Worlds Apart
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| Studio album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | ||
| Released | January 24, 2005 | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | Alternative | |
| Length | 44:57 | |
| Label | Interscope Records 0075021036932 | |
| Producer(s) | Michael McCarthy, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | |
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| ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead chronology | ||
| The Secret of Elena's Tomb (2003) |
Worlds Apart (2005) |
So Divided (2006)
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- This article is about the album by ...Trail of Dead. There is also an album of the same name by the Subhumans. For the multi-national boyband, see Worlds Apart (group).
Worlds Apart is an album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. It was released on January 25, 2005 by Interscope Records.
The album takes a great leap forward from their previous albums, with more of a mainstream sound, while still staying true to their art rock/indie roots. An edited "Worlds Apart" was played on college radio throughout the nation and on some alternative stations. "Caterwaul" also received some airplay. The song "Let It Dive" was featured in the EA Sports video game MVP Baseball 2005, and "Will You Smile Again?" was the emotional charge in a scene to end an episode of The Shield in season 4. Worlds Apart sold 13,000 albums in its first week of release in America and went on to sell 60,000 albums in total. This is approximately half of what Source Tags & Codes sold in America.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Ode to Isis" – 1:16
- "Will You Smile Again?" – 6:50
- "Worlds Apart" – 2:55
- "The Summer of '91" – 3:12
- "The Rest Will Follow" – 3:20
- "Caterwaul" – 4:52
- "A Classic Arts Showcase" – 5:47
- "Let It Dive" – 4:45
- "To Russia My Homeland" – 1:25 (features a violin solo by classical violinist Hilary Hahn)
- "All White" – 1:49
- "The Best" – 4:47
- "The Lost City of Refuge" – 3:50
There are several editions of the album:
- In the UK, the album was released with two live bonus tracks: "Aged Dolls" and "Richter Scale Madness".
- In Germany and Australia, it featured "Mach Schau" and "All St. Day", two songs which had already appeared on "The Secret of Elena's Tomb" EP.
- In Japan, the album was released with two live bonus tracks: "Aged Dolls" and "Richter Scale Madness", plus "All St. Day" from "The Secret of Elena's Tomb" EP.
- The DVD version contains some footage and a video for "All St. Day", which is different from the live video from "The Secret of Elena's Tomb".
[edit] Track information
[edit] Song: "Ode to Isis"
The whole song follows a pattern of three bars of 5/4 followed by one bar of 6/4. It starts at a soft volume with only a piano, builds in volume and intensity, comes to include strings, and operatic-style singing, and ends with a woman's shrill scream. The melody stays essentially the same throughout the whole song and from bar to bar, the only deviation being the last quarter note of the 6/4 phrases. The song starts with the basic melody played staccato on the lower end of the piano's register. Tom-tom drums, a tambourine, singing and strings begin quietly at the start of the second melody cycle and steadily grow in intensity and volume throughout the whole song. The muted screams of women can be heard throughout the latter half of the song. At the very end of the song, a woman's voice starts in the left channel and ends in the right as she says the name of the band: "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead". Aside from this spoken phrase, the lyrics are:
[edit] Title track
"Worlds Apart" is also a song that appears on the album of the same name. It is a protest song, bemoaning the current state of American popular culture and recent United States foreign policy, specifically the War on Terrorism, also against MTV, soccer moms, and the state of parenting in today's society. It makes explicit reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks with the lyrics "How they laugh as we shovel the ashes / Of the twin towers. / Blood and death, we will pay back the debt / Of this candy store of ours."
