Abandon Your Friends

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Abandon Your Friends
From Autumn to Ashes - Abandon Your Friends album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2005
Genre Screamo, metalcore, emo, post-hardcore
Length47:48
Label Vagrant
Producer GGGarth
From Autumn to Ashes chronology
The Fiction We Live
(2003)
Abandon Your Friends
(2005)
Holding a Wolf by the Ears
(2007)
Singles from Abandon Your Friends
  1. "Where Do You Draw the Line?"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Positive [1]
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Abandon Your Friends is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band, From Autumn to Ashes. Released on August 30, 2005, it is the band's second album on Vagrant Records.

Contents

Sound

The album shows a slight departure from their traditional sound. The CD has an increased focus on drummer/vocalist, Francis Mark; after the release of the album it was confirmed by the band (after Benjamin Perri had left) that this was due to Ben not contributing as much lyrically or vocally to the album as with previous efforts, and his discontent about being in the band at the time. The album lyrics were mainly written by the band without Benjamin Perri, which may explain why the lyrics have a different slant on them than previous FATA albums. Also contrary to their previous two albums, Melanie Wills of One True Thing is absent on this release.

Background and release

It has also been said that Josh Eppard of Coheed and Cambria is responsible for naming the song "Placentapede". It was said that when at a festival with Coheed & Cambria, FATA planned to play the song live, and they didn't have a name for it because the album wasn't out yet and the song was still in its early stages. They went to Coheed and Cambria's bus and asked Josh what was the first thing that came to mind, and he responded with "Placentapede". [3]

After the release of the album, From Autumn to Ashes recorded the video for "Where Do You Draw The Line".

The artwork on this album was done by artist Chuck Anderson. [4]

Track listing

All music composed by From Autumn to Ashes. All lyrics by Francis Mark except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Where Do You Draw the Line"Francis Mark, Benjamin Perri4:28
2."Inapprope" 2:47
3."Sugar Wolf" 5:37
4."Vicious Cockfight" 3:58
5."Streamline" 4:40
6."The Funny Thing About Getting Pistol Whipped Is..." 2:41
7."Placentapede" 5:15
8."Kansas City 90210"Francis Mark, Joshua Newton, Brian Deneeve4:00
9."Short for Show"Francis Mark, Jonathon Cox4:01
10."Long to Go" 4:29
11."Jack + Ginger"Francis Mark, Benjamin Perri2:49
12."Abandon Your Friends" 4:03
Total length:47:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [5]

From Autumn to Ashes
Additional personnel

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References

  1. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. August 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  2. "Punknews Review". Punknews. September 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  3. Chris Harris, "That Haunted Sound On From Autumn To Ashes' New LP Is No Accident", mtv.com, July 13, 2005.
  4. Chuck Anderson's website
  5. "Abandon Your Friends - Credits". AllMusic. August 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2014.