Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses

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Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses cover
Studio album by Atreyu
Released June 4, 2002
Recorded Trax East, West West Side Music and Death Tracks
Genre Metalcore
Length 37:48
Label Victory Records
Producer Eric Rachel
Professional reviews
Atreyu chronology
Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty
(2001)
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
(2002)
The Curse
(2004)
Singles from Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
  1. "Ain't Love Grand"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Lip Gloss and Black"
    Released: 2002

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is the first full-length album by American metalcore band Atreyu, released on June 4, 2002, under Victory Records. The album featured re-worked versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead," "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips are Better", which originally appeared on the band's 2001 EP, Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty. "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black" were released as singles and music videos were also made for these two songs.

The album has sold more than 240,000 copies worldwide (according to March, 2006 Nielsen SoundScan data) and continues to rise.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Song for the Optimists" – 4:39
  2. "Dilated" – 3:34
  3. "Ain't Love Grand" – 3:43
  4. "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead" – 2:45
  5. "Deanne the Arsonist" – 3:41
  6. "Someone's Standing on My Chest" – 4:09
  7. "At Least I Know I'm a Sinner" – 3:22
  8. "Tulips Are Better" – 3:32
  9. "A Vampire's Lament" – 3:19
  10. "Lip Gloss and Black" – 5:04

[edit] Limited edition album re-release

On February 23, 2004, Victory Records re-released Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses as a "limited edition" with new liner notes from the band. The new version of the album shipped with a bonus DVD. The bonus DVD contained a live concert at the Showcase Theatre, Corona, California held on December 27, 2003, two of the band's music videos and a bonus documentary, as follows:

  • "Deanne the Arsonist" (Live Video)
  • "Someone's Standing on My Chest" (Live Video)
  • "Ain't Love Grand" (Live Video)
  • "A Song for the Optimists" (Live Video)
  • "Dilated" (Live Video)
  • "Lip Gloss and Black" (Live Video)
  • "Ain't Love Grand" (Music Video)
  • "Lip Gloss and Black" (Music Video)
  • Documentary
  • Biographies

Only 13,000 copies of the limited edition version of the album were pressed and each copy is numbered in accordance.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band line-up

[edit] Additional credits

  • Album artwork by Justin Borucki
  • Album layout by Paul Miner
  • DVD artwork (limited edition only) by Justin Borucki and Clifford Raines
  • DVD produced (limited edition only) by Maxx Padilla of Click Vision Productions
  • DVD concert footage (limited edition only) provided by Sean Stiegemeier
  • Guest vocals on "At Least I Know I'm a Sinner" performed by Efrem Shulz
  • Mastered by Alan Douches
  • Piano on "Lip Gloss and Black" performed by Jaime Boepple
  • Recorded, mixed and produced by Eric Rachel

[edit] Reception

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2004 Top Heatseekers 37
2004 Top Independent Albums 30

[edit] Videography