Conviction is the name of Aiden

Aiden

Aiden is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. The members are WiL Francis , Nick Wiggins , and Angel Ibarra . wiL originally played bass but took over lead vocals when the original singer left...

's third studio album which was released August 21st, 2007 . It is the first of their releases to carry a Parental Advisory sticker although it is not the first to contain profanity. Best Buy

Best Buy

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 editions of the album contain the 2 exclusive bonus tracks "Here Lies the Waste" and "So Far Away" . The album has marked a completely different musical direction for the band, as it bears little resemblance to their previous Nightmare Anatomy

Nightmare Anatomy

Nightmare Anatomy is the second studio album by American Goth rock band Aiden. It was released on October 4, 2005 through Victory Records. It peaked at number 196 on the Billboard 200,, number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, and number 16 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart, and has...

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The first single from the album, "One Love

One Love (Aiden song)

"One Love" is the first single from Aiden's third album, Conviction. As a single it was released in early September of 2007. The song was first played on the Lostprophets and Taking Back Sunday tour in early April and went on to be played at Wembley Arena on the final night of the Lostprophets and...

", was released on their MySpace

MySpace

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 page on July 23, 2007.

The band finished recording after their brief UK arena tour supporting Lostprophets

Lostprophets

Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...

 and returned to the UK again to play the Download Festival

Download Festival

The Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England . It usually takes place in June...

 before doing a more complete tour in support of the album.

Track listing

Artwork

Artist Alex Pardee

Alex Pardee

Alex Pardee is a freelance artist, apparel designer, and a writer born in Antioch, California, USA who is best known for illustrating The Used's album artwork...

 who worked on the artwork for some of The Used

The Used

The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...

's albums created the artwork for Conviction.

Chart positions

Chart	Position
Billboard 200	54
Independent Albums	5
Billboard Comprehensive Albums	54
Hard Rock Albums	6
Rock Albums	15
Alternative Albums	15

Personnel

• wiL Francis
  WiL Francis
  William Roy "Wil" Francis is the lead vocalist of the band Aiden as well as his electronic project William Control. Francis also acts as producer to the band A Midnight Tragedy....
  
    - lead vocals, piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Angel Ibarra
  Angel Ibarra
  Angel Ibarra is guitarist and one of the backing vocalists for the band Aiden. He was one of the founding members of the band when it first started back in 2003, during his high school days.-Biography:...
  
   - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , background vocals
• Jake Wambold - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , background vocals
• Nick Wiggins
  Nick Wiggins
  Nick Wiggins is the bassist and backing vocalist in the post-hardcore turned punk band Aiden. He plays bass and writes for the band Me Vs Myself which features Frank Gross from On The Last Day on guitar and Carson Allen formerly of On The Last Day and Escape The Fate...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , background vocals
• Jake Davison
  Jake Davison
  Jake Davison is an American drummer. He played drums for Aiden. He was born on September 27, 1986. He was one of the founding members of Aiden when it first started back in 2003, with guitarist Angel Ibarra....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion