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Louder Now Studio album by Taking Back Sunday Released April 25, 2006 Recorded Hollywood, California Genre Alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore Length 45:38 Label Warner Bros. Producer Eric Valentine Professional reviews The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
Taking Back Sunday studio album chronology Where You Want to Be
(2004)Louder Now
(2006)New Again
(2009)Alternative cover Special Edition CD/DVD Dual CoverLouder Now is the third album by American rock band, Taking Back Sunday, released on April 25, 2006 through Hollywood Records. The first single off the album is "MakeDamnSure". The song "Error Operator" has been released on the Fantastic Four 2005 film soundtrack, but has been revamped for Louder Now, resulting in the 2005 version becoming known as the 'F4 Edit'. Louder Now was leaked onto the internet in its entirety on April 19, 2006. Other countries' release dates are posted on the official Taking Back Sunday website. There were two other songs recorded during the Louder Now sessions, "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" and "Sleep". "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" is on the iTunes bonus version of Louder Now, and "Sleep" is on the "MakeDamnSure" UK single released May 22.
The title Louder Now comes from the song "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?", as well as "Bonus Mosh Pt. II" on their second album Where You Want To Be.
Late 2006, a special edition CD/DVD was released entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOne.
The album was voted the best of 2006 in Kerrang! magazine's end of year poll.
As of June 9, 2008, the album has sold 900,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Louder Now was the band's last release featuring Fred Mascherino as guitarist and co-lead vocalist.
Contents
Album art
The cover for the album began as a photograph the band found called 'New York City, 1963' by a New York photographer named Joel Meyerowitz.
The band had this to say: "We thought the irony of the speaker covering someone's persona, making something both more prominent yet more hidden at the same time was really interesting. So we called Mr. Meyerowitz and he was nice enough to let us share his photo so we could create our cover. Brad [Filip] did the rest and the result is 'Louder Now'."
There are two versions of the album artwork, one is the original album art cover, the other, is the one used to promote the single 'MakeDamnSure' on selected websites.
Special edition
On December 12, 2006 Taking Back Sunday released a special CD/DVD version on the album entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOne. The DVD was the first from the group and the CD/DVD was packaged in a dual cover, featuring the original album cover and a new cover by Greg Watermann. The CD includes the original 11 tracks plus four live tracks.
DVD features
The DVD contains over 60 minutes of footage, documenting the making of the album, their world tour and also live and behind the scenes footage of a show at the Long Beach Arena. The band's website states that "...it has more behind the scenes footage than we've ever released before - about 60 minutes of the clowning around that you know and love."
Dual cover
Louder Now: PartOne had a dual cover, containing the original cover as well a new cover: a photo by Greg Watermann. The photo was taken during the band's Long Beach Area show in the summer of 2006, and was chosen because it contained all five band members.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Taking Back Sunday.
No. Title Length 1. "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" 3:47 2. "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" 3:09 3. "MakeDamnSure" 3:32 4. "Up Against (Blackout)" 3:02 5. "My Blue Heaven" 4:09 6. "Twenty-Twenty Surgery" 3:55 7. "Spin" 3:39 8. "Divine Intervention" 4:14 9. "Miami" 3:41 10. "Error: Operator" 2:51 11. "I'll Let You Live" 5:07 iTunes bonus track No. Title Length 12. "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" 4:33 Japanese bonus track No. Title Length 12. "Sleep" 3:20 Personnel
- Taking Back Sunday[1]
- Adam Lazzara - lead vocals
- Fred Mascherino - lead guitar, vocals
- Eddie Reyes - rhythm guitar
- Matt Rubano - bass
- Mark O'Connell - drums, percussion
- Studio contributors
- Elena Mascherino - backing vocals
- Judgement Day - strings
- Anton Patzner - string arrangements, viola, violin
- Lewis Patzner - cello
- Other contributors
- Tom Whalley - executive producer
- Eric Valentine - audio production, engineer, mixing, producer
- Matt Radosevich - editing, engineer
- Chris Roach - assistant engineer
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Craig Aaronson - A&R
- Terry Dry - management
- Jillian Newman - management
- Larry Weintraub - management
- Brad Filip - artwork, photography
- Joel Meyerowitz - cover, photo
Singles
- "MakeDamnSure"
- "Twenty-Twenty Surgery" (UK Only Single)
- "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)"
- "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?"
- "My Blue Heaven"
References
Taking Back Sunday Adam Lazzara · John Nolan · Shaun Cooper · Eddie Reyes · Mark O'Connell
Matt Rubano · Matthew Fazzi · Fred Mascherino · Antonio Longo · Stephen DeJoseph · Jesse LaceyStudio albums
and Singles"Timberwolves at New Jersey" · "Great Romances of the 20th Century" · "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" · "You're So Last Summer""A Decade Under the Influence" · "This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)" · "Set Phasers to Stun"Louder Now"MakeDamnSure" · "Twenty-Twenty Surgery" · "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" · "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" · "My Blue Heaven""Sink into Me" · "Where My Mouth Is"Taking Back Sunday"Faith (When I Let You Down)" · "This Is All Now" · "You Got Me"Demos & EPs Live albums Live from Bamboozle '09 · Live from OrensanzCompilations Videos & DVDs Louder Now: PartOne · Louder Now: PartTwo · Live from OrensanzLabels Related Articles Categories:- Taking Back Sunday albums
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- Albums produced by Eric Valentine
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