More Than This is the debut album by American pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band The Age of Information, known then as Trading Yesterday. It was professionally recorded in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, however due to the band departing from Epic Records

Epic Records

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, was shelved and never released. It was leaked for download over the Internet in December 2006, where it gained a fanbase. In 2010, David Hodges re-acquired the album rights from Epic Records, after which he officially released the album in September 2011, though the official release does not include the track, World On Fire. The album contains seven tracks from the band's demo, The Beauty and the Tragedy, but are longer on this album and have more backing instrumental added.

The album has since been officially released on September 8, 2011, with the track World On Fire removed.

Track listing

Personnel

Trading Yesterday

• David Hodges
  David Hodges
  David Hodges is a songwriter, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist from Little Rock, Arkansas. He is best known for his work with the band Evanescence, which he left in 2002. He has also been part of the bands Trading Yesterday, The Age of Information, Avox, and David Hodges solo...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Steven McMorran - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Josh Dunahoo - guitar
  Guitar
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• Mark Colbert - drums
  Drum kit
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