A Map of All Our Failures

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A Map of All Our Failures
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Studio album by
Released15 October 2012
RecordedFutureworks Studios, Manchester, UK [1]
Genre
Length63:45
Label Peaceville
Producer Robert 'Mags' Magoolagan
My Dying Bride chronology
Evinta
(2011)
A Map of All Our Failures
(2012)
The Manuscript
(2013)
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A Map of All Our Failures is the eleventh studio album by English doom metal band My Dying Bride, released on 15 October 2012 via Peaceville Records. [1] Limited editions of the album included a bonus track and a DVD featuring a 70-minute documentary, An Evening With the Bride. The album cover artwork was by Rhett Podersoo. [5]

Contents

Musical style

Vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe described the album as being similar to the band's previous effort, For Lies I Sire , but said that the music had evolved. He described the lyrics as being about religion, passion, love and loss. Bassist Lena Abé described the album as being a "new style of writing, done in an old way", and almost having a "live sound" due to the presence of feedback and "raw and rough" elements. [6] Guitarist Andrew Craighan described the album as "a controlled demolition of all your hopes". [1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Aaron Stainthorpe; all music is composed by My Dying Bride

No.TitleLength
1."Kneel till Doomsday"7:52
2."The Poorest Waltz"5:08
3."A Tapestry Scorned"8:00
4."Like a Perpetual Funeral"8:32
5."A Map of All Our Failures"7:53
6."Hail Odysseus"8:54
7."Within the Presence of Absence"8:50
8."Abandoned as Christ"8:39
Total length:63:45
Special edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."My Faults Are Your Reward"5:28

Personnel

My Dying Bride

Additional musicians

Charts

Charts (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 137
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 118
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 39
French Albums (SNEP) [10] 181
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 82
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 200

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