The Long Way Home (Confession album)

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The Long Way Home
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Studio album by
Released23 September 2011
Recorded1829 April 2011, at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Metalcore
Length32:00
Label Resist
Producer Fredrik Nordström
Confession chronology
Cancer
(2009)
The Long Way Home
(2011)
Life and Death
(2014)

The Long Way Home is the second full-length studio album by Australian metalcore band Confession, released on 23 September 2011, through Resist Records. This is the last album to feature guitarists Dan Brown and Adam Harris, bassist Tim Anderson and drummer Shane O'Brien, leaving Michael Crafter as the only original member.

Contents

The album was recorded with famed Swedish producer Fredrik Nordström (In Flames, Bring Me the Horizon, At the Gates, Opeth) at his Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden, in April 2011.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Michael Crafter; all music is composed by Confession.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:01
2."Confused/Hopeless"2:31
3."I Created This Horror"2:19
4."Piece by Piece"2:29
5."Asthma Attack"2:43
6."Gimme A.D.D"3:06
7."Nearly 30"3:22
8."Die to Live"3:18
9."The True Shine Through"2:30
10."Heartless"4:04
11."The Long Way Home"4:12
Total length:31:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [1] 47

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References

  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 65.