In Love and Death

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In Love and Death
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Studio album by The Used
Released CD: September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
Vinyl: August 4, 2009
Recorded Foxy Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Post-hardcore, alternative rock, emo
Length 41:44
Label Reprise
Producer John Feldmann
The Used chronology
Maybe Memories
(2003)Maybe Memories2003
In Love and Death
(2004)
Berth
(2007)Berth2007
Singles from In Love and Death
  1. "Take It Away"
    Released: August 26, 2004
  2. "All That I've Got"
    Released: December 7, 2004
  3. "I Caught Fire"
    Released: February 13, 2005
  4. "Under Pressure"
    Released: April 12, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (64/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 stars [3]
Billboard (positive) [4]
Blender 4/5 stars [5]
Drowned in Sound (8/10) [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [6]
The Guardian 3/5 stars [7]
The Metal Forge 7/10 stars [10]
NME (4/10) [1]
Q 3/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (dud) [8]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [9]

In Love and Death is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Used. It was released on September 28, 2004 and was later certified gold in the United States, indicating over 500,000 copies shipped.[11] It is their most well received and successful album to date.[1] The title and music reference a number of tragic events that surrounded vocalist Bert McCracken during the album's production, notably the death of his pregnant girlfriend. In Love and Death is the final studio album to feature drummer Branden Steineckert.

Release and promotion

The album was first released on September 28, 2004. The album was re-released on May 3, 2005 with the addition of a bonus track, a cover of Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure", in which they collaborated with My Chemical Romance. The track "Sound Effects and Overdramatics" was featured on the Saw II soundtrack, and "All That I've Got" was used in the Saints Row 2 soundtrack. In August 2009, an instrumental version of the album was released on digital music stores.

Reception

The album has been generally well received by critics. Billboard said that it "continues to straddle the line between street credibility and mainstream success". The Guardian gave it 3 out of 5 stars, saying "Songs of self-abuse and suicide - and those are the sunnier moments - are wrapped in wailing riffs, big choruses and fiddly guitar solos." The album has been unanimously acclaimed by the fanbase. The album, along with The Used, are considered to be the band's strongest work.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Quinn Allman, Bert McCracken, Jeph Howard and Branden Steineckert, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Take It Away"   3:38
2. "I Caught Fire"   3:25
3. "Let It Bleed"   3:11
4. "All That I've Got"   3:59
5. "Cut Up Angels"   3:47
6. "Listening"   2:46
7. "Yesterday's Feelings"   2:48
8. "Light with a Sharpened Edge"   3:30
9. "Sound Effects and Overdramatics"   3:29
10. "Hard to Say"   3:30
11. "Lunacy Fringe"   3:41
12. "I'm a Fake"   4:06
Total length:
41:44

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Release history

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Alternative Press review
  4. Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 10, 2004)
  5. Blender review Archived March 9, 2005 at the Wayback Machine
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  7. The Guardian review
  8. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  9. Archived October 2, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  10. The Metal Forge review
  11. RIAA Gold and Platinum Data
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