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Reception

The album received very positive reviews from the British music press with NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

 and Drowned in Sound
Drowned in Sound
DrownedinSound.com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway . The site is an editorially independent music website.-History:...

 giving it 8/10 and 9/10 respectively. It was also #17 in NME albums of the year.

In pop culture

"Rookie of the Year" was featured on the soundtracks of WWE Wrestlemania 21
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE WrestleMania 21 is a professional wrestling video game released on the Xbox console by THQ. It is based on WWE's pay-per-view event of the same name. It is also the successor to WrestleMania XIX...

 and Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown is the third game in the Burnout series of video games. Released on September 7, 2004, developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts , the game drew critical acclaim and a large fanbase.A GameCube version was planned but was scrapped during development...

.
"Red Is The New Black" was used in the Torchwood
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...

 episode "They Keep Killing Suzie
They Keep Killing Suzie
"They Keep Killing Suzie" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood. It is the eighth episode of the first series, which was broadcast on 3 December 2006.-Synopsis:...

".

Credits

  • Written and performed by Funeral for a Friend
    Funeral for a Friend
    Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band, from Bridgend. Formed 2001, they have released five studio albums, seven EPs, sixteen singles, one DVD, and one compilation album.-Formation and Early Years:...

     except:
    • "Storytelling" written by Funeral for a Friend, Gethin Pearson and This Boy's Life
      This Boy's Life
      This Boy's Life is a memoir by Tobias Wolff first published in 1989. It describes the author's adolescence as he wanders the continental United States with his itinerant mother. The first leg of their journey takes them from Florida to Utah, where Mom, fleeing an abusive partner, hopes to get rich...

      ; performed by Funeral for a Friend
  • Produced and mixed by Colin Richardson
    Colin Richardson
    Colin Richardson is a British record producer, mixer and recording engineer. He has worked on over 100 albums, and is most frequently associated with heavy metal and its subgenres such as:*Anathema*As I Lay Dying*Behemoth*Bullet for My Valentine...

  • Co-produced by Funeral for a Friend
  • Recorded at Chapel Studios, Rak Studios and Miloco Studios
    Miloco Studios
    Miloco Studios are a leading independent group of recording studios based in London, England. There are currently twelve commercial recording studios underneath the Miloco umbrella, plus a selection of private long-let programming rooms...

     (London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

    )
  • Engineered by Colin Richardson with Matt Hyde, Will Bartle and Richard Woodcraft
  • Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisc
  • Managed by Craig Jennings and Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary Artist Management
  • Assisted management by Paul Dando
  • Booking by Jeremy Holgersen for the Agency Group
  • A&R by Joel De'Ath
  • Photography by Chris Dunlop
  • Live photography by Anna Gudaniec and George Davison
  • Art design by Barny Bewick for Indium Design, inspired by René Magritte
    René Magritte
    René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...


Singles

Year Song title Chart positions
US Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock UK Singles
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

2003 "Juneau
Juneau (song)
"Juneau" is a song by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. As one of the most popular and well known of the band's songs, it was a hit single being the joint third highest charting single to date...

"
19
"She Drove Me to Daytime Television
She Drove Me to Daytime Television
"She Drove Me to Daytime Television" is a song by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. It was originally released on the band's EP Four Ways to Scream Your Name. In the US it was released on their hybrid-EP Seven Ways to Scream Your Name, a combination of the Four Ways to Scream Your Name...

"/"Bullet Theory"
20
2004 "Escape Artists Never Die" 19
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