Grand Unification (album)

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Grand Unification
Grand Unification cover
Studio album by Fightstar
Released Flag of the United Kingdom March 13, 2006
Flag of the United States April 17, 2007
Recorded 2005
Genre Alternative metal, post-grunge, post-hardcore
Length 49:36
Label Island
Producer Colin Richardson
Professional reviews
Fightstar chronology
They Liked You Better When You Were Dead
(2005)		 Grand Unification
(2006)		 One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
(2007)
Singles from Grand Unification
  1. "Paint Your Target"
    Released: June 13, 2005
  2. "Grand Unification, Pt. I"
    Released: October 31, 2005
  3. "Waste A Moment"
    Released: March 6, 2006
  4. "Hazy Eyes"
    Released: June 5, 2006

Grand Unification is the second album by British rock quartet Fightstar. It was released on 19 March 2006.

This album is considered a concept album about sleep by many fans. (The opening track being "To Sleep" and the closing song, "Wake Up") There is also discussion amongst fans that the album is about the end of the world. The writing has supposedly been inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion[1] with the track "Lost Like Tears In Rain" containing the last line, "It's Neon Genesis". The artwork also portrays scenes similar to that of the ruined cities in Evangelion

4 tracks from their debut album were re-recorded for the final track listing. These were, "Hazy Eyes", "Mono", "Paint Your Target" and "Lost Like Tears In Rain".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "To Sleep" - 1:38
  2. "Grand Unification, Pt. I" - 3:19
  3. "Waste A Moment" - 3:39
  4. "Sleep Well Tonight" - 4:15
  5. "Paint Your Target" - 3:18
  6. "Build An Army" - 4:03
  7. "Here Again (Last Conversation)" - 3:16
  8. "Lost Like Tears In Rain" - 4:02
  9. "Open Your Eyes" - 4:09
  10. "Mono" - 6:26
  11. "Hazy Eyes" - 3:15
  12. "Grand Unification, Pt. II" - 3:58
  13. "Wake Up" - 4:38

All Tracks Written by: Fightstar

[edit] B-sides

"Paint Your Target"
  • "Until Then" – 4:40
  • "Cross Out The Stars" – 5:02
  • "Paint Your Target (Acoustic)" - 3:12
"Grand Unification Pt. I"
  • "Take You Home" – 3:21
  • "Waste A Moment (Acoustic)" – 3:25
  • "Days I Recall Being Wonderful" (Last Days of April Cover) - 4:24
"Waste A Moment"
  • "Ghosts On 31" – 3:51
  • "Call To Arms" - 3:59
  • "Minerva (Acoustic)" (Deftones Cover) - 3:33
"Hazy Eyes"
  • "Fight For Us" - 4:07
  • "Hazy Eyes (Live Acoustic)" - 3:34
  • "Sleep Well Tonight (Live Acoustic)" - 3:46
  • "She Drove Me To Daytime Television" (Funeral For A Friend Cover) - 3:34

[edit] US/CA Release

On April 17th 2007, Fightstar released Grand Unification, this time on Trustkill Records, in USA and Canada. The track listing is exactly the same as the UK's except it Includes the track Fight For Us, previously unreleased, however was part of the Hazy Eyes Single.

[edit] US/CA track listing

  1. "To Sleep" - 1:38
  2. "Grand Unification, Pt. I" - 3:19
  3. "Waste A Moment" - 3:39
  4. "Sleep Well Tonight" - 4:15
  5. "Paint Your Target" - 3:18
  6. "Build An Army" - 4:03
  7. "Here Again (Last Conversation)" - 3:16
  8. "Lost Like Tears In Rain" - 4:02
  9. "Open Your Eyes" - 4:09
  10. "Mono" - 6:26
  11. "Hazy Eyes" - 3:15
  12. "Grand Unification, Pt. II" - 3:58
  13. "Wake Up" - 4:38
  14. "Fight For Us" - 4:07

The Album was released in Japan as well as the UK with a slightly different track listing, which is as follows:

[edit] Japanese track listing

  1. "To Sleep" - 1:38
  2. "Grand Unification, Pt. I" - 3:19
  3. "Waste A Moment" - 3:39
  4. "Sleep Well Tonight" - 4:15
  5. "Paint Your Target" - 3:18
  6. "Build An Army" - 4:03
  7. "Here Again (Last Conversation)" - 3:16
  8. "Lost Like Tears In Rain" - 4:02
  9. "Open Your Eyes" - 4:09
  10. "Mono" - 6:26
  11. "Hazy Eyes" - 3:15
  12. "Grand Unification, Pt. II" - 3:58
  13. "Wake Up" - 4:38
  14. "Call To Arms" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 3:59
  15. "Ghost On 31" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 3:51
  16. "Paint Your Target (Acoustic)" (Japanese Bonus Track)- 3:12
  17. "Grand Unification Part 1 (CD-ROM Music Video)" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 3:00

Both versions of the album were released through Charlie Simpson's Sandwich Leg Records.

[edit] Reception

After facing much critism from the British music press in the band's early days, "Grand Unification" gained high praise and critical acclaim from the Rock press. Kerrang! gave it KKKK stating "stunning post-hardcore", while NME gave it 8/10 commenting "rather brilliant"

[edit] Chart Performance

Chart (2006) Peak
position[2]
UK Album Chart 28

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Other Contributors

[edit] References

  1. ^ "GIG Fightstar", by Beth Pearson, from The Herald, March 16, 2006, GOING OUT; Pg. 2
  2. ^ Fightstar - Hazy Eyes - Music Charts. acharts.us. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.

[edit] External links

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