Petitioning the Empty Sky

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Petitioning the Empty Sky
Petitioning the Empty Sky cover
Studio album by Converge
Released January 20, 1998
Genre Mathcore
Length 44.17
Label Equal Vision Records
Producer(s) Brian McTernan
Converge chronology
Caring & Killing
(1996)
Petitioning the Empty Sky
(1997)
When Forever Comes Crashing
(1998)


2005 re-released artwork
2005 re-released artwork

Petitioning the Empty Sky is the second full length release by Massachusetts band Converge. It was their first CD to be released by Equal Vision Records. The CD was re-released in a remastered format and with new artwork and a bonus track in 2005.

Tracks nine through eleven - For You, Antithesis, and Homesong - were recorded live during a performance on radio station WJUL, run by college students at UMass Lowell.

A notable moment on one of the live tracks is when a band member hits his head on a microphone stand.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Saddest Day" – 7:05
  2. "Forsaken" – 2:20
  3. "Albatross" – 1:49
  4. "Dead" – 3:05
  5. "Shingles" – 4:13
  6. "Buried But Breathing" – 1:11
  7. "Farewell Note To This City" – 5:20
  8. "Color Me Blood Red" – 3:57
  9. "For You" (live) – 2:44
  10. "Antithesis" (live) – 5:39
  11. "Homesong" (live) – 7:06
  12. "Love As Arson" (alternate version) – 3:02
  • Love As Arson is a re-release bonus track