SING THE SORROW

'''Sing the Sorrow''' was the first major-label release by the alternative rock band AFI, released in 2003. The album reached the #5 position on the Billboard charts, and was certified Gold on April 30, 2003 by the RIAA. The album went Platinum in March of 2004.

Hidden/Bonus tracks/Alternate covers

US tour edition cover

After "...but home is nowhere," there is a hidden poem, which some refer to as "Spoken Word." After the poem, a new song begins, entitled "This Time Imperfect." Many think of these songs as just one full track entitled "...but home is nowhere." The UK edition of the CD also contains two bonus tracks; "Synesthesia" and "Now the World". Now the World is also at the end of the Japanese edition. These tracks were also available for download from a "secret site" to which the US version of the album gave access. Even though the secret site has been down for some time now (since Dreamworks disappeared), most copies of Sing The Sorrow still have links to the secret site. This may mean that they are going to put the secret site back up.
The album was released with three cover options: red, silver and black. Most of the covers are red. Half of the first US and UK pressings featured the silver cover^[1], which is now rare and out of print. The black cover was only available at shows on the US tour following the album release, as well as through the Despair Faction's online store, but is also now rare and out of print. There were 2500 pressed with black covers.^[2]

B-sides/Unreleased tracks

The track "Rabbits are Roadkill on Route 37" was recorded during the ''Sing the Sorrow'' sessions. The song was first aired during an interview with the band on the radio station KROQ in October 2005. The song was released on the compilation album MySpace Records, Vol. 1 in November 2005, and as a bonus track on the UK and Australian editions of ''Decemberunderground'' in 2006.
The band has confirmed that a song called "Carcinogen Crush" was recorded, and will eventually be released.

DVD edition cover

DVD edition

A limited DVD edition was released, and features a short film called Clandestine, directed by Norwood Cheek. The film is eight minutes long, features all four band members and contains references to ''Sing the Sorrow''. The film sees the band members trying to obtain a mysterious box which bears resemblance to the ''Sing the Sorrow'' album cover. The film features two soundtracks; one by Hunter, and one by Jade.

Track listing

US/AU version

#"Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" – 2:57
#"The Leaving Song, Pt. II" – 3:31
#"Bleed Black" – 4:15
#"Silver and Cold" – 4:11
#"Dancing Through Sunday" – 2:26
#"Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
#"Death of Seasons" – 3:59
#"The Great Disappointment" – 5:27
#"Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)" – 3:57
#"This Celluloid Dream" – 4:11
#"The Leaving Song" – 2:44
#"...but home is nowhere" – 3:51
#"Spoken Word" – n/a
#"This Time Imperfect" – 4:25
Tracks 13 and 14 are hidden tracks which are found in the song "... but home is nowhere".

Limited edition cover

UK version

#"Miseria Cantare- The Beginning" – 2:57
#"The Leaving Song Pt. II" – 3:31
#"Bleed Black" – 4:15
#"Silver and Cold" – 53:24
#"Dancing Through Sunday" – 2:26
#"Girl's Not Grey" – 3:10
#"Death of Seasons" – 3:59
#"The Great Disappointment" – 5:27
#"Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)" – 3:57
#"This Celluloid Dream" – 4:11
#"The Leaving Song" – 2:44
#"...but home is nowhere" – 3:50
#"Synesthesia" (bonus track) – 3:30
#"Now the World" – 4:01
#"Spoken Word" – 13:12
#"This Time Imperfect" – 11:43
Tracks 15 and 16 are hidden tracks which are found in the song "Now the World".

Production

★ Producers: Jerry Finn and Butch Vig

★ Mixing Engineer: Jerry Finn

★ Executive Producer: Jade Puget

★ Recording Engineer: Joe McGrath

★ Assistant Engineers: Chris Holmes, Alan Mason, Dan Chase, Stacey Dodds, and Alan Sanderson

★ Additional Technical Assistance: Alan Mason

★ Drum Technicians: Garner Knutsen and Mike Fasano

★ Recorded at Cello Studios, Los Angeles

★ Mixed at Chalice Studios, Los Angeles

★ Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Brian Gardner

★ A&R: Luke Wood

★ Art Direction & Design: Jason Noto & Doug Cunningham, Morning Breath, Inc.

★ Icon Illustration: Alan Forbes

★ Photography: Matthew Welsh

Guests

★ Susie Katayama: Cello

★ Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Additional keys on "...but home is nowhere"

★ Jasmine Weist: Guest female vocal

★ Nick 13: Background vocals

★ Geoff Kresge: Background vocals

★ Chris Holmes: Background vocals

★ Ralph Saenz: Background vocals

★ Jerry Finn: Background vocals

★ Joe McGrath: Background vocals

★ Matt Wedgley: Background vocals

★ Butch Vig: Background vocals

★ Steve Cunningham: Background vocals

★ Luke Wood: Background vocals

★ Stacey Dodds: Vocoder

★ St. Mileon's Church: Choir

★ Gibson Casian: Spoken Word vocals

★ Hans Wold: Spoken Word vocals

Trivia

★ The word 'fucking' is used twice in "Death of Seasons." To avoid a Parental Advisory warning on the album, the word is replaced with 'scuking' in the lyrics booklet.

★ "Miseria Cantare" roughly translates to "To Sing Sorrow" in Latin.

★ Gibson Casian, who reads the first part of the "Spoken Word" poem, is Jade Puget's half-brother.

★ The album was ranked number 77 on the October 2006 issue of ''Guitar World'' magazine's 'List of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time'.

★ Even though this album was released on Dreamworks Records, the CD also features a Nitro Records logo.

★ Professional wrestler CM Punk, currently in ECW, used "Miseria Cantare - The Beginning" as his theme whilst competing for Ring of Honor (ROH). A sped up version of the song was also used as theme music for the CHIKARA promotion's CP Munk character, a parody of the aforementioned CM Punk in the form of a chipmunk.

References

1. http://www.afiseries.com/releases.php?a=sts
2. The Complete AFI Discography http://www.afiseries.com/releases.php?a=sts

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