Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
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
Producer Eric Rachel
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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 debut 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 latter video found significant airplay on Headbangers Ball and Uranium in fall 2003.

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

Contents

Singles

  1. "Ain't Love Grand"
  2. "Lip Gloss And Black"

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Atreyu

No. Title Length
1. "A Song for the Optimists"   4:39
2. "Dilated"   3:35
3. "Ain't Love Grand"   3:43
4. "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead"   2:45
5. "Deanne the Arsonist"   3:42
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"   3:20
10. "Lip Gloss and Black"   5:04

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 featuring 6 songs at the Showcase Theatre, Corona, California held on December 27, 2003, two of the band's music videos, a documentary "Lairs" which takes a look at the homes of the band members and biographies of the members of the band and crew, as follows:

Only 25,000 copies of the limited edition version of the album were pressed and each copy is numbered in accordance.

Credits

Band line-up

Additional credits

Reception

Album - Billboard (North America)

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

Videography