The Open Door
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| The Open Door | ||
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| Studio album by Evanescence | ||
| Released | September 25, 2006 | |
| Recorded | September 2005 - March 2006 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock Alternative Metal |
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| Length | 54:15 | |
| Label | Wind-Up Records | |
| Producer(s) | Dave Fortman |
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| Evanescence chronology | ||
| Anywhere but Home (2004) |
The Open Door (2006) |
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The Open Door is an album released by American rock band Evanescence; their second studio release. It was released on September 25, 2006 in Poland, September 27, 2006 in Japan, 29 September in Ireland, September 30, 2006 in Australia and Italy and was released on October 2, 2006 in the remaining parts of Europe, October 3, 2006 in North America, and on October 4, 2006 in Argentina. The digital album which was available for pre-order as of August 15, 2006 from iTunes and Walmart.com; those who ordered before the street date also received an audio interview with Amy Lee and a bonus track, "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You".[1]
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Album facts
The Open Door, sophomore follow-up to Evanescence's 6x Platinum debut "Fallen", is proving to be a more mature and experimental effort that is performing well in sales. On September 4, 2006, the full album was leaked onto the internet [2], but on September 24, the album became available for full streaming at AOL Music and at MuchMusic.com. The first single was "Call Me When You're Sober", experiencing a limited radio release on 31 July 2006[3], going into wide release over the next week. The full version of "Call Me When You're Sober" was actually leaked to the internet a couple days before it was due to be officially released to radio airplay; when this happened, stations were allowed to play the song on the radio. Its music video, directed by Marc Webb, was filmed in July 2006.[4] As present in Fallen, the album contains both string and vocal ensembles.[citation needed] The Millennium Choir, the choir used for songs on Fallen such as "Everybody's Fool" and "Imaginary" is used in tracks "Lacrymosa" and "Your Star". A clip of "Lacrymosa" was used in an AOL teaser for "The Open Door": MySpace or YouTube The song Amy Lee wrote for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is not included on the album in its entirety; instead, part of it has been used as the intro of "Good Enough".[5] On September 29, The B-side "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" leaked onto the internet. Contrary to belief, the other B-Sides have not leaked.[citation needed]Like You is written in memory of Amy Lee's sister, as was Hello on Fallen.[6]
The Open Door debuted at #1 in the U.S., Australia, Greece, Germany and Switzerland and was in the Top 5 in Austria, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Korea, Norway, and Denmark. The Open Door debuted at #1 in US Billboard 200 Album Chart selling 447,342 copies in its first sales week; it was also the 700th album to top the chart.[7] In just 2 weeks on the US charts, the album sold 725,000 copies and on November 8th, 2006, The Open Door was certified Platinum in the United States after little more than a month in wide release.[8] In contrast, Fallen debuted with 142,000 copies and went on to sell almost 7 million in the US alone. The second single from The Open Door, "Lithium", is set for release in the UK on January 8, 2007.[9]
The first leg of their world tour began October 5, 2006, in Toronto with dates scheduled through to October 29, 2006, ending in San Francisco. The band then plans on heading to Europe for a brief run, after which they'll return to the States before the end of the year to play in larger arenas.[10] [11]
Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Duration |
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| 1. | "Sweet Sacrifice" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Call Me When You're Sober" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Weight Of The World" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Lithium" | Lee, Amy | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Cloud Nine" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Snow White Queen" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 4:22 |
| 7. | "Lacrymosa" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Like You" | Lee, Amy | 4:16 |
| 9. | "Lose Control" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 4:50 |
| 10. | "The Only One" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 4:40 |
| 11. | "Your Star" | Lee, Amy/Balsamo, Terry | 4:43 |
| 12. | "All That I'm Living For" | Lee, Amy/LeCompt, John | 3:48 |
| 13. | "Good Enough" | Lee, Amy | 5:31 |
- B Sides
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Duration |
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| --- | "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" (The Open Door online pre-order exclusive) |
Lee, Amy | 4:07 |
Charts
See also: Evanescence discography
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| United World Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 1 |
| Australia Top 50 Albums[12] | 1 |
| Germany Top 100 Albums | 1 |
| Greek International Albums Chart | 1 |
| Switzerland Top 100 Albums | 1 |
| Mexican Albums Chart | 1 |
| Brazil Top 40 Albums | 1 |
| U.K. Top 75 Albums | 2 |
| Austria Top 75 Albums | 2 |
| The Netherlands Album Top 100[13] | 2 |
| Venezuela recorland top 40[14] | 2 |
| Italy Top 50 Albums | 2 |
| Israel Musica Neto | 2 |
| Canada Top 100 Albums | 2 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 Albums[15] | 2 |
| France Top 200 Albums[16] | 2 |
| Portugal Top 20 Albums | 2 |
| Ireland Top 100 Albums[17] | 3 |
| Japan Oricon Charts | 4 |
| Finland Top 40 Albums | 5 |
| Spain PROMUSICAE Top 50 Albums | 5 |
| Polish OLIS Top 50 Albums | 8 |
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