An Ocean Between Us

An Ocean Between Us
Studio album by As I Lay Dying
Released August 21, 2007
Recorded March 2007
Genre Metalcore, thrash metal, melodic death metal
Length 43:15
Label Metal Blade
Producer Adam Dutkiewicz, Tim Lambesis
As I Lay Dying chronology
A Long March: The First Recordings
(2006)		 An Ocean Between Us
(2007)		 This Is Who We Are
(2009)

An Ocean Between Us is the fourth album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on August 21, 2007 through Metal Blade Records. Upon its release, it debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, with sales close to 39,500.[1] The album features singles "Nothing Left", "The Sound of Truth" and "Within Destruction", with music videos created for all three. A music video for "I Never Wanted" was also created.

Contents

Musical style

Guitarist Nick Hipa had the following to say regarding the direction of the album.[2]

“ "Collectively we've all pushed ourselves, and we're all doing things that we weren't even capable of doing on the last record. And on top of just experimenting and trying different things, I think we just wrote some pretty sick jams, so I'm happy with it. That's all I can say. For kids who like our band and think they know what to expect from us, it might throw them off a little bit . . . I encourage anybody who likes our band to approach this album with an open mind." ”

—Nick Hipa

Vocalist Tim Lambesis also said the following regarding the album's direction.[3]

“ "(We) spent some time listening to our last album [2005's Shadows Are Security] and, just from being on tour, we became a little bit jaded by how the genre — as a whole — has sort of copied itself over and over again.

We decided we wanted to be more diverse, even down to the point where we sort of felt like we should really focus on writing songs in different categories, and then pick the best songs from those categories and use them for the record."

 ”

—Tim Lambesis

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Separation"   1:15
2. "Nothing Left"   3:43
3. "An Ocean Between Us"   4:13
4. "Within Destruction"   3:54
5. "Forsaken"   5:15
6. "Comfort Betrays"   2:50
7. "I Never Wanted"   4:44
8. "Bury Us All"   2:23
9. "The Sound of Truth"   4:20
10. "Departed"   1:40
11. "Wrath Upon Ourselves"   4:01
12. "This Is Who We Are"   4:54
Total length:
 43:15

Reception

The record was released on August 21, 2007 to generally positive acclaim.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
*About.com [4]
*AbsolutePunk.net (89%) [5]
*Allmusic [6]
*Cross Rhythms [7]
*Daily Dischord [8]
*Metal Underground [9]
*PopMatters [10]
*SMN News [11]
*Type 3 Media [12]

Personnel

As I Lay Dying
Additional Musicians
Production

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
2007 Billboard 200 8

References

  1. ^ Blabbermouth.net, "AS I LAY DYING, SIXX A.M., ADEMA First-Week Sales Revealed", Posted August 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Blabbermouth.net, "AS I LAY DYING Guitarist Discusses Bassist's Departure", Posted May 5, 2007.
  3. ^ Sputnikmusic, "As I Lay Dying interview", Retrieved August 24, 2007.
  4. ^ About.com review
  5. ^ Absolute Punk review
  6. ^ An Ocean Between Us at Allmusic
  7. ^ Cross Rhythms review
  8. ^ Daily Dischord review
  9. ^ Metal Underground review
  10. ^ Pop Matters review
  11. ^ SMN News review
  12. ^ Type 3 Media review
As I Lay Dying
Tim Lambesis • Jordan Mancino • Phil Sgrosso • Nick Hipa • Josh Gilbert
Evan White • Clint Norris • Noah Chase • Aaron Kennedy • Jasun Krebs
Studio albums
Compilations
Videos
Split albums
Songs
"94 Hours" • "Forever" • "Confined" • "Through Struggle" • "The Darkest Nights" • "Nothing Left" • "The Sound of Truth" • "Within Destruction" • "Beyond Our Suffering" • "Parallels" • "Anodyne Sea"
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