Tales Don't Tell Themselves

Infobox Album |

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Name = Tales Don't Tell Themselves
Type = studio
Artist = Funeral for a Friend
Released = 14 May 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock, post-hardcore
Length = 40:50
48:11 (JP Edition)
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Gil Norton
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (80%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=237450 link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfpxz85ldhe link]
*Aversion.com Rating|3|5 [http://www.aversion.com/bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=3098 link]
*BBC Wales [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/funeralforafriend/pages/tales_dont_tell_themselves.shtml link]
*Digital Spy Rating|5|5 [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a45989/funeral-for-a-friend-tales-dont-tell-themselves.html link]
*Gigwise Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=32287 link]
*Indie London Rating|2|5 [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/funeral-for-a-friend-tales-dont-tell-themselves link]
*Insiders' Guides Rating-10|5 [http://www.insidersguides.net/musicguides/artists/FuneralforaFriend/TalesDon039tTellThemselves.php link]
*Kerrang! Rating|5|5 Fact|date=May 2007
*Manchester Evening News Rating|4|5 [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/album_reviews/s/1006/1006549_funeral_for_a_friend___tales_dont_tell_themselves_atlantic.html 9 May 2007]
*Metal Hammer rating-10|6 Fact|date=May 2007
*MTV Asia rating-10|7 [http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/CD/C20071008001592.html link]
*"NME" rating-10|6 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/funeral-for-a-friend/8530 link]
*Rocklouder Rating|3|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/3058/Funeral-For-A-Friend---Tales-Dont-Tell-Themselves.html link]
*Rock Sound rating-10|8 #97, June 2007
*The Times Rating|3|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1768434.ece 12 May 2007]
*Total Guitar rating-10|9 Fact|date=May 2007
*"Feel The Word" (favourable) [http://www.feeltheword.net/magazine/2007/12/29/funeral-for-a-friend-tales-don%e2%80%99t-tell-themselves-2007-davey-boy/]
Last album = "Hours"
(2005)
This album = "Tales Don't Tell Themselves"
(2007)
Next album = "Memory And Humanity"
(2008)

"Tales Don't Tell Themselves" is the third album by Funeral for a Friend. It charted at #3 in the UK selling 25,000 copies in its first week.

It was released on May 14 2007. Before the release of the album, the band released several short studio update videos informing fans of their progress. During the recording of the album, Matt Davies used the same microphone he used to record the group's debut album "Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation" and Ryan Richards recorded his drum parts by recording cymbals separate to the rest of his drum parts and replacing the normal cymbals with electric ones whilst recording basic drums. Matt plays guitar on several of the songs, this is the first album in which he has done so.

The band plan to do their first tour for the new album in venues similar to the ones of the last Hours tour, however they may move up to larger venues depending on the success of the album. On February 13, 2007 the band put out the track "Out of Reach" as a taster for fans. [http://www.myfreedownload.co.uk/ffaf] The lead single from the album, "Into Oblivion (Reunion)", was released on 7th May 2007. The song debuted on The Zane Lowe rock show on 19th March and the official music video was uploaded to the band's MySpace page shortly after. According to Matt, speaking at a performance at Manchester's Apollo Theatre, the second single from the album is to be "Walk Away".

The album was released in Japan with two bonus tracks: "Rise and Fall" and "Crash and Burn (Home Demo)"; which were also sold as bonus tracks on iTunes.

Concept and themes

Matt has mentioned that it is a concept album:

The video for Walk Away was played on Friday 8th June 2007 on Kerrang! TV. The video is about the fisherman about whom the album is about going missing. It follows his wife and daughter both breaking down. The video ends with the mother realising she cannot go on like this and trying to continue with her life. There are also scenes of Davies singing on a couch. The video has since then been added to the Kerrang! playlist.

Track listing

#"Into Oblivion (Reunion)" - 4:25
#"The Great Wide Open" - 3:32
#"The Diary" - 3:40
#"On a Wire" - 3:59
#"All Hands on Deck Part 1: Raise the Sail" - 3:26
#"All Hands on Deck Part 2: Open Water" - 3:48
#"Out of Reach" - 3:34
#"One for the Road" - 4:10
#"Walk Away" - 3:48
#"The Sweetest Wave" - 6:25

iTunes and Japanese Bonus Tracks

#"Rise and Fall" - 3:27
#"Crash and Burn (Home Demo)" - 4:21

External links

* [http://www.ffafmusic.com Official Web site]
* [http://ffaf.pg84.com/ Escape Artists Never Die - UK Fansite]
* [http://funeralforafriend-br.net/ BR Fansite]
* [http://funeralforafrench.com/ FR Fansite]
* [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/funeral_for_a_friend_tabs.htm Tablature]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTmMKbBoc7Q Video for 'Walk Away']