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Black Sails in the Sunset is a 1999 hardcore punk album by AFI. This is the first full-length album with Jade Puget as a full time member of the band.

Track listing

The track listing for this album differs across the formats it is available in. The listing below is for the CD version.

  1. "Strength Through Wounding" – 1:33
  2. "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda" – 2:07
  3. "Exsanguination" – 2:48
  4. "Malleus Maleficarum" – 4:01
  5. "Narrative of Soul Against Soul" – 2:29
  6. "Clove Smoke Catharsis" – 4:38
  7. "Lower It" - 2:16
  8. "The Prayer Position" – 3:27
  9. "No Poetic Device" – 2:16
  10. "The Last Kiss" – 3:02
  11. "Weathered Tome" – 2:12
  12. "At a Glance" – 4:00
  13. "God Called In Sick Today" – 3:21
  • "Midnight Sun" – 3:03

Notes

  • The CD case lists track 2 as Porphyria, whilst the sleeve names it Porphyria Cutanea Tarda]]. The song's title references the Skin Disease that results in an acute sensitivity to sunlight.
  • Lower It is a special track, available only on the 12" vinyl version of the album. It occupied track 7.
  • Track titles 9 and 10 were switched on the CD face and on the back of the packaging. The correct order is listed here.
  • God Called In Sick Today features regularly in AFI's setlist. It is generally used to conclude the show, although since the release of Decemberunderground it has been replaced by Miss Murder. See the live DVD I Heard a Voice.
  • Midnight Sun is a hidden song, found on the same track as God Called In Sick Today, 10 minutes and 28 seconds in on the CD version. It was apparently influenced by poet Charles Baudelaire, who wrote the poem "De Profundis Clamavi". Havok whispers the poem over part of the song.
  • Strength Through Wounding contains the chant "Through our bleeding, we are one". Despair Faction members have been known to chant this before the band comes on stage or during pauses between songs.
The hidden message.
  • In the Japanese version of the album, the song Who Knew? is present as a hidden track instead of Midnight Sun.
  • The song Malleus Maleficarum references the famous treatise on the prosecution of witches. In an interview for I Heard a Voice, guitarist Jade Puget states that Malleus Maleficarum was the first song he wrote as a part of AFI.
  • The inner-edge of the CD case reveals a hidden message: Beyond and To All Time I Stand. This is a lyric from the hidden track, Midnight Sun. Such hidden messages are present on many of AFI's releases on Nitro Records.
  • Dexter Holland, singer from The Offspring and owner of AFI's label (at the time), Nitro Records, made a guest vocal appearance on this album.

Personnel

  • Dexter Holland - Backing vocals
  • A.F.I. - Producer
  • Andy Ernst - Engineer, Mixing
  • Mike Fasano - Drum Technician
  • Thadd LaRue - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
  • Alan Forbes - Illustrations
  • Gabe Morford - Photography
  • Jamie Reilly - Layout Design


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