From Them, Through Us, to You

Infobox Album
Name = From Them, Through Us, To You
Type = Studio album
Artist = Madina Lake


Released = March 26, 2007 (UK)
March 27, 2007 (U.S.)
Genre = Pop punk, post-hardcore, alternative rock
Length = 48:44
Label = Roadrunner
Producer = Mark Trombino
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pmex9jb7krkt link]
* "Kerrang!" Rating|4|5
* Metal Hammer rating-10|7
* "Sputnik" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=11593 link]
* "Musicohm" Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/madina-lake_0307.htm link]
* "AbsolutePunk.net" 77%Singles
Name = From Them, Through Us, to You
Type = Studio
single 1 = House of Cards
single 1 date = 2007
single 2 = Here I Stand
single 2 date = 2007
single 3 = One Last Kiss
single 3 date = 2007
single 4 = Pandora
single 4 date = 2008
Last album = "The Disappearance of Adalia"
(2006)
This album = "From Them, Through Us, to You"
(2007)

"From Them, Through Us, to You" is the debut album by Chicago-based rock band Madina Lake. The album was released in the United States on March 27, 2007 via Roadrunner Records; it was released a day earlier in the UK.

The album debuted at number 154 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 album chart, at number three on the "Billboard" Top Heatseekers chart, and at number sixty on the UK Albums Chart.

The first single off the album was "House Of Cards", followed by "Here I Stand", "One Last Kiss" and "Pandora", all of which have music videos.

Track listing

# "The Auspice" – 2:00
# "Here I Stand" – 3:23
# "In Another Life" – 3:11
# "Adalia" – 2:31
# "House of Cards" – 3:36
# "Now or Never" – 4:11 (3:23 on advanced version)
# "Pandora" – 3:24
# "Stars" – 3:59
# "River People" – 4:27
# "One Last Kiss" – 3:27
# "Me Vs. the World" – 3:08
# "Morning Sadness" – 5:22 (3:46 on advanced version)
# "True Love" – 6:02 (3:56 on advanced version)
# "Again & Again" – 3:19 (UK, iTunes, and Japanese bonus track)
# "Escape From Here" - 3:34 (Japanese bonus track)

For unknown reasons the iTunes release includes the whole advanced track listing with "The Auspice" but "Now or Never", "Morning Sadness" and "True Love" are omitted with the advanced version lengths not the retail lengths. The iTunes version also indicates three segues in the subtitles of two songs ("Pandora" and "True Love"; "True Love" has two segues) but the tracks appear the same as in the advanced version.

Reception

*"Allmusic" stated "The in-your-face intensity on tracks like the opening anthemic rocker "Here I Stand" is balanced by a tight sense of vocal harmony and an infectious melodicism that prevails most of the way through. It juxtaposes harsh background vocals with a heavy grooving drumbeat. If you like your music loud, take a dip in Madina Lake, bang your head and have a blast! [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pmex9jb7krkt allmusic review]

*"Sputnik music" states "On paper, it reads just like a form of angst-filled high school poetry and with Nathan’s nasally voice screeching and defecating the lyrics, it just makes it all that worst. This had the potential to be a great album but falls short by quite a margin." [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=11593 sputnik review]

*"Musicohm" says "It's an album beset with clunking visuals and broader-than-thou riffs, complementing twin brother Nathan's expansive, excessive vocals tenfold to a beating post-hardcore centre. [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/madina-lake_0307.htm musicohm review]

* "AbsolutePunk.net" writes "From Them, Through Us, To You" is an album that offers a glimpse into the nature of Madina Lake, people, and society and places them to hard rock music laced with electronica and pop undertones. This blend of melody and aggression is the same kind that has launched the band’s peers onto the fast track of success, and may very well do the same for Madina Lake. [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=215542 absolutepunk]

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