Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord

Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord
Studio album by The Devil Wears Prada
Released	August 22, 2006
Studio	The Foundation Recording Studios, Connersville, Indiana
Genre	Metalcore [1] Christian metal [2]
Length	39:55
Label	Rise
Producer	Joey Sturgis
The Devil Wears Prada chronology
Patterns of a Horizon (2005) Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord (2006) Plagues (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Absolute Punk	(90%) [3]
AllMusic	[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[4]

Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord is the debut studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. ^[5] It was released on August 22, 2006 through Rise Records.

Overview

The album includes re-recorded versions of all tracks from the band's demo Patterns of a Horizon, and two original tracks, "Texas is South" and "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over". The closing track "Salvation" features guest vocals from Cole Wallace of Gwen Stacy.^{[ citation needed ]} "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over" is available for download via the Rock Band Network.^{[ citation needed ]}

Reception

Stewart Mason of Allmusic described The Devil Wears Prada as "fairly wide-ranging in its influences", in their take on the metalcore genre, comparing the James Baney's keys to European symphonic metal, while describing Jeremy DePoyster's clean vocals as emo-tinged. He also remarked the album's sound and arrangements to be an improvement over the debut, rendering the demo only essential for "completists". ^[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mike Hranica; all music is composed by The Devil Wears Prada.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ascent"	1:10
2.	"Gauntlet of Solitude"	2:42
3.	"Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over"	3:29
4.	"And the Sentence Trails Off..."	4:13
5.	"Rosemary Had an Accident"	5:10
6.	"Redemption"	0:52
7.	"Swords, Dragons & Diet Coke"	4:06
8.	"Who Speaks Spanish, Colon Quesadilla"	3:58
9.	"Texas Is South"	6:08
10.	"Modeify the Pronunciation"	4:35
11.	"Salvation"	3:36
Total length:		39:55

Personnel

The Devil Wears Prada

• Mike Hranica – unclean vocals
• Chris Rubey – lead guitar
• Jeremy DePoyster – rhythm guitar, clean vocals
• Andy Trick – bass guitar
• James Baney – keyboards, synthesizer, additional clean vocals on "Swords, Dragons & Diet Coke"
• Daniel Williams – drums

Production

• Kris Crummett – mastering
• Joey Sturgis – producer, engineer, mixing
• Brad Filip – design, layout design

References

1. "The Devil Wears Prada - Dear Love: A Beautiful Dischord". Punknews.org. April 13, 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
2. "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discourse". AllMusic . Retrieved February 13, 2012.
3. "Devil Wears Prada, The - Dear Love A Beautiful Discord - Album Review". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
4. "The Devil Wears Prada, "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord" Review". Jesusfreakhideout.com. August 22, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
5. "Discography : The Devil Wears Prada". Tdwpband.com. August 22, 2006. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
6. "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord - the Devil Wea... | AllMusic". AllMusic .