In Love and Death

In Love and Death
Studio album by The Used
Released September 28, 2004
(see release history)
Recorded Foxy Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Post-hardcore, alternative rock, alternative metal, pop punk, emo, screamo
Length 41:44
Label Reprise
Producer John Feldmann
The Used chronology

Maybe Memories
(2003)		 In Love and Death
(2004)		 Berth
(2007)
Singles from In Love and Death
  1. "Take It Away"
    Released: August 26, 2004
  2. "All That I've Got"
    Released: December 7, 2004
  3. "I Caught Fire"
    Released: February 13, 2005
  4. "Under Pressure"
    Released: April 12, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (64/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
Alternative Press [3]
Billboard (positive) [4]
Blender [5]
Drowned in Sound (8/10) [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [6]
The Guardian [7]
The Metal Forge [8]
NME (4/10) [1]
Q [1]
Robert Christgau [9]
Rolling Stone [10]

In Love and Death is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Used. It was released on September 28, 2004 and has since been certified gold in America.[11] It is their most well received and successful album to date.[1] This was the first album for which Alex Pardee did the artwork, and he has done all artwork for The Used since, excluding, ironically, 2009's Artwork. The title and music reference a number of tragic events that surrounded vocalist Bert McCracken during the album's production, notably the death of his pregnant girlfriend.

"In Love and Death" is the final studio album to feature drummer Branden Steineckert.

In Love and Death was mastered using HDCD technology. Although it is unmarked, playing the album in a CD player able to decode HDCD will give superior sound quality.

Re-Release

The album was re-released on May 3, 2005 with the addition of a bonus track, a cover of Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure", in which they collaborated with My Chemical Romance.

Reception

The album has been generally well received by critics. Billboard said that it "continues to straddle the line between street credibility and mainstream success". The Guardian gave it 3 out of 5 stars, saying "Songs of self-abuse and suicide - and those are the sunnier moments - are wrapped in wailing riffs, big choruses and fiddly guitar solos." The album has been unanimously acclaimed by the fanbase. The album, along with The Used, are considered to be the band's strongest work.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Quinn Allman, Bert McCracken, Jeph Howard and Branden Steineckert, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Take It Away"   3:38
2. "I Caught Fire"   3:25
3. "Let It Bleed"   3:11
4. "All That I've Got"   3:59
5. "Cut Up Angels"   3:47
6. "Listening"   2:46
7. "Yesterday's Feelings"   2:48
8. "Light with a Sharpened Edge"   3:30
9. "Sound Effects and Overdramatics"   3:29
10. "Hard to Say"   3:30
11. "Lunacy Fringe"   3:41
12. "I'm a Fake"   4:06
Total length:
 41:44

Instrumental version

In August 2009, an instrumental version of the album was released on digital music stores.

Personnel

The Used
Performance credits
  • Sean Ingram – backing vocals on "Sound Effects and Overdramatics"
Visuals and imagery
Instruments
Technical and production
Managerial
  • John Reese – management
  • Paul Gomez – management
  • Craig Aaronson – A&R
  • Ken Blaustein – A&R assistant
  • Eric Greenspan – legal
  • Daryl Eaton – booking
  • Larry Einbund – business management
  • Jim Baltutis – press

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 32
Canadian Albums Chart[13] 4
UK Albums Chart[14] 106
US Billboard 200[15] 5

Certifications

Territory Provider Certification
Australia ARIA Gold[16]
Canada CRIA Gold[17]
United Kingdom BPI Silver[18]
United States RIAA Gold[19]

Release history

Standard edition
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United States September 28, 2004 Reprise CD 48789-2
Japan October 6, 2004 WPCR11912, WPCR-11940
Australia October 15, 2004 9362487892
United States December 7, 2004 12" vinyl picture disc ER2002-21
United Kingdom January 24, 2005 CD 9362-48789-2
Re-Release edition
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United States May 3, 2005 Reprise CD 49366-2
Australia May 16, 2005 9362493662
United Kingdom May 21, 2005 9362-49366-2
United States August 4, 2009 12" vinyl 49366

Use in popular media

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Alternative Press review
  4. ↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 10, 2004)
  5. ↑ Blender review
  6. ↑ Richardson, Sean (2004-10-01). "In Love and Death Review". Entertainment Weekly (786): 74. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ↑ The Guardian review
  8. ↑ The Metal Forge review
  9. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  10. ↑ Archived October 2, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Data
  12. ↑ "australian-charts – The Used – In Love and Death". australian-charts. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  13. ↑ "The Used - Chart History - Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  14. ↑ "Chart Log UK (1994–2008) U2 – Utopia". Zobbel. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  15. ↑ "The Used - Charts History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  16. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2005 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  17. ↑ "CRIA Database Search for The Used". CAN. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  18. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". BPI. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  19. ↑ "RIAA Gold and Platinum Search". RIAA. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

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