Alexisonfire (album)
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| Studio album by Alexisonfire | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2002[1] | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label |
 Distort Entertainment Equal Vision Cooking Vinyl Sorepoint | |||
| Producer | Alexisonfire, Greg Below | |||
| Alexisonfire chronology | ||||
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| Sincerity | (70%)[2] |
Alexisonfire is the first studio album released by the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. It was released on October 31, 2002 and recorded when members Chris Steele, Wade MacNeil and Jesse Ingelevics were only 17 years old. In October 2005, the album was given gold certification as it sold over 50,000 units in Canada.
The cover art was photographed by lead singer George Pettit at Ferndale Public School in St.Catharines, Ontario. Pictured is Cassandra Paolella (holding the knife) and Amanda Rietveld (opposite). It is based on the lyrics from "A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles". There was also an alternative cover art released, which just depicts the band's logo and name.
The lyrics and title of ".44 Caliber Love Letter" are influenced by a line from the iconic 1986 David Lynch movie Blue Velvet: "I'll have to send you a love letter! Straight from my heart, fucker! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fucking gun, fucker!" Another Lynch film, Eraserhead, is mentioned by name in "Where No One Knows".
On January 14, 2014, a remastered version of the album by Dine Alone Records was released.
The album is considered a major landmark of the post-hardcore genre.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Alexisonfire.
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | ".44 Caliber Love Letter" | 4:31 | |
| 2. | "Counterparts and Number Them" | 2:18 | |
| 3. | "Adelleda" | 5:47 | |
| 4. | "A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles" | 4:12 | |
| 5. | "Polaroids of Polar Bears" | 5:08 | |
| 6. | "Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas)" | 2:41 | |
| 7. | "Where No One Knows" | 3:12 | |
| 8. | "The Kennedy Curse" | 3:38 | |
| 9. | "Jubella" | 2:29 | |
| 10. | "Little Girls Pointing and Laughing" | 4:54 | |
| 11. | "Pulmonary Archery" | 3:26 | |
Total length: |
42:16 | ||
Personnel
- George Pettit – unclean vocals, photography
- Wade MacNeil – guitars, backing vocals
- Chris Steele – bass guitar
- Dallas Green – clean vocals, guitars
- Jesse Ingelevics – drums
- Greg Below – producer, engineer, mixer
- D. Sandshaw – A&R for Equal Vision Records
- George Kotsopoulos – drum editor
- Bed Kaplan – drum editor
- Bill Scoville – album layout
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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| Canada | October 31, 2002[3] | Distort Entertainment | CD | DE-002 | |
| United States | September 9, 2003[4] | Equal Vision Records | CD | EVR89 | Digipak |
| United Kingdom | July 5, 2004[5] | Sorepoint Records | CD | Sore018cd | Alternate cover |
| Germany | ca.2004/2005 | Defiance Records | LP | Limited edition |
Videos
- "Pulmonary Archery"
- "Counterparts and Number Them"
- "Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas)"
External links
- Alexisonfire official site
- Alexisonfire on Myspace
- Distort Entertainment
- Equal Vision Records
- Sore Point Records
References
- ↑ "Distort Entertainment". 2002. Archived from the original on 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Chat Rooms | Cash Advance | Debt Consolidation | Insurance at". Cityandcolourforum.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ↑ "Distort Entertainment". 2002. Archived from the original on 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Alexisonfire: Equal Vision Records". Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Sorepoint Records: Alexisonfire". August 16, 2004. Archived from the original on August 16, 2004. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
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