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| Released = {{startdate|2008|10|21}}
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| Recorded = 2008
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[Post-hardcore]], [[metalcore]],<ref name=AMG /> [[emo]]
| Genre = [[Post-hardcore]], [[metalcore]], [[alternative rock]],<ref name=AMG /> [[emo]], [[glam metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=40|s=07}}
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| Label = [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]
| Label = [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]

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This War Is Ours is the second album by the American post-hardcore band Escape the Fate. This album departed from the band's earlier emo, darker sound, to a more hard rock, mainstream sound with less screamed vocals. It is the first Escape the Fate album to feature former blessthefall singer Craig Mabbitt on vocals. The album received mixed reviews from critics. It was produced by John Feldmann,[3] and released on October 21, 2008 through Epitaph Records.[4]

The album debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200, selling 13,000 copies in the first week.[5]

Promotion

Starting on September 2, 2008, fans of Escape the Fate went to a special page on Buzznet to help unlock "the first track" off of This War Is Ours. Once the page had 50,000 viewers at the same time, the new song was then released to play and download for free.[6] In order for a user's "page view" to be considered a contribution to the counter, the page had to remain open and active. Other sites could be used through different tabs or new windows, as long as the Buzznet page stayed open.[7] Because this was a difficult task, fans were asked to "tell everyone [they] know to come to [the] page"[8] in an attempt to reach 50,000 views as fast as possible. About 30 hours after the project started, the new song titled "The Flood" was unlocked and was also available for free download to anyone (whether they participated or not).[9]

On October 1, 2008, the band released "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" for download.[10]

Copies of the album were made available to buy on their tour with Chiodos and Silverstein, even before the album's official release date.

The official video for "Something" was released to MTV on January 12, 2009.

The video for the album's third single "10 Miles Wide" was released June 9, 2009.

"This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" is the fourth single off the album. The video was shot in Santa Ana, Califorina on January 9, 2010. The video was released along with the deluxe edition of the album on April 27, 2010.

Deluxe special edition

In an interview with Max and Craig, they stated that they would re-release This War Is Ours with a bonus disc with many different features not seen before.

The CD includes two new songs, "Bad Blood" and "Behind the Mask", an acoustic version of "Harder Than You Know", and a remix called "This War Is Mine" by Clown of Slipknot. It also comes with a DVD that features the music videos to "The Flood", "Something", "10 Miles Wide", and "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)". It also comes with a world tour documentary and a behind the music feature.[11] The deluxe edition was released on April 27, 2010.[12]

There is a typo in the insert booklet for "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)", the lyrics for "10 Miles Wide" are listed. However, "10 Miles Wide" has the correct lyrics printed.

For the "10 Miles Wide" video on the DVD, any time a curse word is said that word is censored. However, the official video for "10 Miles Wide" on Epitaph Records' YouTube channel is not censored. Behind the Music and the European Tour (featured on the DVD) also do not censor curse words.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Escape the Fate

No.TitleLength
1."We Won't Back Down"3:30
2."On to the Next One"3:08
3."Ashley"3:27
4."Something"3:38
5."The Flood"3:33
6."Let It Go"3:29
7."You Are So Beautiful"2:47
8."This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)"4:26
9."10 Miles Wide" (featuring Josh Todd of Buckcherry)2:47
10."Harder Than You Know"4:20
11."It's Just Me"4:56
Total length:40:07
Deluxe version
No.TitleLength
12."Bad Blood"4:17
13."Behind the Mask"3:15
14."Harder Than You Know" (acoustic version)4:19
15."This War Is Mine" (Shawn "Clown" Crahan Remix)5:42
Deluxe version bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."The Flood" (music video)3:49
2."Something" (music video)3:40
3."10 Miles Wide" (music video)3:15
4."This War Is Ours" (music video)5:31
5."Escape the Fate "Behind the Music"" (Video)15:11
6."European Tour Documentary" (Video)25:29

Release history

CD

Region Date Label
In stores October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) Epitaph

Deluxe special edition

Region Date Label
Via pre-order USA April 23, 2010 (2010-04-23) Epitaph
Via pre-order April 24, 2010 (2010-04-24) Epitaph
In stores April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27) Epitaph

Chart positions

Chart (2008)[13] Peak
position
US Billboard 200 35
US Top Rock Albums 12
US Top Digital Albums 35
US Top Independent Albums 2
US Top Catalog Albums (2010) 34
US Top Alternative Albums 8
Australian Albums Chart (ARIA Charts)[14] 33

Personnel

This War Is Ours album personnel as listed on Allmusic.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "This War Is Ours Credits". Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. ^ "This War Is Ours Review". SAW Entertainment.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Escape the Fate Recording New Album". Epitaph Records. Retrieved 26 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ DeAndrea, Joe. "Escape the Fate Track Listing". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. ^ "AC/DC Debuts At No. 1 With 784,000". Billboard.com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  6. ^ Djamoos, Anton. "50,000 For New Escape the Fate". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Listen to the NEW Escape the Fate song". Epitaph Records. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Unlock New Escape the Fate Song". Buzznet. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Escape The Fate releases new song, THE FLOOD!". Epitaph Records. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Escape the Fate release another song for download". Myspace. October 1, 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2011.[verification needed]
  11. ^ "ESCAPE THE FATE to Release This War Is Ours Deluxe Edition on April 27th".
  12. ^ "Super-Craig.net". Retrieved 26 April 2011.[verification needed]
  13. ^ "This War Is Ours Charts". Bilboard.com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference australian-charts1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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