To Plant a Seed

To Plant a Seed
Studio album by We Came as Romans
Released November 3, 2009
Genre Post-hardcore, symphonic rock, metalcore, electronica
Length 36:31
Label Equal Vision
Producer Joey Sturgis
We Came as Romans chronology
Dreams
(2008)		 To Plant a Seed
(2009)		 Understanding What We've Grown to Be
(2011)
Singles from To Plant a Seed
  1. "To Move on Is to Grow"
    Released: 2010
  2. "To Plant a Seed"
    Released: 2010

To Plant a Seed is the debut album by We Came as Romans. It was released through Equal Vision Records on November 3, 2009 and was produced by Joey Sturgis. Artwork for the album was done by Paul Romano to which coincides to We Came as Romans' positive message as explained by guitarist Joshua Moore that the lyrical themes on To Plant a Seed are based-up spreading this message.[1] A deluxe edition of the album was released on January 18, 2011 which includes one bonus track and a DVD entitled To Plant a DVD.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk (64%)[3]
Allmusic [4]
Alternative Press [5]
Review Rinse Repeat [6]
SputnikMusic [7]
Ultimate Guitar Archive [8]

Contents

Cover

The album cover depicts a "very innocent looking boy in which the 'seed' has been planted in his mind and it grows to his heart, out of his palms and becomes branches" as described by Moore.[1]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "To Plant a Seed"   3:50
2. "Broken Statues"   3:41
3. "Intentions" (featuring Tyler "Telle" Smith of The Word Alive) 3:01
4. "Roads That Don't End and Views That Never Cease"   3:49
5. "Dreams"   4:15
6. "We Are the Reasons"   3:43
7. "Beliefs"   4:06
8. "I Will Not Reap Destruction"   3:58
9. "Searching, Seeking, Reaching, Always"   2:56
10. "An Ever-Growing Wonder"   3:57
Total length:
 36:31

Charts

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 175
U.S. Billboard Hard Rock Albums 13
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 25
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 6

Personnel

We Came as Romans
Production

References

  1. ^ a b Equal Vision Records WCAR
  2. ^ "To Plant A Seed [Deluxe Edition [+Video]"]. Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Plant-Seed-Deluxe-Video/dp/B004I7COF0. Retrieved 6 May 2011. 
  3. ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1405991
  4. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1667038
  5. ^ Schreurs, Jason (January 2010). "File Under: Mainstream Underground". Alternative Press (Cleveland, Ohio: Alternative Press Magazines Inc.) (258): 96. ISSN 1065-1667. 
  6. ^ To Plant a Seed review Review Rinse Repeat
  7. ^ To Plant a Seed review Sputnikmusic
  8. ^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/we_came_as_romans/to_plant_a_seed/index.html
We Came as Romans
David Stephens  · Kyle Pavone  · Andy Glass  · Joshua Moore  · Lou Cotton  · Eric Choi
Studio albums
EPs
Demonstrations · Dreams
Singles
"To Move on Is to Grow" · "To Plant a Seed" · "Roads That Don't End And Views That Never Cease" · "Mis//Understanding"  · "Understanding What We've Grown To Be"  · "What I Wished I Never Had"  · "Just Keep Breathing"