Lovehatetragedy

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Lovehatetragedy
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 18, 2002
RecordedDecember 2001 – February 2002
StudioRoyaltone Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length39:01
Label DreamWorks
Producer Brendan O'Brien
Papa Roach chronology
Infest
(2000)
Lovehatetragedy
(2002)
Getting Away with Murder
(2004)
Singles from Lovehatetragedy
  1. "She Loves Me Not"
    Released: June 4, 2002
  2. "Time and Time Again"
    Released: October 15, 2002
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Lovehatetragedy is the third overall and second major label studio album by the American rock band Papa Roach. It was released on June 18, 2002. [4]

Contents

Background

A re-recorded version of the song "M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)" was featured in the game Amplitude . The song "She Loves Me Not" was featured in the game NHL 2003. [5] The songs "She Loves Me Not" and "Walking Thru Barbed Wire" were recorded in 1999, with the former appearing on the band's 1999 demo and the latter on the ...Let 'Em Know! EP. [6]

In comparison to their prior album, Infest, the band aimed to incorporate less rapping, and more singing in Lovehatetragedy. Lovehatetragedy is Papa Roach's last album under DreamWorks Records, before signing to Geffen in 2003. Alongside with Infest, a debut vinyl edition of the album was released on September 8, 2017. [7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 [8] by selling approximatively 136,000 copies in its first week, behind Eminem's The Eminem Show . Lovehatetragedy was mostly well received by music critics, gaining an average score of 75 on Metacritic. [3]

It achieved a gold certification in the U.S for exceeding 500,000 copies sold in the first two months. [9] Despite peaking at higher positions on most international charts, "Lovehatetragedy" failed to catch the success of Infest both in lifetime sales and chartrun (15 weeks within the Billboard 200). It was also certified Gold in Canada and in the UK [10]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jacoby Shaddix, except where noted; all music is composed by Tobin Esperance, except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)"  2:27
2."Life Is a Bullet"  4:05
3."Time and Time Again"  2:59
4."Walking Thru Barbed Wire"  3:05
5."Decompression Period"
  • Shaddix
  • Dave Buckner
 3:59
6."Born with Nothing, Die with Everything"  3:50
7."She Loves Me Not"  3:30
8."Singular Indestructible Droid"
  • Shaddix
  • Buckner
3:49
9."Black Clouds"
  • Shaddix
  • Buckner
 4:02
10."Code of Energy"
  • Shaddix
  • Buckner
 4:04
11."Lovehatetragedy" 
  • Esperance
  • Horton
3:11
Total length:39:01

Bonus tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Gouge Away" (Pixies cover) Black Francis 2:07
13."Never Said It"
  • Shaddix
  • Esperance
3:05
14."Naked in Front of the Computer" (Faith No More cover) Mike Patton 2:13

UK edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Gouge Away" (Pixies cover)Black Francis2:07
13."Never Said It"
  • Shaddix
  • Esperance
3:05
14."Between Angels and Insects" (live from Germany; video)
  • Shaddix
  • Esperance
  • Buckner
  • Horton
3:54
15."Last Resort" (live from Germany; video)
  • Shaddix
  • Esperance
  • Buckner
  • Horton
3:20

Personnel

Papa Roach

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Lovehatetragedy
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [42] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [43] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [44] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [45] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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