One Second (Paradise Lost album)

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One Second
Paradise Lost One Second album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Paradise Lost
Released14 July 1997
Recorded1996–1997
Studio Battery Studios (London) and Rockfield Studios (Wales)
Genre
Length50:00
Label Music for Nations
Producer Ulf "Sank" Sandqvist
Paradise Lost chronology
Draconian Times
(1995)		One Second
(1997)		 Host
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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One Second is the sixth studio album released by British metal band Paradise Lost. The album marks the group's transition from a gothic metal act to a more electronic direction. It is the bestselling record of their career and enabled the band to sign with the German branch of major label EMI. One Second is Paradise Lost's first album recorded in digital format.

Contents

A 20th Anniversary Edition was released on 14 July 2017, which contained the original album remastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano and an additional disc with audio from a Paradise Lost's concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire on 26 January 1998. [4] The concert was part of the tour in support of the One Second album release. [5] The concert was previously released as part of the Evolve DVD, and is released on CD for the first time. [5]

In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine. [6]

Musical style

About the musical style of One Second, Nick Holmes told Decibel:

"After we recorded Draconian Times and toured it non-stop, we just felt like doing something else—something a bit less up-tempo and darker, also Greg bought a keyboard! The result was One Second. It was greeted on the whole very positively, but quite a departure from Draconian Times and pissed off a few people naturally. However, it's very much a part of the band's journey—like every album has been—and we enjoyed making it." [1]

Track listing

All tracks by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh except as indicated.

No.TitleLength
1."One Second"3:32
2."Say Just Words"4:02
3."Lydia"3:32
4."Mercy"4:24
5."Soul Courageous"3:01
6."Another Day"4:44
7."The Sufferer"4:29
8."This Cold Life"4:21
9."Blood of Another"4:01
10."Disappear"4:29
11."Sane"4:00
12."Take Me Down" (some editions include an extra minute of silence at the end)5:25/6:25
Total length:50:00
Metal Mind Productions and Music for Nations reissue
No.TitleLength
13."I Despair"3:54
Total length:54:58
The End Records reissue
No.TitleWriterLength
13."How Soon Is Now?" (The Smiths cover)Johnny Marr, Morrissey4:36
14."Albino Flogged in Black" (Stillborn cover)Stillborn6:30
Pony Canyon Inc. and Jive Records reissue
No.TitleWriterLength
13."I Despair" 3:54
14."Cruel One" 3:22
15."How Soon Is Now?" (The Smiths cover)Johnny Marr, Morrissey4:36
16."Albino Flogged in Black" (Stillborn cover)Stillborn6:30
20th Anniversary Edition reissue (Music for Nations), second disc, live at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London on 26 January 1998
No.TitleLength
13."Say Just Words" (originally from the album One Second)4:00
14."Hallowed Land" (originally from the album Draconian Times )5:10
15."Blood of Another" (originally from the album One Second)3:49
16."True Belief" (originally from the album Icon )4:31
17."Disappear" (originally from the album One Second)4:35
18."Lydia" (originally from the album One Second)3:44
19."Dying Freedom" (originally from the album Icon)3:31
20."Mercy" (originally from the album One Second)4:19
21."Shadowkings" (originally from the album Draconian Times)4:41
22."The Sufferer" (originally from the album One Second)4:40
23."Remembrance" (originally from the album Icon )3:25
24."Forever Failure" (originally from the album Draconian Times)4:32
25."Soul Courageous" (originally from the album One Second)2:58
26."One Second" (originally from the album One Second)3:50
27."This Cold Life" (originally from the album One Second)3:55
28."Embers Fire" (originally from the album Icon)5:44
29."As I Die" (originally from the album Shades of God )3:51
30."The Last Time" (originally from the album Draconian Times)3:50
Total length:74:46

Credits

Liner notes

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 44
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 39
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 7
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 8
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [13] 15
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 31

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom14 July 1997Music for Nations CD CDMFN 222
United Kingdom1997Music for Nations LP, Gatefold MFN 222
United Kingdom1997Music for NationsCDCDMFNX 222
United Kingdom & United States1997Music for NationsCD01241-4616-2
Japan18 July 1997Pony Canyon Inc.CDPCCY-01142
Poland1997Metal Mind Productions Cassette MASS 0450
Europe1997Music for NationsCD82876 829172
United States1997Jive Records ? ?
Russia14 May 2007 Sony BMG CD88697 10516 2
Poland28 January 2008Metal Mind ProductionsCDMASS CD DG 1098
United Kingdom2011 Peaceville Records CDVILELP333
United States28 August 2012The End RecordsCDTE231-2
Worldwide14 July 2017 [4] Music for Nations2CD, 2LP, DD88985411092

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