| Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation | ||||
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| Studio album by Funeral for a Friend | ||||
| Released | 20 October 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Chapel Studios, Miloco Studios and Rak Studios (London) in mid-2003 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore | |||
| Length | 49:36 56:14 (JP Edition) |
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| Label | Atlantic Mighty Atom Ferret |
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| Producer | Colin Richardson Funeral for a Friend |
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| Funeral for a Friend chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (88%)[1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | [4] |
| NME | [5] |
Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation is the debut album by Welsh rock band Funeral for a Friend. The album was released on 20 October 2003 through Atlantic Records. Produced by Colin Richardson and co-produced by the band. The album features brand-new versions of the songs "Red is the New Black", "Juno" (renamed "Juneau") and "Summer's Dead and Buried" (renamed "Waking Up"). The included versions of "She Drove Me To Daytime Television" and "Escape Artists Never Die" are from the Four Ways To Scream Your Name EP, although the former has a count-in that didn't appear on the EP. Also, both are slightly louder than their original release. The album made #12 on the UK charts and went Gold.
The cover of the album as well as its subsequent singles is based on the two paintings "The Lovers"[6][7] by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte.
Contents |
All songs written and composed by Funeral for a Friend.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rookie of the Year" | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Bullet Theory" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Juneau" | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Bend Your Arms to Look Like Wings" | 4:21 |
| 5. | "Escape Artists Never Die" | 5:18 |
| 6. | "Storytelling" | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Moments Forever Faded" | 4:25 |
| 8. | "She Drove Me to Daytime Television" | 3:36 |
| 9. | "Red Is the New Black" | 5:15 |
| 10. | "Your Revolution Is a Joke" | 2:44 |
| 11. | "Waking Up" | 3:59 |
| 12. | "Novella" | 5:50 |
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Total length:
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49:36 | |
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| 13. | "This Year's Most Open Heartbreak" | 2:43 | |||||||
| 14. | "Kiss and Makeup (All Bets Are Off)" | 3:54 | |||||||
The album received very positive reviews from the British music press with NME and Drowned in Sound giving it 8/10 and 9/10 respectively. It was also #17 in NME albums of the year.
"Rookie of the Year" was featured on the soundtracks of WWE Wrestlemania 21 and Burnout 3: Takedown. "Red Is The New Black" was used in the Torchwood episode "They Keep Killing Suzie".
| Year | Song title | Chart positions | |||
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| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | UK Singles | ||
| 2003 | "Juneau" | – | – | – | 19 |
| "She Drove Me to Daytime Television"/"Bullet Theory" | – | – | – | 20 | |
| 2004 | "Escape Artists Never Die" | – | – | – | 19 |
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