Discovering the Waterfront is the second full-length album released by the band Silverstein. The album has three singles; "Smile in Your Sleep", "Discovering the Waterfront", and "My Heroine"; all of which had music videos.
Critical reception
Discovering the Waterfront received generally mixed to positive reviews. Rick Anderson of Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and commented on how the album sounded "remarkably mature [...] for a band that has only been together for a few years."[2] Drowned in Sound reviewer Brian E. Jemimah panned the album and said that the album sounded exactly the same to When Broken Is Easily Fixed. He wrote: "There is some unremarkable, bog-standard drumming – always the necessary spine of a shit band – and some over-nurtured songs that have so many catchy soaring choruses (peppered with screamo ‘moments’) for The Kids to sing along to that it can be nothing but dull. Add some disgustingly tacked-on strings half the way through and you have more [sic] than enough reasons to press eject."[3]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Shane Told and Neil Boshart, except where noted.
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"Your Sword Versus My Dagger" (Told) |
3:00 |
| 2. |
"Smile in Your Sleep" |
3:13 |
| 3. |
"The Ides of March"" |
3:29 |
| 4. |
"Fist Wrapped in Blood" (Told) |
2:58 |
| 5. |
"Discovering the Waterfront" (Told, Boshart, Sean Mackin) |
4:45 |
| 6. |
"Defend You" |
3:28 |
| 7. |
"My Heroine" (Told) |
3:27 |
| 8. |
"Always and Never" |
3:51 |
| 9. |
"Already Dead" |
3:17 |
| 10. |
"Three Hours Back" |
3:36 |
| 11. |
"Call It Karma" (Told) |
4:14 |
Total length: |
39:08[2] |
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| 1. |
"Your Sword Versus My Dagger" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 2. |
"Smashed Into Pieces" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 3. |
"Fist Wrapped in Blood" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 4. |
"Giving Up" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 5. |
"Discovering the Waterfront" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 6. |
"Defend You" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 7. |
"Smile in Your Sleep" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 8. |
"Bleeds No More (featuring William Francis from Aiden)" (Live at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour) |
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| 9. |
"Smile in Your Sleep" (music Video) |
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| 10. |
"The Making of Smile in Your Sleep" |
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| 11. |
"Discovering the Waterfront" (music video) |
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| 12. |
"Discovering the Waterfront" (montage video) |
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| 12. |
"Rodeo Clown" (Lifetime cover) |
2:03 |
| 13. |
"Discovering the Waterfront (Live at the House of Blues, IL from the Never Sleep Again Tour)" (music video) |
4:43 |
Personnel
- Silverstein
- Shane Told – lead vocals, rhythm & additional guitars, keyboards
- Neil Boshart – lead guitar
- Josh Bradford – rhythm guitar
- Billy Hamilton – bass, backing vocals
- Paul Koehler – drums, percussion, art direction
- Additional personnel & production
- Sean Mackin – violin, strings
- Curtis Mathewson – synthesizer, mellotron
- Rodney Wirtz – violin, cello, viola
- Cameron Webb – vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
- Gordie Ball – photography
- Sergio Chavez – engineer
- Mike Fasano – drum technician
- David Fricks – engineer
- Steve Genewick – engineer
- Scott Komer – pre-production
- Martin Wittfooth – artwork
Charts
References
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- Shane Told
- Josh Bradford
- Billy Hamilton
- Paul Koehler
- Paul Marc Rousseau
- Richard McWalter
- Neil Boshart
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