Things Aren't So Beautiful Now

Things Aren't So Beautiful Now
Studio album by A Thorn for Every Heart
Released	October 19, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Emo Pop punk Screamo
Length	29:02
Label	Kickball Records
Producer	Shawn Sullivan
A Thorn for Every Heart chronology
Silence is Golden EP (2003) Things Aren't So Beautiful Now (2004) It's Hard to Move You (2007)

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Things Aren't So Beautiful Now is the debut studio album of the American rock band A Thorn for Every Heart. It consists of ten tracks. "A Night To Remember, A Morning To Forget," "Next Of Kin," "Streetcar," "Summer So Bleak," and "Pretty When You Cry" were rerecorded songs that originally appeared on their EP, Silence is Golden. This is their highest selling album to date, and the only one sold on iTunes.

The cover features the entrance to an abandoned drive-in theater located on Massachusetts Route 146 (42°9' 54" N, 71°44' 40" W).

Track listing

1. "99 with an Anchor" – 3:32
2. "February" – 2:48
3. "A Night to Remember, A Morning to Forget" – 3:21
4. "Next of Kin" – 2:51
5. "The Prediction" – 3:07
6. "Streetcar" – 2:59
7. "Summer So Bleak" – 3:36
8. "Pretty When You Cry" – 2:52
9. "Things Aren't So Beautiful Now (Part I)" – 2:32
10. "Things Aren't So Beautiful Now (Part II)" – 3:23

Personnel

A Thorn for Every Heart

• Kelvin Cruz – lead vocals
• Jeff Harber – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Nguyen – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Justin Powell – bass guitar
• Aaron Peck – drums
• Joy Welling – violin

Artwork

• Aaron Marsh – Design, Layout Direction
• Robert Dobi & Aaron Farley – Photography
• Anthony Pappalardo – Logo Design

Production

• Shawn Sullivan – Producer, engineer, mixing
• Eddy Schreyer – Mastering
• Lars Stalfors – Assistant Engineer
• Matt Galle & Wendy Higgs – A&R

References

1. Things Aren't So Beautiful Now at AllMusic