Last Chance to Make Amends

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Last Chance to Make Amends
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ReleasedApril 20, 2006, December 18, 2006 [1]
Genre
Length30:56, 38:47
Label Self-released
Ice Nine Kills chronology
Last Chance to Make Amends
(2006)
Safe Is Just a Shadow
(2010)

Last Chance to Make Amends is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Ice Nine Kills, self-released in 2006. [3] At the time, the group employed a sound that is a "mixture of alt rock, pop punk, and ska" before their shift to post-hardcore and metalcore years later. [2] It is the only album to feature members Andrew Justin Smith and Grant Newsted.

Contents

Trivia

"What I Really Learned in Study Hall" is the first song in the "What I Learned in Study Hall" trilogy of songs.

The title of the song "Murders and Acquisitions" is a reference to the 2000 film American Psycho . The title of the song "I Do and I Don't" is a quote from the movie Best in Show .

In the first edition released in April, the final track, "Family Unties" ends at 5:07. In the re-issue released in December, it is followed by two hidden tracks. The first one from 6:32 to 9:00 is an instrumental synth reprise of "Family Unties", and the second one from 9:54 to 12:58 is a phone call followed by another synth track.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."...And Our Story Begins"0:44
2."Last Words"4:27
3."Chapter Two"1:31
4."Build a Bridge and Jump Off It"4:02
5."I Do and I Don't"4:13
6."Tonight We Dance (Interlude)"0:42
7."Murders and Acquisitions"3:43
8."What I Really Learned in Study Hall"2:29
9."Cinder Blocks and Thank You Knots"4:20
10."Family Unties (Finding Emo)"5:07/12:58
Total length:30:56/38:47

Personnel

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