Sing the Sorrow

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Sing the Sorrow
Studio album by AFI
Released	March 11, 2003
Recorded	Cello Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	56:02 (US) 63:02 (UK)
Label	DreamWorks Records
Producer(s)	Butch Vig, Jerry Finn, Jade Puget
Professional reviews
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AFI chronology
336 (2003)	Sing the Sorrow (2003)	Decemberunderground (2006)

Sing the Sorrow was the first major-label release by the alternative rock band AFI, released in 2003. The album reached the #5 position on the Billboard charts, and was certified Gold on April 30, 2003 by the RIAA. The album went Platinum in December of 2004.

Contents 1 Hidden/Bonus tracks/Alternate covers 2 B-sides/Unreleased tracks 3 DVD edition 4 Track listing 4.1 US Version 4.2 UK Version 5 Production 6 Guests 7 Miscellanea 8 External links

[edit] Hidden/Bonus tracks/Alternate covers

After "...but home is nowhere," there is a hidden poem, which some refer to as "Spoken Word." After the poem, a new song begins, entitled "This Time Imperfect." The UK edition of the CD also contains two bonus tracks; "Synesthesia" and "Now the World". These tracks were also available for download from a "secret site" to which the US version of the album gave access. However, the secret site has been down for some time now.

The album was released with three cover options: red, silver and black. Most of the covers are red. Half of the first US and UK pressings featured the silver cover^[1], which is now rare and out of print. The black cover was only available at shows on the US tour following the album release, as well as through the Despair Faction's online store, but is also now rare and out of print.

[edit] B-sides/Unreleased tracks

The track "Rabbits are Roadkill on Route 37" was recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions. The song was first aired during an interview with the band on the radio station KROQ in October 2005. The song was released on the compilation album MySpace Records, Vol. 1 in November 2005, and as a bonus track on the UK and Australian editions of Decemberunderground in 2006.

The band has confirmed that a song called "Carcinogen Crush" was recorded, and will eventually be released. Another track called "100 Words" is assumed to have been recorded, but the band has yet to officially confirm its existence. Some fans assert "100 Words" is another name for Miseria Cantare- The Beginning because the song actually contains 100 words.

[edit] DVD edition

A limited DVD edition was released, and features a short film called Clandestine, directed by Norwood Cheek. The film is eight minutes long, features all four band members and contains references to Sing the Sorrow. The film sees the band members trying to obtain a mysterious box which bears resemblance to the Sing the Sorrow album cover. The film features two soundtracks; one by Hunter, and one by Jade.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] US Version

1. "Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" – 2:57
2. "The Leaving Song Pt. II" – 3:31
3. "Bleed Black" – 4:15
4. "Silver and Cold" – 4:11
5. "Dancing Through Sunday" – 2:26
6. "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
7. "Death of Seasons" – 3:59
8. "The Great Disappointment" – 5:27
9. "Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)" – 3:57
10. "This Celluloid Dream" – 4:11
11. "The Leaving Song" – 2:44
12. "...but home is nowhere" – 3:51
13. "The Spoken Word" - n/a
14. "This Time Imperfect" - 4:25

Tracks 13 and 14 are hidden tracks which are found in the song "... but home is nowhere".

[edit] UK Version

1. "Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" – 2:57
2. "The Leaving Song Pt. II" – 3:31
3. "Bleed Black" – 4:15
4. "Silver and Cold" – 4:11
5. "Dancing Through Sunday" – 2:26
6. "Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
7. "Death of Seasons" – 3:59
8. "The Great Disappointment" – 5:27
9. "Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)" – 3:57
10. "This Celluloid Dream" – 4:11
11. "The Leaving Song" – 2:44
12. "...but home is nowhere" – 3:50
13. "Synesthesia" (bonus track) – 3:30
14. "Now the World" - 4:01
15. "The Spoken Word" - n/a
16. "This Time Imperfect" - 4:25

Tracks 15 and 16 are hidden tracks which are found in the song "Now the World".

[edit] Production

• Producers: Jerry Finn and Butch Vig
• Mixing Engineer: Jerry Finn
• Executive Producer: Jade Puget
• Recording Engineer: Joe McGrath
• Assistant Engineers: Chris Holmes, Alan Mason, Dan Chase, Stacey Dodds, and Alan Sanderson
• Additional Technical Assistance: Alan Mason
• Drum Technicians: Garner Knutsen and Mike Fasano
• Recorded at Cello Studios, Los Angeles
• Mixed at Chalice Studios, Los Angeles
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Brian Gardner
• A&R: Luke Wood
• Art Direction & Design: Jason Noto & Doug Cunningham, Morning Breath, Inc.
• Icon Illustration: Alan Forbes
• Photography: Matthew Welsh

[edit] Guests

• Susie Katayama: Cello
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Additional keys on "...but home is nowhere"
• Anna-Lynne Williams: Guest female vocal
• Nick 13: Background vocals
• Geoff Kresge: Background vocals
• Chris Holmes: Background vocals
• Ralph Saenz: Background vocals
• Jerry Finn: Background vocals
• Joe McGrath: Background vocals
• Matt Wedgley: Background vocals
• Butch Vig: Background vocals
• Steve Cunningham: Background vocals
• Luke Wood: Background vocals
• Stacey Dodds: Vocoder
• St. Mileon's Church: Choir
• Gibson Casian: Spoken Word vocals
• Hans Wold: Spoken Word vocals

[edit] Miscellanea

• The word 'fucking' is used twice in "Death of Seasons." To avoid a Parental Advisory warning, the word is replaced with 'scuking' in the lyrics booklet, or '****ing' in later pressings.
• "Miseria Cantare" roughly translates to "to sing misery," which is similar to the album title: Sing the Sorrow.
• Gibson Casian, who reads the first part of the "Spoken Word" poem, is Jade Puget's half-brother.
• The album was ranked number 77 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's 'List of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time'.
• Some fans consider the album to tell a story (widely considered as birth, life and death, with many cinematic references), a story which begins at track 3 "Bleed Black" closely listened to the beginning of the track features heavy breathing, which may or may not sound like someone being birthed. If this were the case, it would explain why "The Leaving Song, Pt II" appears chronologically on the album before "The Leaving Song"
• Even though this album was released on Dreamworks Records, the CD also features a Nitro Records logo.
• Former ROH wrestler CM Punk used "Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" as his theme. A sped up version of the song was also used as theme music for the CHIKARA promotion's CP Munk character, a parody of the aformention CM Punk in the form of a chipmunk.
• Fans often consider Sing The Sorrow to be 337 after Gavin (AFIs' Tour Merch Seller & Official Board Administrator) response to 336, saying it was unimportant and was only what came before. Sing The Sorrow was released after the 336 EP

[edit] External links

• Clandestine at the Internet Movie Database

AFI
Davey Havok | Jade Puget | Hunter Burgan | Adam Carson
Mark Stopholese | Vic Chalker | Geoff Kresge
Discography
Albums and EPs: Dork | Behind the Times | Eddie Picnic's All Wet | This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay | AFI/Heckle Split | Bombing the Bay | Fly in the Ointment | Answer That and Stay Fashionable | Very Proud of Ya | Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes | A Fire Inside EP | Black Sails in the Sunset | Black Sails EP | All Hallow's EP | The Art of Drowning |The Days of the Phoenix EP | 336 | Sing the Sorrow | Decemberunderground
Singles: He Who Laughs Last | Third Season | Totalimmortal | The Days of the Phoenix | Girl's Not Grey | The Leaving Song Pt. 2 | Silver and Cold | Miss Murder | Love Like Winter | The Missing Frame
DVDs: Clandestine | I Heard a Voice
Related articles
Tiger Army | Despair Faction | Horrorpops | Loose Change | Dexter Holland | Nitro Records | Redemption 87 | Son Of Sam | Blaqk Audio
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