Dead Letters

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Dead Letters
Dead Letters cover
Original 2003 cover
Studio album by The Rasmus
Released March 21, 2003 (Europe)
March 22, 2004 (USA/UK)
Recorded June - December 2002
Genre Gothic rock
Alternative rock
Pop
Length 39:48 (Europe)
51:00 (USA/UK)
Label Playground Music (Europe)
Polydor (UK)
Interscope (USA)
Producer(s) Martin Hansen and Mikael Nord
Professional reviews
The Rasmus chronology

Into
(2001)
Dead Letters
(2003)
Hide from the Sun
(2005)


Alternative cover
USA/UK cover (2004)
USA/UK cover (2004)
For actual dead letters, see Dead letter.

Dead Letters (sometimes known as Feeling Guilty within the U.S.[citation needed]) is the 2003 album by Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus. It was released in 2004 in the US, UK and Australia. Their previous album, Into, had been a success in some parts of Europe, particularly Scandanavia and Germany, but Dead Letters signified the band's major break-through.

Contents

[edit] Making of the album

The Rasmus recorded Dead Letters in June-December 2002 at Nord Studios in Sweden, reuniting with Mikael Nord Andersen and Martin Hansen, who had produced their Scandinavian hit album Into.

Lead singer Lauri Ylönen has explained the title of the album on the band's website. "Each song is a letter to somebody. It could be an apology, confession or cry out for help". [1]

[edit] Chart success

It was released in Europe in early 2003 and sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. It reached the top of the album charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in Finland, where it stayed in the Top 20 Album chart for over a year. Dead Letters was the first of the band's albums to be released in the UK and was in the Top 50 bestselling albums of 2004. Its European success led to the release of the album in other parts of the world. Dead Letters and its first single "In the Shadows" both reached the Top 50 of the Australian ARIA charts in 2004. It has also reached the Top 20 of the American Billboard Heatseeker charts. Their most popular single was "In the Shadows", gaining Top 10 chart placings in eleven countries.

[edit] Critical response

Allmusic.com rated the album 3 stars out of 5. The review said "This Finnish group is more than capable of presenting dark and moody yet very finely tuned rock songs". It rated the best tracks as "Time to Burn", "Not Like the Other Girls" and ""F-F-F-Falling", of which an older version had appeared on the Into album, and had been added to the UK release as a bonus track.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "First Day of My Life" - 3:44
  2. "In the Shadows" - 4:05
  3. "Still Standing" - 3:31
  4. "In My Life" - 4:01
  5. "Time to Burn" - 4:32
  6. "Guilty" - 3:41
  7. "Not Like the Other Girls" - 5:43
  8. "The One I Love" - 3:15
  9. "Back in the Picture" - 3:41
  10. "Funeral Song" - 3:37

UK bonus tracks

  1. "F-F-F-Falling" (2004 version) - 3:58
  2. "If You Ever"
  3. "What Ever"

[edit] Music videos

  • In the Shadows - Finnish "Bandit" version (2003)

Video directed by Finn Andersson for Film Magica Oy in Helsinki, Finland.

  • In My Life (2003)

Video directed by Niklas Fronda and Fredrik Löfberg, Baranga Film/Topaz.

  • In the Shadows - European "Crow" version (2003)

Video directed by Niklas Fronda & Fredrik Löfberg, Baranga Film in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • First Day of My Life (2003)

Video directed by Sven Bollinger and produced by Volker Steinmetz (Erste Liebe Filmproduktion) in Lausitzring, Germany.

  • In the Shadows - US/UK "Mirror" version (2004)

Video directed by Philipp Stöltzl in Bucharest, Romania.

  • Funeral Song (The Resurrection) (2004)

Video directed by Niklas Fronda and Fredrik Löfberg, Baranga Film in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Guilty (2004)

Video directed by Nathan Cox in Los Angeles.

[edit] Credits

The Rasmus

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

  • Produced by Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen.
  • Mixed by Martin Hansen and Leif Allansson at Nord Studios, Stockholm, except First Day of My Life, Guilty and The One I Love mixed by Clif Norrell at Scream Studios, Studio City, CA
  • Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound Studios, New York
  • A&R by Lars Tengroth
  • Business management by Seppo Vesterinen, Hinterland Oy
  • Design by Dina Hovsepian
  • Logo by Henrik Walse
  • Photos by Henrik Walse and Nela Koenig

[edit] Sample clips

The cover of their first single, In the Shadows. (2003)
The cover of their first single, In the Shadows. (2003)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 1

[edit] External links

The Rasmus
Lauri Ylönen · Eero Heinonen · Pauli Rantasalmi · Aki Hakala
Janne Heiskanen
Discography
Studio albums: Peep (1996) · Playboys (1997) · Hell of a Tester (1998) · Into (2001) · Dead Letters (2003) · Hide from the Sun (2005) · Seventh studio album (2008)
Compilation albums: Hell of a Collection (2001)
DVDs: Live Letters (2004)
Singles & EPs: 1995: 1st  · 1996: 2nd · 3rd · 1997: Blue · Kola · Playboys · 1998: Ice · Liquid · 2001: Swimming with the Kids · F-F-F-Falling · Chill · Madness · 2002: Heartbreaker/Days · 2003: In the Shadows · In My Life · First Day of My Life · 2004: Funeral Song · Guilty · 2005: No Fear · Sail Away · 2006: Shot
Related articles
Lovestone · Dynasty · Hay and Stone · Mikael Nord · Martin Hansen · Teja Kotilainen · Killer · Kwan
Categories: The Rasmus · The Rasmus Songs
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