Louder Now

Louder Now
Studio album by Taking Back Sunday
Released	April 25, 2006
Recorded	Hollywood, California
Genre	Alternative rock, post-hardcore, emo, pop punk
Length	45:38
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Eric Valentine
Taking Back Sunday studio album chronology
Where You Want to Be (2004) Louder Now (2006) New Again (2009)
Alternative cover
Special Edition CD/DVD Dual Cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	(75%) link
Allmusic	link
Kerrang!
Rolling Stone	link

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 was "MakeDamnSure." The song "Error Operator" was released on the Fantastic Four 2005 film soundtrack, but was altered and 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.

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 appears as a lyric in the song "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" as well as in "Bonus Mosh Pt. II" from their album Where You Want To Be.

In 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 over 900,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Louder Now was the band's last release featuring Fred Mascherino as lead guitarist and back-up vocalist.

Album art

The cover for the album began as a photograph the band found called 'New York City, 1963' by a New York 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.

Special edition

On December 12, 2006 Taking Back Sunday released a special CD/DVD version on the album entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOne. 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: PartOne 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

All songs written and composed by Taking Back Sunday. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?"	3:47
2.	"Liar (It Takes One to Know One)"	3:09
3.	"MakeDamnSure"	3:32
4.	"Up Against (Blackout)"	3:02
5.	"My Blue Heaven"	4:09
6.	"Twenty-Twenty Surgery"	3:55
7.	"Spin"	3:39
8.	"Divine Intervention"	4:14
9.	"Miami"	3:41
10.	"Error: Operator"	2:51
11.	"I'll Let You Live"	5:07

iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)"	4:33

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Sleep"	3:20

Personnel

Taking Back Sunday

• Adam Lazzara - lead vocals
• Fred Mascherino - lead guitar, vocals
• Eddie Reyes - rhythm guitar
• Matt Rubano - bass
• Mark O'Connell - drums, percussion

Studio contributors

• Elena Mascherino - backing vocals
• Judgement Day - strings
• Anton Patzner - string arrangements, viola, violin
• Lewis Patzner - cello

Other contributors

• Tom Whalley - executive producer
• Eric Valentine - audio production, engineer, mixing, producer
• Matt Radosevich - editing, engineer
• Chris Roach - assistant engineer
• Brian Gardner - mastering
• Craig Aaronson - A&R
• Terry Dry - management
• Jillian Newman - management
• Larry Weintraub - management
• Brad Filip - artwork, photography
• Joel Meyerowitz - cover, photo

Singles

• "MakeDamnSure"
• "Twenty-Twenty Surgery" (UK Only Single)
• "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)"
• "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?"
• "My Blue Heaven"