Vena Sera

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Vena Sera
Vena Sera Cover Art.jpg
Studio album by
Chevelle
ReleasedApril 3, 2007
RecordedOctober–November 2006
Studio Studio at the Palms, Paradise, Nevada; Studio Barbarosa, Bavon, Virginia
Genre
Length44:09
Label Epic
Producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Chevelle chronology
This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
(2004)		Vena Sera
(2007)		 Sci-Fi Crimes
(2009)
Singles from Vena Sera
  1. "Well Enough Alone"
    Released: February 13, 2007
  2. "I Get It"
    Released: June 12, 2007
  3. "The Fad"
    Released: February 11, 2008

Vena Sera is the fourth studio album by American rock band Chevelle, released on April 3, 2007, through Epic Records. Many of the tracks on this album were based on material from unreleased songs the band had previously recorded. The term "Vena Sera" is ungrammatical Latin for "vein liquids".

Contents

Vena Sera is the first Chevelle album with bassist Dean Bernardini, the brother-in-law of fellow members Pete and Sam Loeffler. It would also be the second and final album produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, marking the first time Chevelle maintained the same producer for a second record.

The first single, "Well Enough Alone", was released to radio stations on February 13, 2007, but a CD single would not be available until March 6. [1]

The album debuted at number 12 in the United States with sales of approximately 62,000. This was less than their previous album, This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) . [2] On May 28, 2020, it was certified gold with sales of over 500,000 units sold. [3]

Composition

Vena Sera's genre has been described as alternative metal [4] and hard rock. [5] The working title for "Saturdays" was "Saturdays of Our Youth". [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 72% [7]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Blabbermouth.net 6.5/10 [9]
Entertainment Weekly C [10]
Melodic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MetalSucks Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
TuneLab Music9/10 [14]
Type 3 Media8.5/10 [15]

According to Blake Solomon of AbsolutePunk, "Vena Sera will not stun anyone with its creative approach to rock or metal or alternative music (depending which song you hear or who you ask). But what the album will do is have you coming back more than a few times to engulf yourself in the heavy riffs and manly baritone of Pete Loeffler." [7] Corey Apar writing for AllMusic called the album "good enough, but too much of it simply sounds like rewrites of songs from the band's past." [8] Blabbermouth.net felt that the album "is a showcase for this band's tight, punchy sound, Peter Loeffler's fluid vocals...even if the tunes don't have the staying power of truly great rock music." [9]

Michael Endelman of Entertainment Weekly stated that the album "begins to bore" because of the band's "reliance on a formula — chugging intro, choppy verses, clouds-parting choruses." [10] Johan Wippsson of Melodic described the album as "[the band's] best album so far with a little cleaner and more varied sound." [4] According to Vince Neilstein of MetalSucks , "There are a couple of solid tunes here, but... [the] album... mostly blends together from song to song." [11] Sputnikmusic felt that the album was "[a] significant step in the right direction" and praised the addition of Dean Bernardini on bass, stating that "[he] breathes an astonishing amount of life into...the rhythm section." [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lyrics: Peter Loeffler, Music: Chevelle (BMI songwriter listing: Peter Loeffler, Samuel Loeffler) except "Delivery" by Compulsion

No.TitleLength
1."Antisaint"4:21
2."Brainiac"3:21
3."Saferwaters"4:11
4."Well Enough Alone"4:18
5."Straight Jacket Fashion"4:02
6."The Fad"3:37
7."Humanoid"3:58
8."Paint the Seconds"3:58
9."Midnight to Midnight"4:24
10."I Get It"3:55
11."Saturdays"4:04
Total length:44:09
Digital bonus track [16] [17]
No.TitleLength
12."In Debt to the Earth"4:12
Total length:48:20
Best Buy bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Sleep Walking Elite"3:40
13."Delivery" (Compulsion cover)3:03
Total length:50:51 [18]

Personnel

Bonus tracks

Charts

Album

Chart (2007)Peak
position		Ref.
Billboard 200 12 [2]
Billboard Top Rock Albums 2 [19]
Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums10 [20]

Singles

YearSongChartPeak
position		Ref.
2007"Well Enough Alone" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4 [21]
Modern Rock Tracks 9 [22]
Bubbling Under Hot 100 19 [23]
"I Get It"Mainstream Rock Tracks5 [21]
Modern Rock Tracks4 [22]
Bubbling Under Hot 10018 [23]
2008"The Fad"Mainstream Rock Tracks13 [21]
Modern Rock Tracks39 [22]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [24] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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