This War Is Ours

This War Is Ours
Studio album by Escape the Fate
Released October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27) (Deluxe Edition)
Recorded 2008
Genre Post-hardcore, pop punk, alternative rock[1]
Length 40:07
57:30 (w/ bonus tracks)
Label Epitaph
Producer John Feldmann
Escape the Fate chronology
Situations EP
(2007)		 This War Is Ours
(2008)		 Escape the Fate
(2010)
Singles from This War Is Ours
  1. "The Flood"
    Released: September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16)
  2. "Something"
    Released: January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)
  3. "10 Miles Wide"
    Released: June 9, 2009 (2009-06-09)
  4. "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)"
    Released: January 9, 2010 (2010-01-09)
Deluxe Special Edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Kerrang!
SAW Entertainment (Deluxe)[2]

This War Is Ours is the second album by the American post-hardcore band Escape the Fate. It was produced by John Feldmann,[3] and released on October 21, 2008 through Epitaph Records.[4] It is the first Escape the Fate album released without lead singer Ronnie Radke and rhythm guitarist Omar Espinosa. After months of drug and legal related issues, Radke was kicked out and the band began working on This War Is Ours with former lead singer of Blessthefall, Craig Mabbitt.

Bassist Max Green comments on the sound of the album:

People are going to be blown away and definitely surprised when they hear Craig's vocals mixed with Escape's diverse sound. This is the next generation of rock. [...] We've been through a lot of shit this last year, and we took all that anger, frustration and sadness and molded it into an album with huge rock choruses, in your face riffs and melodies, and drums that will give your parents a heart attack. This new album isn't going to be a hardcore metal album and it's not going to be a soft melodic album, we are who we are, we are Escape the Fate.

—Max Green, [3]

The album debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200, selling 13,000 copies in the first week.[5]

Contents

Promotion

Starting on September 2, 2008, fans of Escape the Fate went to a special page on Buzznet to help unlock "the first track" off of This War Is Ours. Once the page had 50,000 viewers at the same time, the new song was then released to play and download for free.[6] In order for a user's "page view" to be considered a contribution to the counter, the page had to remain open and active. Other sites could be used through different tabs or new windows, as long as the Buzznet page stayed open.[7] Because this was a difficult task, fans were asked to "tell everyone [they] know to come to [the] page"[8] in an attempt to reach 50,000 views as fast as possible. About 30 hours after the project started, the new song titled "The Flood" was unlocked and was also available for free download to anyone (whether they participated or not).[9]

On October 1, 2008, the band released "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" for download.[10]

Copies of the album were made available to buy on their tour with Chiodos and Silverstein, even before the album's official release date.

The official video for "Something" was released to MTV on January 12, 2009.

The video for the album's third single "10 Miles Wide" was released June 9, 2009.

"This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" is the fourth single off the album. The video was shot in Santa Ana, Califorina on January 9, 2010. The video was released along with the deluxe edition of the album on April 27, 2010.

Deluxe special edition

In an interview with Max and Craig, they stated that they would re-release This War Is Ours with a bonus disc with many different features not seen before.

The CD includes two new songs, "Bad Blood" and "Behind the Mask", an acoustic version of "Harder Than You Know", and a remix called "This War Is Mine" by Clown of Slipknot. It also comes with a DVD that features the music videos to "The Flood", "Something", "10 Miles Wide", and "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)". It also comes with a world tour documentary and a behind the music feature.[11] The deluxe edition was released on April 27, 2010.[12]

There is a typo in the insert booklet for "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)", the lyrics for "10 Miles Wide" are listed. However, "10 Miles Wide" has the correct lyrics printed.

For the "10 Miles Wide" video on the DVD, any time a curse word is said that word is censored. However, the official video for "10 Miles Wide" on Epitaph Records' YouTube channel is not censored. Behind the Music and the European Tour (featured on the DVD) also do not censor curse words.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Escape the Fate

No. Title Length
1. "We Won't Back Down"   3:30
2. "On to the Next One"   3:08
3. "Ashley"   3:27
4. "Something"   3:38
5. "The Flood"   3:33
6. "Let It Go"   3:29
7. "You Are So Beautiful"   2:47
8. "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)"   4:26
9. "10 Miles Wide" (featuring Josh Todd of Buckcherry) 2:47
10. "Harder Than You Know"   4:20
11. "It's Just Me"   4:56
Total length:
 40:07

Release history

CD

Region Date Label
In stores October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) Epitaph

Deluxe special edition

Region Date Label
Via pre-order USA April 23, 2010 (2010-04-23) Epitaph
Via pre-order April 24, 2010 (2010-04-24) Epitaph
In stores April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27) Epitaph

Chart positions

Chart (2008)[13] Peak
position
US Billboard 200 35
US Top Rock Albums 12
US Top Digital Albums 35
US Top Independent Albums 2
US Top Catalog Albums (2010) 34
US Top Alternative Albums 8

Personnel

This War Is Ours album personnel as listed on Allmusic.[14]

Band
  • Craig Mabbitt – lead vocals
  • Bryan Money – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustics guitars, keyboards, vocals
  • Max Green – bass guitar, vocals
  • Robert Ortiz – drums, percussion, vocals
Production
  • John Feldmann – production, engineer, mixing
  • Brett Allen – credits director
  • Matt Appleton – engineer
  • Casey Howard – art direction, illustrations
  • Kyle Moorman – engineer
  • David Neely – credits director
  • John Nicholson – drum technician
  • Joey Simmrin – management
  • Adam Topol – credits director
Additional musicians
  • Josh Todd – co-lead vocals on "10 Miles Wide", backing vocals on "Harder Than You Know", composer
  • Shawn "Clown" Crahan – remixer on "This War Is Ours"
  • Matt Appleton – keyboards, synthesizers, horn, ukelele, churango, vocals
  • John Feldmann – keyboards, percussion, programming, composer, vocals
  • Kyle Moorman – kalimba, vocals
  • Jess Neilson – flute
  • Julian Feldmann – vocals
  • Benji Madden – vocals

References

  1. ^ Escape The Fate – Escape The Fate - This War Is Ours [Deluxe Edition (2010)]
  2. ^ "This War Is Ours Review". SAW Entertainment. http://sawentertainment.net/showthread.php?tid=859. 
  3. ^ a b "Escape the Fate Recording New Album". Epitaph Records. http://www.epitaph.com/news/news/3082/ESCAPE_THE_FATE_RECORDING_NEW_ALBUM. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  4. ^ DeAndrea, Joe. "Escape the Fate Track Listing". Absolutepunk.net. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=475731. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  5. ^ "AC/DC Debuts At No. 1 With 784,000". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003878705. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  6. ^ Djamoos, Anton. "50,000 For New Escape the Fate". AbsolutePunk.net. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=520701. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  7. ^ "Listen to the NEW Escape the Fate song". Epitaph Records. http://www.epitaphblog.com/?p=646. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  8. ^ "Unlock New Escape the Fate Song". Buzznet. http://www.buzznet.com/cp/privateetf. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  9. ^ "Escape The Fate releases new song, THE FLOOD!". Epitaph Records. http://www.epitaph.com/news/news/3123/Escape_The_Fate_releases_new_song_THE_FLOOD. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  10. ^ "Escape the Fate release another song for download". Myspace. October 1, 2008. http://www.myspace.com/escapethefate. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  11. ^ "ESCAPE THE FATE to Release This War Is Ours Deluxe Edition on April 27th". http://puregrainaudio.com/news/escape-the-fate-resume-the-battle-with-this-war-is-ours-deluxe-edition-on-april-27th. 
  12. ^ "Super-Craig.net". http://www.super-craig.net. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  13. ^ "This War Is Ours Charts". Bilboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/escape-the-fate/this-war-is-ours/1176971. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  14. ^ "This War Is Ours Credits". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1426415/credits. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
Escape the Fate
Members
Craig Mabbitt • Max Green • Bryan 'Monte' Money • Robert Ortiz
Studio albums
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