Dusk and Summer

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Dusk and Summer
Studio album by Dashboard Confessional
Released	June 27, 2006
Recorded	On and off between 2004-2006
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	40:36
Label	Vagrant Records
Producer(s)	Don Gilmore & Daniel Lanois
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Entertainment Weekly (B) link Amazon.com link
Dashboard Confessional chronology
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (2003)	Dusk and Summer (2006)	AOL Sessions EP (iTunes Exclusive) (2006)

Dusk and Summer is the fourth studio album recorded by the band Dashboard Confessional. It was released on June 27, 2006 on Vagrant Records. It was originally produced by Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan), but was polished and finished up with Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Dashboard's "Vindicated") as producer.

"Don't Wait" was released as the first single off the album in May 2006.

"So Long, So Long" in particular is a more piano-based song than those that have featured on previous Dashboard Confessional albums or EPs. The song was previously available for download in the summer of 2005 on the band's website, the version that appears on the album is a new version. A few songs have been compared to Carrabba's previous band, Further Seems Forever.

All songs on the album were written by the lead singer Chris Carrabba.

On June 29, the album peaked at the number one position in the U.S. iTunes Music Store.

It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 with a best sales week for them of 134,000 copies sold.^[1] In its second week, it dropped to #9, with under 50,000 units sold.^[2]. The album has sold over 350,000 copies.

There are two hidden tracks before the first song on the album. They can be found by re-winding the first track. Some CD players will play them automatically if they have auto play. The tracks include a new song, "Write It Out" and the song "Vindicated", released on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Don't Wait" – 4:05
2. "Reason to Believe" – 3:43
3. "The Secret's in the Telling" – 3:24
4. "Stolen" – 3:53
5. "Rooftops and Invitations" – 3:54
6. "So Long, So Long" (feat. Adam Duritz of Counting Crows) – 4:15
7. "Currents" – 4:27
8. "Slow Decay" – 4:08
9. "Dusk and Summer" – 4:38
10. "Heaven Here" – 4:08

[edit] Bonus tracks

Two following tracks are hidden before track 1 on most prints of album:

1. "Untitled" (Hidden track, sometimes listed "Write It Out") – 4:51
2. "Vindicated" (Hidden track) – 3:20

[edit] References

1. ^ Week 1 sales
2. ^ Week 2 sales