Life in Dreaming is Hidden in Plain View

Hidden in Plain View

Hidden in Plain View was a five-piece Pop Punk band from northern New Jersey. They formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2007. During their six and a half year run, the group released records with four different record labels , including two full-length albums and three EPs...

's first full-length album

Album

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, released on February 22, 2005 by Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records

Drive-Thru Records, established in 1996, was a California-based record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. It has produced various pop punk bands, many with a distinct SoCal sound....

. It was originally scheduled for an August 2004 release, but postponed to gain time for promotion. The album includes an Enhanced CD

Enhanced CD

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 portion with video footage of a live performance of "Twenty Below" at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

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 and a making-of

Making-of

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 featurette.

During the recording session, two additional songs were recorded, which the band originally wrote in late 2001. "Hot & Sexy" was released on the B-side of the British

Great Britain

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 vinyl single

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 for "Ashes Ashes". The other track, "To Your Grave", remains unreleased. The Japan

Japan

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ese edition of the album features none of these as bonus track

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s, but two tracks which were originally released on the in-Japan-unavailable Hidden in Plain View

Hidden in Plain View (EP)

Hidden in Plain View is Hidden in Plain View's eponymous Drive-Thru Records debut. The CD was issued on November 11, 2003 and marks the band's third release, after their first two EPs Find and Operation: Cut-Throat .-Track listing:...

EP

Extended play

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Track listing

(all songs written by Hidden in Plain View)

1. "Bleed for You" – 3:51
2. "Ashes Ashes" – 2:39
3. "A Minor Detail" – 2:47
4. "The Point" – 3:53
5. "Twenty Below" – 3:25
6. "Garden Statement" – 4:48
7. "The Innocent Ones" – 6:33
8. "American Classic" – 3:08
9. "In Memory" – 3:21
10. "Top 5 Addictions" – 2:39
11. "Halcyon Daze" – 4:28

Japanese bonus tracks:

12. "Shamans Witches Magic" – 3:46
    
13. "The Chaser" – 3:02

Credits

• Chris Amato – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Rob Freeman
  Rob Freeman
  Robert Andrew Freeman is the former guitarist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter for the pop punk/post-hardcore group Hidden in Plain View...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Andrew McMahon
  Andrew McMahon
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   – piano
  Piano
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• Spencer Peterson – drums
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• Joe Reo – vocals
• Mike Saffert – guitar
• Patrick Warren – chamberlin
  Chamberlin
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