Comalies

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Comalies
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Studio album by
Released29 October 2002 (2002-10-29)
RecordedApril – May 2002 [1] [2]
StudioWoodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany
Genre
Length51:44
Label Century Media
Producer Waldemar Sorychta
Lacuna Coil chronology
Unleashed Memories
(2001)
Comalies
(2002)
The EPs
(2005)
Singles from Comalies
  1. "Heaven's a Lie"
    Released: October 2002
  2. "Swamped"
    Released: July 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Chronicles of Chaos Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [5]
Metalitalia8/10 [6]
Metal Storm 8/10 [7]
Sputnik MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Ultimate Guitar 9/10 [9]
Metal Reviews90% [10]

Comalies is the third studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 29 October 2002 through Century Media Records. According to lead singer Cristina Scabbia, "[During the album's recording], we had a sort of creative explosion. We were working in a coma, sort of like in a different dimension. First of all we just wanted to use the word 'coma' but there was something missing so we played with the two words coma and lies." Comalies peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200 and Peaked at #9 on the Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts. The outline of the shape from the cover of the band's previous album Unleashed Memories (2001) is faintly visible on top of the sunflower. The album has gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States as of January 2012. [11]

Contents

The song "Swamped" is available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band , and also appeared in the 2004 video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines .

In 2022 for the album's 20th anniversary, Lacuna Coil rerecorded Comalies in its entirety under the name Comalies XX . The album was released on October 14. [12]

Reception

Upon release, Comalies received universal acclaim from both music critics and band fans. In 2005, the album was ranked 415th in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [13] In 2016, it was ranked the 59th-greatest album of the 21st century by Metal Hammer .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lacuna Coil.

No.TitleLength
1."Swamped"4:00
2."Heaven's a Lie"4:46
3."Daylight Dancer"3:50
4."Humane"4:12
5."Self Deception"3:31
6."Aeon"1:56
7."Tight Rope"4:15
8."The Ghost Woman and the Hunter"4:09
9."Unspoken"3:37
10."Entwined"3:59
11."The Prophet Said"4:32
12."Angel's Punishment"3:56
13."Comalies"5:01
Total length:51:44
German limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Lost Lullaby"5:00

Multimedia section

  1. The making of Comalies – 6:40

Ozzfest edition bonus disc

US, UK bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven's a Lie" (Radiomix and Edit)4:54
2."Swamped" (Radiomix and Edit)3:49
3."Heaven's a Lie" (Studio Acoustic Version)4:12
4."Swamped" (Studio Acoustic Version)3:40
5."Unspoken" (Studio Acoustic Version)3:39
6."Senzafine" (Studio Acoustic Version)3:31
7."Heaven's a Lie" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic)4:01
8."Senzafine" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic)3:15
9."Aeon" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic)1:58

CD2 multimedia section

  1. Heaven's a Lie (video)
  2. Swamped (video)
  3. Desktop wallpapers

Personnel

Release history

CountryDate
Italy8 October 2002
United States29 October 2002
Germany21 June 2004

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Billboard 200 [14] 178
US Independent Albums [14] 9
US Top Heatseekers [14] 9
German Albums Chart [15] 45
French Albums Chart [15] 69

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