Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord is the debut studio album by American metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada (band)

The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Warner Music Group...

. It was released on August 22, 2006, through Rise Records

Rise Records

-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...

. It includes re-recorded versions of all the tracks from their demo

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

, Patterns of a Horizon

Patterns of a Horizon

Patterns of a Horizon is the first and only demo album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released in 2005 through The Foundation Recording Studios...

, and two original tracks, "Texas is South" and "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over". The closing track, "Salvation", features guest vocals by Cole Wallace of Gwen Stacy

Gwen Stacy (band)

Gwen Stacy was an American metalcore band that was signed with Solid State Records. Their name came from the comic book character Gwen Stacy, who appeared in the comic book The Amazing Spider-Man as the girlfriend of Peter Parker...

. "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over" is available for download via the Rock Band Network

Rock Band Network

The Rock Band Network is a downloadable content service designed by Harmonix Music Systems with the help of Microsoft to allow musical artists and record labels to make their music available as playable tracks for the Rock Band series of rhythm video games, starting with Rock Band 2...

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Track listing

Personnel

The Devil Wears Prada

• Mike Hranica - lead vocals
• Jeremy DePoyster - rythm guitar, clean vocals
• Chris Rubey - lead guitar
• Andy Trick - bass guitar
• James Baney - keyboards, synthesizer, piano
• Daniel Williams - drums, percussion

Production

• Kris Crummett – mastering
• Joey Sturgis
  Joey Sturgis
  Joey Sturgis is an American record producer and owner of The Foundation Recording Studio in Connersville, Indiana. Joey Sturgis started recording in 2004. Foundation Recording Studio managed by Rise Records founder Craig Ericson...
  
  – producer, engineer, mixing
• Brad Filip – design, layout design
• Wiley Gutchell - Photography