Back Burner
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Under the Gun Review |    [1] |
| Alternative Reviews | [2] |
| Rockfreaks.net | [3] |
Back Burner is the third studio album by American metalcore band For the Fallen Dreams. It was released on May 24, 2011 through Rise Records, and was produced by Tom Denney, the former guitarist of A Day to Remember. Back Burner is the first album not to feature original drummer and primary songwriter Andrew Tkaczyk and final for Rise Records before their subsequent contractual release from the label.
Background
Following up from the band's previous record, Relentless, the group began writing for Back Burner by the ending months of 2010 and traveled out to Ocala, Florida to begin recording for it by the next year.[4]
At the time of its recording, For the Fallen Dreams lacked a bassist, so the bass guitar parts were performed by the bands guitarists, Jim Hocking and Kalan Blehm.[5]
Clean vocals
Back Burner is the first release by the band to feature more consistent use of clean vocal passages; on most verses there is clean singing, and only 2 songs in the album doesn't feature clean vocals in choruses ("Let Go" and "Fist Fight"). [6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Say What You Will" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Deep Down Inside" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Complicate the Situation" | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Only Unopened Arms" | 3:07 |
| 5. | "My Anthem-Like Symphony" | 2:47 |
| 6. | "The Big Empty" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Bottom Feeders" | 2:42 |
| 8. | "Don't Give Up, Don't Give in" | 3:13 |
| 9. | "The Human Collective" | 3:06 |
| 10. | "Let Go" | 3:02 |
| 11. | "Yellow" (ft. Mike Duce of Lower Than Atlantis) | 3:19 |
| 12. | "Fist Fight" | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 38:37 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Strange Faces" | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 41:41 | |
Personnel
- For The Fallen Dreams
- Dylan Richter - lead vocals
- Jim Hocking - lead guitar, bass guitar
- Kalan Blehm - rhythm guitar, bass guitar
- Session member
- Will Weatherly - drums
- Production
- Produced and mixed by Tom Denney[7]
- Bonus track "Strange Faces" produced by Landon Tewers of The Plot in You
- Engineered by Tom Denney & For The Fallen Dreams
- Layout & photo by Justin Reich
References
- ^ Under the Gun review
- ^ Alternative Reviews
- ^ Rockfreaks.net
- ^ "The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk.com. 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ "For The Fallen Dreams Studio VLOG #2". youtube.com. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
{{cite web}}: Text "Mar 1, 2011" ignored (help) - ^ "Album of the Month: For The Fallen Dreams – Back Burner". Legends Arising. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "New For The Fallen Dreams Song". ultimate-metal. Retrieved 26 January 2012.