Darkest Days

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Darkest Days
Studio album by Stabbing Westward
Released	April 7, 1998
Recorded	1997 at Eldorado Studios and NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood
Genre	Industrial Rock
Length	64:23
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Stabbing Westward, Dave Jerden, Ulrich Wild
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Stabbing Westward chronology
Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)	Darkest Days (1998)	Stabbing Westward (2001)

Darkest Days is the third album released on Columbia Records by the American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The album was recorded in L.A. in 1997 and released in April 1998. The album failed to achieve the same level of success as Wither Blister Burn & Peel. The band was dropped from Columbia Records following this release.

Darkest Days is a concept album made up of 4 acts, each portraying a different emotional phase one goes through after a break-up. The first act (Darkest Days, Everything I Touch I Break, How Can I Hold On, and Drugstore) is about the ways one messes up in a relationship. The second act (You Complete Me, Save Yourself, Haunting Me, Torn Apart, and Sometimes It Hurts) is about still wanting the person and being hopeful the relationship can be fixed. The third act (Drowning, Desperate Now, and Goodbye) is about hitting rock bottom after it's all over. The fourth act (When I'm Dead, The Thing I Hate, On Your Way Down, and Waking Up Beside You) is about emerging from darkness and sticking to what one believes in.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Darkest Days" – 3:51
2. "Everything I Touch" – 3:22
3. "How Can I Hold On" – 4:28
4. "Drugstore" – 4:57
5. "You Complete Me" – 4:05
6. "Save Yourself" – 4:13
7. "Haunting Me" – 3:35
8. "Torn Apart" – 3:24
9. "Sometimes It Hurts" – 3:39
10. "Drowning" – 3:28
11. "Desperate Now" – 5:24
12. "Goodbye" – 1:56
13. "When I'm Dead" – 3:04
14. "The Thing I Hate" – 3:36
15. "On Your Way Down" – 4:39
16. "Waking Up Beside You" – 6:34

All tracks are written by Stabbing Westward.

[edit] Personnel

• Stabbing Westward
  • Marcus Eliopulos - Guitar
  • Walter Flakus - Keyboards
  • Christopher Hall - Vocals, Guitar
  • Andrew Kubiszewski - Drums, Keyboards, Additional Vocals, Guitar
  • Jim Sellers - Bass guitar
• Dave Jerden - Producer
• Ulrich Wild - Producer, Engineer
• Bryan Carlstrom - Engineer
• Annette Cisneros - Assistant Engineer
• Steve Mixdorf - Assistant Engineer
• Steve Durkee - Assistant Engineer
• Milton Chan - Assistant Engineer
• Tom Baker - Mastering