The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV

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The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV cover
Studio album by Thrice
Released Flag of the United States April 15, 2008
Genre Experimental rock, acoustic rock, folk rock, alternative rock
Length Air: 24:14
Earth: 20:54
Total: 45:16
Label Vagrant
Producer Thrice
Professional reviews
Thrice chronology
The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II
(2007)		 The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
(2008)

The Alchemy Index is Thrice's fifth studio recording, a four-disc concept album that was split between two releases, the first in October 2007 and the second in April 2008. The band originally planned to release four discs at once, each disc with six tracks representing one of the four elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. A blog titled The Alchemy Index chronicled the album's progress for fans. Billboard.com announced "rock troupe Thrice has the next biggest debut this week at No. 17 with "The Alchemy Index, Vol. 3 & 4: Air & Earth" (Vagrant), selling 21,000 units." This is the second highest debut of a Thrice album, behind The Artist In the Ambulance. [1]

Contents

[edit] Volumes III & IV: Air & Earth

The second half of The Alchemy Index was released on April 15, 2008. The first half, The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II: Fire & Water, was released on October 16, 2007.

The band debuted "Come All You Weary", which is from the Earth album, during the short tour leading up to Bamboozle. Videos of the performance can be found on YouTube.[2][3] According to the band, this song is the only song from The Alchemy Index Vol. IV that has a full drum kit or any instrument that isn't acoustic. A version of the song professionally recorded by AOL can be found here.[1]

Clips from the songs Broken Lungs, Silver Wings, Moving Mountains, and the previously mentioned Come All You Weary were featured in studio videos released by the band before the release of the first half of The Alchemy Index. These videos can be found on YouTube and MySpace, respectively. Additionally, the songs Broken Lungs and Moving Mountains made their live debut and can be found in a number of YouTube videos. On March 25th, the Radio One Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter debuted "Daedalus" off the Air disc. March 28th saw the debut of the studio version of Broken Lungs on the band's Myspace page. Following on from this, The Sky Is Falling was played on the Radio One Punk Show with Mike Davies on April 8th. Both discs were leaked on April 9 by release group FNT. Two days later, the band made the entire album available to stream on their MySpace page.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Vol III: Air

  1. "Broken Lungs" - 4:14
  2. "The Sky Is Falling" - 4:21
  3. "A Song for Milly Michaelson" - 5:07
  4. "Daedalus" - 6:00
  5. "As the Crow Flies" - 2:22
  6. "Silver Wings" - 2:10

[edit] Vol IV: Earth

  1. "Moving Mountains" - 2:55
  2. "Digging My Own Grave" - 3:04
  3. "The Earth Isn't Humming" (Frodus cover) - 4:58
  4. "The Lion and the Wolf" - 2:42
  5. "Come All You Weary" - 4:08
  6. "Child of Dust" - 3:09

[edit] Personnel


[edit] References

  1. ^ Mariah Debuts At No. 1 After Monster First Week
  2. ^ "Come All You Weary" live at Bamboozle (Version 1). YouTube.com. Last accessed September 26, 2007.
  3. ^ "Come All You Weary" live at Bamboozle (Version 2). YouTube.com. Last accessed September 26, 2007.

[edit] External links

  • Alchemy Index - Thrice's studio blog documenting the recording process of the album.
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