Louder Now
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Louder Now is the third album by American rock band, Taking Back Sunday
, released on April 25, 2006 through Hollywood Records
. The first single off the album is "MakeDamnSure
". The song "Error Operator" has been released on the Fantastic Four
2005 film soundtrack, but has been revamped for Louder Now, resulting in the 2005 version becoming known as the 'F4 Edit'. Louder Now was leaked onto the internet in its entirety on April 19, 2006.
Other countries' release dates are posted on the official Taking Back Sunday website. There were two other songs recorded during the Louder Now sessions, "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" and "Sleep". "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" is on the iTunes
bonus version of Louder Now, and "Sleep" is on the "MakeDamnSure" UK single released May 22.
The title Louder Now comes from the song "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?", as well as "Bonus Mosh Pt. II" on their second album Where You Want To Be
.
Late 2006, a special edition CD/DVD was released entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOne
.
The album was voted the best of 2006 in Kerrang!
magazine's end of year poll.
As of June 9, 2008, the album has sold 900,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Louder Now was the band's last release featuring Fred Mascherino
as guitarist and co-lead vocalist.
photographer named Joel Meyerowitz
.
The band had this to say: "We thought the irony of the speaker covering someone's persona, making something both more prominent yet more hidden at the same time was really interesting. So we called Mr. Meyerowitz and he was nice enough to let us share his photo so we could create our cover. Brad [Filip] did the rest and the result is 'Louder Now'."
There are two versions of the album artwork,
one is the original album art cover, the other, is the one used to promote the single 'MakeDamnSure' on selected websites.
. The DVD was the first from the group and the CD/DVD was packaged in a dual cover, featuring the original album cover and a new cover by Greg Watermann. The CD includes the original 11 tracks plus four live tracks.
had a dual cover, containing the original cover as well a new cover: a photo by Greg Watermann. The photo was taken during the band's Long Beach Area show in the summer of 2006, and was chosen because it contained all five band members.
Studio contributors
Other contributors
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday is a rock band from Long Island, NY, formed in 1999 by guitarist Eddie Reyes. Current members of the band are Adam Lazzara , John Nolan , Eddie Reyes , Shaun Cooper and Mark O'Connell ....
, released on April 25, 2006 through Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...
. The first single off the album is "MakeDamnSure
MakeDamnSure
"MakeDamnSure" is a song by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. It was released as the first single from their third album, Louder Now. It has experienced much more success than the band's other singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and Modern Rock Tracks chart...
". The song "Error Operator" has been released on the Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four (film)
Fantastic Four is a 2005 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four. It was directed by Tim Story, and released by 20th Century Fox. It is the second live-action Fantastic Four film to be filmed. The previous attempt, a B-movie produced by Roger Corman only for the...
2005 film soundtrack, but has been revamped for Louder Now, resulting in the 2005 version becoming known as the 'F4 Edit'. Louder Now was leaked onto the internet in its entirety on April 19, 2006.
Other countries' release dates are posted on the official Taking Back Sunday website. There were two other songs recorded during the Louder Now sessions, "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" and "Sleep". "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" is on the iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
bonus version of Louder Now, and "Sleep" is on the "MakeDamnSure" UK single released May 22.
The title Louder Now comes from the song "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?", as well as "Bonus Mosh Pt. II" on their second album Where You Want To Be
Where You Want to Be
-Singles:*"A Decade Under the Influence", released in June 2004*"This Photograph Is Proof ", released in November 2004*"Set Phasers to Stun", released in March 2005-Personnel:*Adam Lazzara – guitar, lead vocals...
.
Late 2006, a special edition CD/DVD was released entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOne
The Louder Now DVD: PartOne
The Louder Now DVD: PartOne is Taking Back Sunday's first DVD release.- Track listing :Disc 1: CD# "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" - 3:48# "Liar " - 3:10# "MakeDamnSure" - 3:32# "Up Against " - 3:03...
.
The album was voted the best of 2006 in Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
magazine's end of year poll.
As of June 9, 2008, the album has sold 900,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Louder Now was the band's last release featuring Fred Mascherino
Fred Mascherino
Frederick Paul Mascherino is an American musician best known for his work as lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist in alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday...
as guitarist and co-lead vocalist.
Album art
The cover for the album began as a photograph the band found called 'New York City, 1963' by a New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
photographer named Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art...
.
The band had this to say: "We thought the irony of the speaker covering someone's persona, making something both more prominent yet more hidden at the same time was really interesting. So we called Mr. Meyerowitz and he was nice enough to let us share his photo so we could create our cover. Brad [Filip] did the rest and the result is 'Louder Now'."
There are two versions of the album artwork,
one is the original album art cover, the other, is the one used to promote the single 'MakeDamnSure' on selected websites.
Special edition
On December 12, 2006 Taking Back Sunday released a special CD/DVD version on the album entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOneThe Louder Now DVD: PartOne
The Louder Now DVD: PartOne is Taking Back Sunday's first DVD release.- Track listing :Disc 1: CD# "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" - 3:48# "Liar " - 3:10# "MakeDamnSure" - 3:32# "Up Against " - 3:03...
. The DVD was the first from the group and the CD/DVD was packaged in a dual cover, featuring the original album cover and a new cover by Greg Watermann. The CD includes the original 11 tracks plus four live tracks.
DVD features
The DVD contains over 60 minutes of footage, documenting the making of the album, their world tour and also live and behind the scenes footage of a show at the Long Beach Arena. The band's website states that "...it has more behind the scenes footage than we've ever released before - about 60 minutes of the clowning around that you know and love."Dual cover
Louder Now: PartOneThe Louder Now DVD: PartOne
The Louder Now DVD: PartOne is Taking Back Sunday's first DVD release.- Track listing :Disc 1: CD# "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" - 3:48# "Liar " - 3:10# "MakeDamnSure" - 3:32# "Up Against " - 3:03...
had a dual cover, containing the original cover as well a new cover: a photo by Greg Watermann. The photo was taken during the band's Long Beach Area show in the summer of 2006, and was chosen because it contained all five band members.
Track listing
Personnel
Taking Back Sunday- Adam LazzaraAdam LazzaraAdam Burbank Lazzara , is the lead singer of the American rock band, Taking Back Sunday. Along with singing lead vocals, Adam Lazzara occasionally plays guitar and harmonica.-Biography:...
- lead vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the... - Fred MascherinoFred MascherinoFrederick Paul Mascherino is an American musician best known for his work as lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist in alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday...
- lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Eddie Reyes - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Matt Rubano - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Mark O'Connell - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Studio contributors
- Elena Mascherino - backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
- Judgement DayJudgement Day (band)Judgement Day is a three piece "string metal" band from Oakland, California.-Beginnings :Brothers Anton and Lewis Patzner started off playing metal violin and cello duets on the streets in Berkeley, California in 2002. They quickly released a seven-song acoustic EP and began playing rock shows as...
- stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones... - Anton PatznerAnton PatznerAnton Patzner is a violinist, composer and arranger who is a founding member of Judgement Day, has been featured on several major label and indie label records, frequently tours with Bright Eyes and Audrye Sessions and has also toured with Mates of State, The Faint, dredg, Margot and the Nuclear So...
- string arrangementsString sectionThe string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
, violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Lewis Patzner - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
Other contributors
- Tom Whalley - executive producer
- Eric ValentineEric ValentineEric Valentine is an American record producer, who began his career as drummer and producer in the heavy metal band T-Ride and has subsequently produced albums for artists such as Good Charlotte, Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday, Nickel Creek, Queens of the Stone Age, Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth,...
- audio productionSound recording and reproductionSound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
, engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Matt RadosevichMatt RadosevichMatt Radosevich is an American record producer, songwriter, mixer, and musician from Oakland, CA. He has produced artists such as Andy Grammer, The Parlor Mob, dredg, Hot Chelle Rae, The Matches, and Audrye Sessions...
- editingAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, engineer - Chris Roach - assistant engineer
- Brian GardnerBrian GardnerBrian Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner is a mastering engineer. He has worked on countless recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk, and dance pop. He is perhaps best known for his work on hip hop albums and in...
- masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced... - Craig Aaronson - A&R
- Terry Dry - management
- Jillian Newman - management
- Larry Weintraub - management
- Brad Filip - artworkAlbum coverAn album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
, photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film... - Joel MeyerowitzJoel MeyerowitzJoel Meyerowitz is a street photographer who began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art...
- cover, photoPhotographA photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
Singles
- "MakeDamnSureMakeDamnSure"MakeDamnSure" is a song by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. It was released as the first single from their third album, Louder Now. It has experienced much more success than the band's other singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and Modern Rock Tracks chart...
" - "Twenty-Twenty SurgeryTwenty-Twenty Surgery"Twenty-Twenty Surgery" is the second single from alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday's third album Louder Now.-Music video:The music video features the band playing in a prison to a group of inmates, taking ideas from Johnny Cash's infamous At Folsom Prison. Adam Lazzara is dressed to...
" (UK Only Single) - "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)Liar (It Takes One to Know One)"Liar " is the second single in the U.S. from the rock band, Taking Back Sunday's third album. The song is featured on the band's album Louder Now, and was released in the U.S., while their second single in the UK, Twenty-Twenty Surgery was released. The music video was released on September 28,...
" - "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?"
- "My Blue Heaven"