Vena Sera

Infobox Album |
Name = Vena Sera
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Chevelle


Released = April 3, 2007
Recorded = October–November 2006 at Studio at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada & at Studio Barbarosa in Bavon, Virginia
Genre = Alternative metal
Length = 44:17
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Reviews =
* TuneLab Music rating-10|9 [http://www.tunelabmusic.com/reviews/reviewid108.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1176050419&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5& link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13885773/review/13891178/vena_sera?source=album_reviews_rssfeed link]
* Sputnik Music Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=11592 link]
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3pfexzy5ldhe link]
*"Type 3 Media" rating-10|8.5 [http://www.type3media.com/albumreviews/chevelle_venasera.html link]
* Absolute Punk 72% [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=224925 link]
Last album = "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)"
(2004)
This album = "Vena Sera"
(2007)
Next album =

"Vena Sera" is the fourth studio album by Chevelle and was released on April 3, 2007 through Epic Records. Many of the tracks on this album were based on material from unreleased songs the band had previously recorded.

"Vena Sera" is the first Chevelle album with bassist Dean Bernardini, the brother-in-law of fellow members Pete and Sam Loeffler.

The first single, "Well Enough Alone", was released to radio stations on February 13.

The album debuted at #12 in the United States with sales of about 62,000. This was less than their last album, "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)", which debuted at #8 with sales of about 90,000. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003569925 "'NOW 24' Trumps McBride, Duff, Timbaland At No. 1"] , Billboard.com, April 11, 2007.]

As of February 2, 2008, the album has sold 256,316 copies in the US.

On May 31, 2007, drummer Sam Loeffler updated the official site to say, among other things, that the song "I Get It" would be the second single from the album. The single was released to radio on June 12, 2007. In late December it was announced by the band that "The Fad" would be the third single from Vena Sera. As of January 17th, 2008 the song has been put up for adds on radio stations across the country. "Antisaint" is featured in .

Etymology

Vena Sera has been translated and interpreted as meaning many different things.Fact|date=April 2007 It is translated as "Vein Evening" or "Evening Vein" in Italian, and "In like vein" in Latin. However, Pete Loeffler has stated that the title means "Vein Liquid" and is representative as "the blood of the band and the work we put into the album".Fact|date=April 2007

Track listing

# "Antisaint" – 4:21
# "Brainiac" – 3:21
# "Saferwaters" 4:11
# "Well Enough Alone" – 4:18
# "Straight Jacket Fashion" – 4:02
# "The Fad" – 3:37
# "Humanoid" – 3:59
# "Paint the Seconds" – 3:58
# "Midnight to Midnight" – 4:24
# "I Get It" – 3:55
# "Saturdays" – 4:06

iTunes Bonus Tracks

# In Debt to Earth - 4:12

Best Buy Bonus Tracks

# Sleep Walking Elite - 3:40
# Delivery (Compulsion Cover) - 3:03

Writers

All songs written by Pete Loeffler, Sam Loeffler, and Dean Bernardini, except "Delivery", written by Compulsion.

Credits

* Pete Loeffler - vocals, guitar
* Sam Loeffler - drums
* Dean Bernardini - bass
* Michael "Elvis" Baskette - producer, mixing
* Dave Holdredge - engineer
* Jef Moll - digital editing & programming

Charts

Album

ingles

References

External links

* [http://www.chevelleinc.com/ Official site of the band]
* [http://artists.letssingit.com/chevelle-album-vena-sera-gc3xpk Lyrics to "Vena Sera"]