Anywhere but Home

For the EP by Lost Gravity, see Anywhere but Home (EP).
Anywhere but Home
Live album by Evanescence
Released November 23, 2004
Recorded May 25, 2004 – Le Zénith, Paris
Genre Alternative metal
Length 61:31 (CD)
140:00 (DVD)
Label Wind-up Records
Producer James O'Brien, Amy Lee, Dave Fortman (track 14)
Evanescence chronology
Fallen
(2003)		 Anywhere but Home
(2004)		 The Open Door
(2006)

Anywhere but Home is the first live album and DVD by the rock band Evanescence, released in 2004. It includes all four of their Fallen music videos, an hour of behind the scenes features, and a recording of a concert at Le Zénith in Paris. It also includes a previously unreleased song on the CD, titled "Missing" (which also plays during the DVD credits); while placed at the end of the disc, the CD insert shows it as track eight however it is actually track 14 and incorrectly labeled "Whisper".

Background

Evanescence performing at Le Zénith, Paris.

Anywhere but Home was filmed during Evanescence's concert at Le Zénith in Paris on May 25, 2004. The tour supported the album Fallen (2003) and every song (except "Hello"), originate from that album. However, three new songs were released on Anywhere but Home including "Missing", "Breathe No More" (which was featured on the Elektra (2005) film soundtrack) and "Farther Away".

Controversy

In December 2004, Trevin and Melanie Skeens of Maryland, who had bought the album for their thirteen-year-old daughter, filed a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart after hearing the word 'fuck' spoken during the song "Thoughtless", a cover of a Korn song. The lawsuit claimed that while the album contained this explicit word, there was no Parental Advisory sticker on the package. It also claimed that this album violated Wal-Mart's policy of not stocking music with explicit lyrics, and that the company had to be aware of the problem because the word was dubbed out of a free sample on the Walmart.com website.[1][2] The lawsuit was resolved by court order of a deal which would allow those people who bought the album at a Maryland Wal-Mart location to receive a refund.[3][4] Some copies have the Parental Advisory notice, yet other copies are still sold without it now.

Extras

A secret performance of "Bring Me to Life" in Las Vegas, Nevada can be found on the DVD's main menu by moving the cursor to the largest thorn on the left-hand side of the screen. The band symbol then becomes visible. When selected, this will take the user to the hidden footage.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Classic Rock[6]

Johny Loftus of the website Allmusic graded the album with three and a half out of five stars. He said that the album "reasserts Amy Lee's position at Evanescence's center. Throughout the band's rise, there was the drama... but there was always the singular force of Lee, whose powerful vocals, strident public persona, and striking fashion sense broke down the doors of the alternative metal boys club."[5] He finished his review by saying, "Appropriately, Lee is the star of Anywhere but Home. Her voice has an impressively raw quality live, and her banter with the fawning Parisian crowd is always engaging."[5] Geoff Barton of the magazine Classic Rock graded Anywhere but Home with four out of five stars.[6]

On the Billboard 200, the album debuted at number thirty-nine on December 11, 2004, selling 59,000 copies in its first week.[7][8] On the Spanish DVD Chart, Anywhere but Home debuted at number one for the week ending November 28, 2004.[9] It later became the best-selling music-related DVD of 2004 in Spain.[10]

Track listing

CD

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Haunted"  Amy Lee, Ben Moody, David Hodges 4:04
2. "Going Under"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 3:57
3. "Taking Over Me"  Lee, Moody, Hodges, John LeCompt 3:57
4. "Everybody's Fool"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 3:40
5. "Thoughtless" (Korn cover)Shaffer, Davis, Welch, Arvizu, Silveria 4:37
6. "My Last Breath"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 3:53
7. "Farther Away"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 5:02
8. "Breathe No More"  Lee 3:33
9. "My Immortal"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 4:38
10. "Bring Me to Life"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 4:43
11. "Tourniquet"  Lee, Moody, Hodges, Rocky Gray 4:17
12. "Imaginary"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 5:25
13. "Whisper"  Lee, Moody, Hodges 5:45
14. "Missing" (Studio version)Lee, Moody, Hodges 4:16

DVD

Concert

58 minutes

  1. "Haunted (intro)"
  2. "Haunted"
  3. "Going Under"
  4. "Taking Over Me"
  5. "Everybody's Fool"
  6. "Thoughtless" (Korn cover)
  7. "My Last Breath"
  8. "Farther Away"
  9. "Breathe No More"
  10. "My Immortal"
  11. "Bring Me to Life"
  12. "Tourniquet"
  13. "Imaginary"
  14. "Whisper"

Music videos

17 minutes

  1. "My Immortal"
  2. "Everybody's Fool"
  3. "Bring Me to Life"
  4. "Going Under"

Behind the scenes

1 hour

  1. "Life On the Road"
  2. "Showtime"
  3. "Bloopers"
  4. "Evanescence Unleashed"
  5. End credits: "Missing"

Extra

5 minutes

  1. "Bring Me to Life" (Live in Las Vegas, included as an easter egg)

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Charts (2004–2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[11] 33
Austrian Albums Chart[12] 10
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 36
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[14] 46
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 18
French Albums Chart[16] 22
German Albums Chart[17] 19
Greek Albums Chart[18] 6
New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 40
Portuguese Albums Chart[20] 4
Spanish DVD Chart[9] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 10
US Billboard 200[22][23] 39

Certifications

Country Certification
Brazil Gold[24]
Greece Gold[18]
Switzerland Gold[25]
United States 5× Platinum[26]

Year-end charts

Charts (2004) Position
Spanish DVD Chart[10] 1

References

  1. ↑ Greene, Julie E (December 10, 2004). "County couple sues Wal-Mart over lyrics". The Herald-Mail. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Wal-Mart is sued over rude lyrics". BBC News. December 11, 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Maryland Wal-Mart shoppers offered refunds on Evanescence album". The Associated Press via WMC-TV. August 12, 2005. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  4. ↑ Hall, Sarah (August 12, 2005). "Refunds Offered in Evanescence Case". E! Online. Archived from the original on April 26, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 Loftus, Johnny. "Anywhere but Home: Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  6. 1 2 Barton, Geoff (February 2005). "Evan' Tonight". Classic Rock 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 112.
  7. ↑ Harris, Chris (October 11, 2006). "Evanescence Butcher The Killers In Battle For Billboard #1". MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Anywhere but Home - Evanescence". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Top 20 DVD - 22.11.04 sl 28.11.04" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Lista Anual DVD's Musicales 2004 - Top 10" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Australian-charts.com - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home". ARIA Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.com - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home" (in Dutch). Mega Album Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Lescharts.com - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  17. ↑ "Chartverfolgung – Evanescence" (in German). Media Control Charts (Germany). Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  18. 1 2 "Top 50 Ελληνικών και Ξένων Άλμπουμ: Εβδομάδα 27/2-5/3" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on March 3, 2005.
  19. ↑ "Charts.org.nz - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  20. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home". Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Hitparade.ch - Evanescence - Anywhere but Home". Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  22. ↑ "Evanescence Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  23. ↑ "Evanescence > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  24. ↑ "Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Discos". abpd.org.br. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  25. ↑ Steffen Hung. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  26. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
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