On Letting Go
Encyclopedia
On Letting Go is the second album by Circa Survive
. Released on May 29, 2007 by Equal Vision Records
, the album debuted at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard 200
, selling about 24,000 copies in its first week. As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 51,357 copies in the US.
Circa Survive
Circa Survive is an American alternative rock band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Doylestown, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward....
. Released on May 29, 2007 by Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....
, the album debuted at number 24 on the U.S. 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...
, selling about 24,000 copies in its first week. As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 51,357 copies in the US.
Track listing
All tracks by Circa SurviveCirca Survive
Circa Survive is an American alternative rock band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Doylestown, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward....
Trivia
- The album art is once again the work of Esao AndrewsEsao AndrewsEsao Andrews is an American painter, working with oil on wood panels. His work blends Gothic grotesque, erotic and surrealism.-Life:Andrews was born and grew up in Mesa, Arizona where he attended Red Mountain High School...
, who illustrated the covers of The Inuit SessionsThe Inuit SessionsThe Inuit Sessions is Circa Survive's first release. It was released in 2005 through Equal Vision Records. Only 3,000 copies of it were made. The EP contains "Act Appalled" and "The Great Golden Baby", which were both released on the Juturna album....
, JuturnaJuturna (album)Juturna is the debut album by American rock band, Circa Survive. It was released on April 19, 2005 through Equal Vision Records and reached #183 on the Billboard 200 on May 7, 2005. As of July 19, 2006, it has sold 74,896 copies....
and Blue Sky NoiseBlue Sky NoiseBlue Sky Noise is the third album by Circa Survive. It was released on April 20, 2010 by Atlantic Records.Studio recording was completed at the end of October 2009, mixing was completed on the first of February 2010 by Rich Costey...
. - On May 14, 2007, the band decided to post the lyrics to the then upcoming album on their website, one song a day, starting with the opener "Living Together."
- The album has so far spawned two B-Sides, both sold digitally for separate charitable causes: "The Most Dangerous Commercials" and "1000 Witnesses."
- The song "MandalaMandalaMaṇḍala is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point...
" references William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
's poem "The Tyger," borrowing the lyrics: "Did he who made the lamb make thee?"