Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses

Infobox Album | Name = Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Type = Album
Artist = Atreyu


Released = June 4, 2002
Recorded = Trax East, West West Side Music and Death Tracks
Genre = Metalcore, Deathcore
Length = 37:48
Label = Victory
Producer = Eric Rachel
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ohmyxdfb3ol7 link]
*Punknews.org Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.punknews.org/review/1595 link]
Last album = "Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty"
(2001)
This album = "Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses"
(2002)
Next album = "The Curse"
(2004)Singles
Name = Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Type = Studio
single 1 = Ain't Love Grand
single 1 date = 2002
single 2 = Lip Gloss and Black
single 2 date = 2002

"Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses" is the first full-length album by American metalcore band Atreyu, released on June 4, 2002, under Victory Records. The album featured re-worked versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead," "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips are Better", which originally appeared on the band's 2001 EP, "Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty". "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black" were released as singles and music videos were also made for these two songs. The album's lyrics are slightly darker than their following albums, and the music is more of a mix of Deathcore and Metalcore, making the album far more "brutal" than later albums, although all the songs on the album contain clean singing.

The album has sold more than 240,000 copies worldwide (according to March, 2006 Nielsen SoundScan data) and continues to rise.

Track listing

#"A Song for the Optimists" – 4:39
#"Dilated" – 3:34
#"Ain't Love Grand" – 3:43
#"Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead" – 2:45
#"Deanne the Arsonist" – 3:41
#"Someone's Standing on My Chest" – 4:09
#"At Least I Know I'm a Sinner" – 3:22
#"Tulips Are Better" – 3:32
#"A Vampire's Lament" – 3:19
#"Lip Gloss and Black" – 5:04

*Lyrics written by Alex Varkatzas.
*Music written by Dan Jacobs, Travis Miguel and Brandon Saller.

Limited edition album re-release

On February 23, 2004, Victory Records re-released "Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses" as a "limited edition" with new liner notes from the band. The new version of the album shipped with a bonus DVD. The bonus DVD contained a live concert at the Showcase Theatre, Corona, California held on December 27, 2003, two of the band's music videos and a bonus documentary, as follows:
*"Deanne the Arsonist" (Live Video)
*"Someone's Standing on My Chest" (Live Video)
*"Ain't Love Grand" (Live Video)
*"A Song for the Optimists" (Live Video)
*"Dilated" (Live Video)
*"Lip Gloss and Black" (Live Video)
*"Ain't Love Grand" (Music Video)
*"Lip Gloss and Black" (Music Video)
*Documentary
*BiographiesOnly 13,000 copies of the limited edition version of the album were pressed and each copy is numbered in accordance.

Credits

Band line-up

*Dan Jacobs - Guitar
*Travis Miguel - Guitar
*Brandon Saller - drums, vocals, Melody Arrangement
*Chris Thomson - Bass
*Alex Varkatzas - Vocals, Lyricist

Additional credits

*Album artwork by Justin Borucki
*Album layout by Paul Miner
*DVD artwork (limited edition only) by Justin Borucki and Clifford Raines
*DVD produced (limited edition only) by Maxx Padilla of Click Vision Productions
*DVD concert footage (limited edition only) provided by Sean Stiegemeier
*Guest vocals on "At Least I Know I'm a Sinner" performed by Efrem Shulz
*Mastered by Alan Douches
*Piano on "Lip Gloss and Black" performed by Jaime Boepple
*Recorded, mixed and produced by Eric Rachel

Reception

Album - Billboard (North America)

Videography

*"Ain't Love Grand" (2002) ( [http://www.victoryrecords.com/Videos/MOVs/DL/atreyu_aint_love_grand.mov .mov file from victoryrecords.com] )
*"Lip Gloss and Black" (2003) ( [http://www.victoryrecords.com/Videos/MOVs/DL/atreyu_lipgloss.mov .mov file from victoryrecords.com] )