1:47
6.	"Peep Show"	4:10
7.	"Wait for Something Wild"	5:28
8.	"Tupelo" (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover)	7:37
9.	"Can't We All Dream?"	8:49
10.	"Emerson (Pt.2)"	1:53
11.	"How May I Help You?"	3:39
12.	"(If You Weren't So) Perfect"	3:36
13.	"Such the Fool"	3:43
14.	"When Will the Forest Speak...?"	3:23
Total length:		1:00:30

Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Wrathchild" (Iron Maiden cover)	3:02
16.	"Suffice"	3:14
17.	"How May I Help You?" (music video)	3:46
Total length:		1:06:46

Vinyl Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Wrathchild" (Iron Maiden cover)	3:02
16.	"Pussyfoot" (Alternate mixing/mastering)	3:52
17.	"Skies of Millennium Night" (Live in London 2004)	5:46
18.	"When Will the Forest Speak...?" (Live in London 2004)	1:01

Personnel

Sikth

• Dan Weller – guitar, piano
• Graham "Pin" Pinney – guitar
• James Leach – bass
• Mikee W. Goodman – vocals, lyrics, synthesizer
• Justin Hill – vocals
• Dan "Loord" Foord – drums/percussion

Other personnel

• Andrew Scarth – audio engineering
• Colin Richardson – mixing
• Paul Hoare and Jakob Nygard – additional mixing
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Dick Beetham – additional mastering, editing and compiling
• Paul Chessell – art direction and design
• Jana Leon and Patrick Ryan – photography

References

1. "Scent Of The Obscene - Sikth". Last.fm. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
2. "SikTh Peep Show (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
3. Donnelly, Justin. "Sikth - The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild". Blistering. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
4. Hocking, Mat (September 6, 2003). "Album Review: SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
5. Day, Tom (August 18, 2003). "SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild|Album Reviews". MusicOMH. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
6. http://www.discogs.com/Sikth-The-Trees-Are-Dead-Dried-Out-Wait-For-Something-Wild/release/520316
7. http://www.discogs.com/Sikth-The-Trees-Are-Dead-Dried-Out-Wait-For-Something-Wild/release/1000680