Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
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Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces is the fourth studio album by South Africa
n post-grunge
/alternative metal
band Seether
. The album was released in South Africa and Switzerland on October 19, 2007, and released worldwide on October 23, 2007.
The cover artwork was designed by David Ho
, the same artist who designed the Vicious Delicious
cover for Infected Mushroom
. The covers apparently display the same character: Candice the Ghost.
In support of the album, the band has toured with Three Days Grace
, Finger Eleven
, Breaking Benjamin
, 3 Doors Down
, Skillet
, Red
, Papa Roach
, Flyleaf
, Econoline Crush
, Nickelback
and Staind
.
Three singles, "Fake It
", "Rise Above This
" and "Breakdown" have been released from the album with all three being top 10 singles, the former two reaching the top position on several Billboard charts
, despite negative reviews, scoring a 39% on Metacritic
. The album was reissued in 2009, featuring a fourth single, the George Michael
cover of "Careless Whisper
", the final single from the album. It is the first Seether album that is ever gone gold in their homeland in South Africa.
1Demo version of "Fake It" was apparently recorded in Shaun's bedroom.
2Later versions of the album, pressed after the release of these tracks, were released with these tracks added on.
on August 23, 2007, with the new single, "Fake It", being uploaded to both. The band had this to say on their official webpage:
In the corner where it shows the album title, one can faintly see a Chinese symbol. The symbol shown is the Chinese symbol for the word "beauty".
chart in the US with 56,900 copies moved in its first week, and ended up being certified Gold for shipping 500,000 copies. Seether claimed their first South African Music Award in the category "Best Rock: English" for Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The album is also now the band's best seller, outselling Disclaimer 2 (which featured the band's break out hits "Fine Again
" and "Broken
") and Karma and Effect
(which featured the band's hits "Remedy" and "Truth
").
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
/alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band Seether
Seether
Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...
. The album was released in South Africa and Switzerland on October 19, 2007, and released worldwide on October 23, 2007.
The cover artwork was designed by David Ho
David Ho (artist)
David G. Ho is a Chinese-American artist.Ho was born in New Jersey. He moved to Taiwan with his family when he was a child, and moved back to California as a teenager...
, the same artist who designed the Vicious Delicious
Vicious Delicious
Vicious Delicious is the sixth studio album by psychedelic trance duo Infected Mushroom, released on March 26, 2007. The cover art was done by David Ho who later made a similar artwork for Seether's Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces...
cover for Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ act and electronic group originally formed in late 1997 as a duo by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in Haifa...
. The covers apparently display the same character: Candice the Ghost.
In support of the album, the band has toured with Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
, Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...
, Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley and Chad Szeliga. The band has released four studio albums to date and a greatest hits album that was released on August 16, 2011. The group initially went on indefinite hiatus due...
, 3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa formed in 1996. The band consists of Brad Arnold , Matt Roberts , Todd Harrell , Chris Henderson , and Greg Upchurch ....
, Skillet
Skillet (band)
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose...
, Red
Red (band)
Red is an American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band's lineup consists of singer Michael Barnes, guitarist Anthony Armstrong, bassist Randy Armstrong and drummer Joe Rickard. They are known for their Christian rock music which incorporates other sounds such as...
, Papa Roach
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...
, Flyleaf
Flyleaf
Flyleaf is an American alternative metal band, formed in the Belton and Temple, Texas regions in 2000. The band has charted on mainstream rock, Christian pop and Christian metal genres. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005....
, Econoline Crush
Econoline Crush
Econoline Crush is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada formed in 1992. Originally formed in Seattle, they eventually moved back to Vancouver...
, Nickelback
Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
and Staind
Staind
Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
.
Three singles, "Fake It
Fake It (Seether song)
"Fake It" is the first single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The single quickly rose to number one on both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. It also reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, the second highest of their singles...
", "Rise Above This
Rise Above This
"Rise Above This" is the second single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. It is the sixth track on the album and became the band's second consecutive number-one song on the U.S. Modern Rock chart. Seether's vocalist Shaun Morgan has stated that the song is about his late...
" and "Breakdown" have been released from the album with all three being top 10 singles, the former two reaching the top position on several Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
, despite negative reviews, scoring a 39% on Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. The album was reissued in 2009, featuring a fourth single, the George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
cover of "Careless Whisper
Careless Whisper
"Careless Whisper" is a 1984 single by George Michael , released by Epic Records in the UK, Japan, and other countries; and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael's first solo single although he was still performing in Wham! at the time...
", the final single from the album. It is the first Seether album that is ever gone gold in their homeland in South Africa.
Track listing
- "Like Suicide" - 4:14
- "Fake ItFake It (Seether song)"Fake It" is the first single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The single quickly rose to number one on both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. It also reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, the second highest of their singles...
" - 3:13 - "Breakdown" - 3:29
- "FMLYHM" - 3:28
- "Fallen" - 4:18
- "Rise Above ThisRise Above This"Rise Above This" is the second single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. It is the sixth track on the album and became the band's second consecutive number-one song on the U.S. Modern Rock chart. Seether's vocalist Shaun Morgan has stated that the song is about his late...
" - 3:23 - "No Jesus Christ" - 7:05
- "Six Gun Quota" - 3:23
- "Walk Away from the Sun" - 4:13
- "Eyes of the Devil" - 5:00
- "Don't Believe" - 4:34
- "Waste" - 4:26
- "Careless WhisperCareless Whisper"Careless Whisper" is a 1984 single by George Michael , released by Epic Records in the UK, Japan, and other countries; and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael's first solo single although he was still performing in Wham! at the time...
" 2 - 5:01 - "Careless Whisper (Strings Version)" 2 - 4:26
- "Quirk" 1 (iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
pre-order) - 3:46 - "Naked" (B-side) - 3:30
- "Left for Dead" (B-side) - 4:00
- "Untitled" (B-side) - 3:50
1Demo version of "Fake It" was apparently recorded in Shaun's bedroom.
2Later versions of the album, pressed after the release of these tracks, were released with these tracks added on.
Personnel
- Shaun MorganShaun MorganShaun Morgan Welgemoed is a South African musician known as the lead singer and the lead/rhythm guitarist of the post-grunge rock/alternative metal band Seether.-Early life:...
– lead vocals, guitarGuitarThe 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... - Dale StewartDale StewartDale William Stewart is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.-Seether:Studio albums*Fragile *Disclaimer *Karma and Effect...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - John HumphreyJohn HumphreyJohn Humphrey may refer to:* John Humphrey , member of the band Seether and former member of The Nixons* John Humphrey * John Humphrey , English footballer...
– drums
Album information
The band updated both their official web page and MyspaceMyspace
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on August 23, 2007, with the new single, "Fake It", being uploaded to both. The band had this to say on their official webpage:
In the corner where it shows the album title, one can faintly see a Chinese symbol. The symbol shown is the Chinese symbol for the word "beauty".
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart in the US with 56,900 copies moved in its first week, and ended up being certified Gold for shipping 500,000 copies. Seether claimed their first South African Music Award in the category "Best Rock: English" for Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The album is also now the band's best seller, outselling Disclaimer 2 (which featured the band's break out hits "Fine Again
Fine Again
"Fine Again" is the American debut single by South African post-grunge and alternative metal band Seether and was also later included on the 5 Songs EP. It is the third track on their album Disclaimer...
" and "Broken
Broken (Seether song)
"Broken" is a song by post-grunge/alternative metal South-African band Seether featuring American singer Amy Lee. The original acoustic version is the twelfth track on Seether's debut album Disclaimer. It was re-recorded with Amy Lee, the future girlfriend of Seether vocalist Shaun Morgan, for The...
") and Karma and Effect
Karma and Effect
Karma and Effect is the third album by the South African post-grunge/alternative metal band Seether. It was released on May 24, 2005 by Wind-up Records. It is certified gold in the US and Canada....
(which featured the band's hits "Remedy" and "Truth
Truth (Seether song)
Truth" is a song by post grunge/alternative metal band Seether. It is the third track and second single from their album Karma and Effect.The music video was directed by Dean Karr, who had also directed the video for their previous single Remedy, and features singer Shaun Morgan dressed as a ring...
").
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
10 |
| French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
154 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
9 |
| Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
39 |
| UK Rock Albums | 38 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
9 |
| US Alternative Albums Chart | 4 |
| US Catalog Albums Chart | 26 |
| US Digital Albums Chart | 9 |
| US Hard Rock Albums Chart | 4 |
| US Rock Albums Chart | 5 |
| US Tastmakers Albums Chart | 7 |