David Comes to Life is the third full-length studio album by Canadian hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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 band Fucked Up

Fucked Up

Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...

. It was released on June 7, 2011 in North America and June 6, 2011 elsewhere on Matador Records

Matador Records

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 in CD and double LP

LP album

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 formats. David Comes to Life is an 18 song epic in four acts. It became Fucked Up's first charting album in the United States ranking at number 83 on the Billboard 200

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Track listing

Act One: Love, then tragedy strikes the town.

1. "Let Her Rest" – 3:23
2. "Queen of Hearts" – 4:36
3. "Under My Nose" – 3:29
4. "The Other Shoe" – 4:57
5. "Turn the Season" – 4:02

Act Two: David loses Veronica, and then himself, as he succumbs to guilt and despair.

6. "Running On Nothing" – 4:46
7. "Remember My Name" – 5:09
8. "A Slanted Tone" – 3:40
9. "Serve Me Right" – 3:49

Act Three: Another character is revealed, putting the responsibility for Veronica's death into question.

10. "Truth I Know" – 4:33
11. "Life In Paper" – 4:38
12. "Ship of Fools" – 4:02
13. "A Little Death" – 4:36

Act Four: A revelation from Vivian sheds more light on Veronica's death; Octavio and Vivian explain their motives, and David is reborn.

14. "I Was There" – 3:19
15. "Inside a Frame" – 4:18
16. "The Recursive Girl" – 3:34
17. "One More Night" – 5:36
18. "Lights Go Up" – 5:30

Lineup

• Pink Eyes – vocals
• 10,000 Marbles – guitar
• Gulag – guitar, vocals
• Young Governor – guitar, vocals
• Mustard Gas – bass
• Mr. Jo – drums, guitar, keyboards

Guest Vocalists

• Madeline Follin - Queen of Hearts
  
• Jennifer Castle
  Jennifer Castle
  Jennifer Castle is a Canadian songwriter, based in Toronto, Ontario.She released two albums under the name Castlemusic before signing to Flemish Eye for her third album, which she released under her own name but titled Castlemusic....
  
   - The Other Shoe, One More Night, Lights Go Up
• Kurt Vile
  Kurt Vile
  Kurt Vile is a guitarist and singer born in 1980 from the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He was signed by Matador Records as a solo artist in May 2009....
  
  - Lights Go Up