Dusk and Summer

Dusk and Summer
Studio album by Dashboard Confessional
Released	June 27, 2006
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Alternative rock, emo
Length	40:36
Label	Vagrant/Interscope
Producer	Don Gilmore Daniel Lanois
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Dashboard Confessional chronology
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar (2003) Dusk and Summer (2006) AOL Sessions EP (iTunes Exclusive) (2006)
Singles from Dusk and Summer
"Don't Wait" Released: May 30, 2006 "Rooftops and Invitations" Released: May 23, 2006 "Stolen" Released: June 16, 2007

Dusk and Summer is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Dashboard Confessional. It was released on June 27, 2006 on Vagrant Records. It was originally produced by Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan), but was polished and finished up with Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam, Dashboard's "Vindicated") as producer.

Background

"Don't Wait" was released as the first single off the album in May 2006.

"So Long, So Long" in particular is a more piano-based song than those that have featured on previous Dashboard Confessional albums or EPs. A previous version of the song was available for download in the summer of 2005 on the band's website. A few of the songs have been compared to Carrabba's previous band, Further Seems Forever.

Track listing

All songs on the album were written by the lead singer Chris Carrabba.

0. "Write It Out" – 4:51 (pregap hidden track)
0. "Vindicated" – 3:20 (pregap hidden track)
1. "Don't Wait" – 4:05
2. "Reason to Believe" – 3:43
3. "The Secret's in the Telling" – 3:24
4. "Stolen" (Non-Juli Version) – 3:53
5. "Rooftops and Invitations" – 3:54
6. "So Long, So Long" (feat. Adam Duritz of Counting Crows) – 4:15
7. "Currents" – 4:27
8. "Slow Decay" – 4:08
9. "Dusk and Summer" – 4:38
10. "Heaven Here" – 4:08
11. "Vindicated" – 3:21 (iTunes)

• "Write It Out" and "Vindicated" are tracks hidden before "Don't Wait" on most presses of the album.

There are two hidden tracks before the first song on the album. They can be found by rewinding the first track. Some CD players will play them automatically if they have auto play. The tracks include a new song, "Write It Out" and the song "Vindicated", released on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.

Deluxe edition

A deluxe edition was released in the U.S. on May 22, 2007 with a new version of "Stolen" (shorter at 3:19), inserted "Vindicated" as track 4, and adding previously unreleased tracks "Ghost of a Good Thing [Live from The Henry Rollins Show]" and "The Best Deceptions [Live from The Henry Rollins Show]" as 12 and 13. The track listing on the back of the album however, mistakenly lists 04 twice, omitting 11; the insert however, lists the tracks with the correct numbering. The only difference in album art is the cover being given a more sunset-like color palette. Circuit City retail shipments included a poster, while Best Buy's included an exclusive ringtone download code.

Deluxe Edition

1. "Don't Wait" – 4:05
2. "Reason to Believe" – 3:43
3. "The Secret's in the Telling" – 3:24
4. "Vindicated" – 3:20
5. "Stolen" (Radio Edit) (Non-Juli Version) – 3:19
6. "Rooftops and Invitations" – 3:54
7. "So Long, So Long" (feat. Adam Duritz of Counting Crows) – 4:15
8. "Currents" – 4:27
9. "Slow Decay" – 4:08
10. "Dusk and Summer" – 4:38
11. "Heaven Here" – 4:08
12. "Ghost of a Good Thing" (Live from the Henry Rollins Show) - 4:11
13. "The Best Deceptions" (Live from the Henry Rollins Show) - 5:31

Reception

On June 29, 2006, the album peaked at the number one position in the U.S. iTunes Music Store. It returned to the iTunes Top 10 albums May 8, 2007.

It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 with a best sales week for them of 134,000 copies sold.^[1] In its second week, it dropped to #9, with fewer than 50,000 units sold.^[2] The album has sold over 540,407 copies.

In popular culture

The song "Reason to Believe" is featured on the video game Madden NFL 07.

References

1. ^ Week 1 sales
2. ^ Week 2 sales