Worth the Pain

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Worth the Pain
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016 (2016-09-09)
Recorded2015
Genre Hard rock
Length50:14
Label Sand Hill Records
Producer Kile Odell
Letters from the Fire chronology
Letters from the Fire (EP)
(2014)
Worth the Pain
(2016)
Letters from the Fire
(2018)

Worth the Pain is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Letters from the Fire. Released on 9 September 2016, the work was published via Sand Hill Records. [1]

Contents

Background

In May 2016, the ensemble added a new female vocalist by the name of Alexa Kabazie before broadcasting the music video for "Give In to Me", the very first single from the album. [2] On September 9, 2016, [3] the ensemble released the work, produced by Kile Odell. [4] In December 2016, the ensemble released videos for both "Control" [5] and "Worth the Pain", [6] two tunes from the album. [7]

Critical reception

The album is portrayed by Larry Petro of American radio station KNAC as "Evanescence meets Lacuna Coil (sans the unclean singing) with the heavy backbone of Disturbed". [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Perfect Life"4:12
2."Mother Misery"3:37
3."Give In to Me"3:38
4."Bruised"4:21
5."Live a Lie"3:52
6."My Angel"4:09
7."Last December"3:39
8."Holy Ghost"3:48
9."At War"4:25
10."Control"4:00
11."Worth the Pain"3:47
12."Scars"3:35
13."One Foot in the Grave"3:11
Total length:50:14

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums [11] 18
US Hard Rock Albums [12] 18

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
US
Main.
Rock

[13]
US
Active
Rock

[14]
"Give In to Me" [8] 201633-
"Worth the Pain" [7] 2423

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