The Fiancée (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Fiancée
Type = studio
Artist = The Chariot


Released = April 3, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Metalcore
Chaotic Hardcore
Length = 29:34
Label = Solid State Records
Producer = Matt Goldman
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfyxzy5ldte link]
* Jesus Freak Hideout Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheFiancee.asp link]
*AbsolutePunk.net (79%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=224905 link]
* Relevant Magazine [http://www.relevantmagazine.com/pc_article.php?id=7388 link]
Last album = "Unsung (EP)"
(2005)
This album = "The Fiancée"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = European Cover
Type = studio

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"The Fiancée" is the second full-length album from t he band The Chariot released on April 3, 2007.

Track listing

#"Back to Back" - 1:33
#"They Faced Each Other" - 2:01
#"They Drew Their Swords" - 2:31
#"And Shot Each Other" - 4:00
#"The Deaf Policemen" - 2:43
#"Heard This Noise" - 2:44
#"Then Came to Kill" - 5:00 (Featuring Hayley Williams Of Paramore)
#"The Two Dead Boys" - 2:36
#"Forgive Me Nashville" - 3:11
#"The Trumpet" - 3:17

Album

On The Fiancée, the first eight track titles make up a passage from a poem [http://www.zambooie.com/product_images/solidstaterecords/zambooie/SSRCOMBO110-ZOOM.jpgAlbum Track Titles] seen on Zambooie] , of which multiple variants are found online, but it is often called "The Backward Rhyme" or "Contradiction Poem" [ [http://www.kith.org/logos/words/upper2/OOne.html Poem's] discussion in article labelled OO: Peephole in a Barbed Wire Fence by Jed Hartman] . It goes along the lines of

*The back of the album has "Th3y Drew Their Swords" for track three.

The song "Forgive Me Nashville," which was featured in "This Is Solid State Volume 6", as part of Christian metal compilation series. This song was named as an apology to the fans in Nashville - Josh Scogin, the vocalist, felt they gave a poor performance at a show in Nashville, Tennessee [ [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/chariot__2_/rss/highlights_full.jhtml MTV ] ] . The harmonica heard for the last thirty-four seconds of this song is by mewithoutYou's Aaron Weiss [ [http://www.punknews.org/review/6235 Punk News] discusses the album] The final song is called "The Trumpet" which is referring to the hymn "The Trumpet" [Francis S. Wiggins (1833). [http://books.google.com/books?id=F8URAAAAYAAJ&jtp=70 The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge] . G.F. Bunc Printer. New York Public Library ] , also called "Awful Pomp of Judgement" [American Baptist Publication Society (1850). [http://books.google.com/books?id=FSDsg_PedIcC&printsec=titlepage#PRA1-PA691,M1 The Psalmist: A New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches] . ] or "The Chariot" [Francis S. Wiggins (1833). [http://books.google.com/books?id=F8URAAAAYAAJ&jtp=71 The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge] . G.F. Bunc Printer. New York Public Library ] .

The music video for "They Faced Each Other," was a compilation of four thousand photographs taken during a photoshoot/performance for the video, and according to the video's introduction, over ten-thousand were actually taken during the "taping" [ [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2024635971 Video on Myspace] ] . Music videos for "They Drew Their Swords" and "Forgive Me Nashville" (New York) have also been shot.

Credits

*Josh Scogin - Vocals
*Jon Terrey - Guitar
*Dan Eaton - Guitar
*Jon Kindler - Bass
*Jake Ryan - Drums

Trivia

*The song "And Shot Each Other" is a redone version of the previously unreleased song "Elvish Presley" and "Then Came To Kill" is a redone version of the song "Kenny Gibler (Play The Piano Like A Disease)" from the "Unsung EP".
*Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams is featured on 'Then Came To Kill', the remake of 'Kenny Gibler (Play the Piano Like a Disease)'.
*Sacred Harp singers are featured on "And Shot Each Other" and "The Trumpet". They are also featured in the movie "".
*The name of the Sacred Harp featured at the end of "And Shot Each Other" is called "77t: The Child Of Grace"
*There is a video that has been released for the track "They Drew Their Swords," and one has been shot in New York for "Forgive Me Nashville."
*The song "The Deaf Policeman" has a borrowed guitar lick from the song Tourettes by Nirvana.
*This is the only full album drummer Jake Ryan and guitarist Dan Eaton appear on.

References