The Last Dance (40 Below Summer album)

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The Last Dance
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Studio album and DVD by
ReleasedOctober 31, 2006
Recorded2003–2005
Genre
Length37:37
Label Crash Music
40 Below Summer chronology
The Mourning After
(2003)
The Last Dance
(2006)
Fire at Zero Gravity
(2013)
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The Last Dance is the fourth studio album by the American nu metal band 40 Below Summer. It was released on October 31 (Halloween) 2006 via Crash Music. The single "Relapse" from the album had a video directed and produced by Frankie Nasso. [2] The CD/DVD combo was released on October 31, 2006, via Crash Music Inc. The two-disc release features nine demo versions of songs intended for their third and final major LP, and a DVD with the band's "last" performance at the Starland Ballroom in New Jersey (September 2005). [2]

Contents

Track listing (album)

  1. "New Age Slaves" – 3:47
  2. "5 of a Kind" – 4:27
  3. "Tell Me Now" – 4:20
  4. "It's About Time" – 3:36
  5. "Relapse" – 4:32
  6. "Anxiety 101" – 4:07
  7. "Alaskan Thunderfuck" – 5:10
  8. "It's So Easy" (Guns N' Roses cover) – 3:11
  9. "Cut in Half" – 4:23

Track listing (DVD)

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Suck It Up"
  3. "Rope" (Video)
  4. "Wither Away"
  5. "I'm So Ugly"
  6. "Rope"
  7. "Falling Down"
  8. "Still Life"
  9. "Jonesin'"
  10. "Little Lover"
  11. "A Season in Hell"
  12. "Drown"
  13. "Taxi Cab Confession"
  14. "Self Medicate"
  15. "Step Into the Sideshow"
  16. "We the People/Credits"

"Falling Down", "Taxi Cab Confession", "Self Medicate" and "Step Into the Sideshow" were all recorded October 15, 2003 at the Quest club in Minneapolis. All other songs were recorded at the band's farewell gig at the Starland Ballroom. [3]

Personnel

40 Below Summer

Production

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References

  1. "The Last Dance - 40 Below Summer". Allmusic.
  2. 1 2 "40 BELOW SUMMER: 'Rain' EP Reissue To Include Bonus Demo Tracks". Blabbermouth. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. "40 Below Summer – The Last Dance". Discogs. Retrieved 21 July 2015.