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Evanescence, 2007–2012 lineup. From left to right, top row: Terry Balsamo, Amy Lee, Tim McCord. From left to right, bottom row: Will Hunt, Troy McLawhorn.

American rock band Evanescence has recorded for four studio albums, three extended plays, a demo album and four soundtrack albums.

Lead vocalist Amy Lee and former-lead guitarist Ben Moody founded the band in 1995 and was accompanied by David Hodges (keyboards) from 1999 until 2002.[1] Evanescence signed with Wind-up Records and released their debut album, Fallen, in 2003, officially formed by Will Boyd (bass), Rocky Gray (drums), John LeCompt (rhythm guitar), Lee (vocals and piano) and Moody (lead guitar). Lee, Moody and Hodges are credited to have written the entire album together, while LeCompt and Gray each have writing credits for two separate songs. The album sold over 17 million copies worldwide and produced four singles, including "Bring Me to Life".[2]

Moody left the band mid-tour in October 2003 and was replaced with Terry Balsamo. Shortly after recording their second studio album, Boyd left the band and was replaced with Tim McCord. In 2006, Evanescence released their second studio album, The Open Door, which debuted at number one on Billboard 200. Lee and Balsamo wrote most of the album together, while LeCompt had a writing credit for one song. The Open Door sold over five million copies worldwide.[2] During promotion of the album, in May 2007, LeCompt announced that he was fired from Evanescence and also confirmed Gray's decision to quit. They were replaced with Troy McLawhorn and Will Hunt (respectively) on a temporary basis, however they officially joined the band during the recording of their third studio album.

Evanescence released their eponymous third studio album in 2011, which also debuted at number one on Billboard 200. Three singles were released to promote the album. Lee, Balsamo, McCord, McLawhorn and Hunt wrote most of the album together, while Will B. Hunt had writing credits for five songs and Zach Williams for one.

A few months prior to their first live performance since their hiatus, Evanescence announced in August 2015 that Balsamo had left the band and had been replaced with Jen Majura.[3] In 2016, the band released a vinyl boxset called The Ultimate Collection, which included a B-side compilation album, Lost Whispers.

Evanescence released their fourth studio album, Synthesis, in November 2017. The album has been described as Lee's "passion project", which includes orchestral and electronic renditions of past Evanescence songs accompanied by two new songs.[4] The album has produced two singles, "Imperfection" and "Hi-Lo".


Released songs

Amy Lee (pictured) is credited to have co-written every Evanescence song (bar two) and has sole writing credits for fourteen songs.
Terry Balsamo (pictured) co-wrote most songs on The Open Door and Evanescence.
Ben Moody (pictured) co-wrote every song on Fallen.
Tim McCord (pictured) co-wrote most songs on Evanescence.
Troy McLawhorn (pictured) co-wrote four songs on Evanescence.
Will Hunt (pictured) co-wrote six songs on Evanescence.
Jen Majura (pictured) co-wrote "Imperfection" for Synthesis.
Evanescence covered "Thoughtless" by Korn (pictured) in 2004.
John LeCompt (pictured) co-wrote three songs during his time in Evanescence.
Paul McCoy (pictured) provided guest vocals on "Bring Me to Life".
Lindsey Stirling (pictured) appeared on "Hi-Lo" as a guest violinist.
Key
Indicates single release
Indicates song written solely by Amy Lee
# Indicates promotional single release
Song Artist(s) Writer(s) Release(s) Year Ref.
"All That I'm Living For" Evanescence Amy Lee
John LeCompt
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Anywhere" Evanescence Lee
Ben Moody
David Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
"Ascension of the Spirit"
[note 1]
Evanescence Un­known Sound Asleep / Whisper 1999 [7]
"Away From Me" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
"Breathe No More" Evanescence Lee ‡ Elektra: The Album 2005 [8]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Bring Me to Life" † #
[note 2][note 3]
Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy Lee
Moody
Hodges
Fallen 2003 [10]
Daredevil: The Album [11]
Evanescence Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Call Me When You're Sober" † Evanescence Lee
Terry Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Cloud Nine" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Disappear" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
Tim McCord
Troy McLawhorn
Will Hunt
Evanescence
[note 4]
2011 [13]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"End of the Dream" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Hunt
Will B. Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
Synthesis
[note 5]
2017 [12]
"Erase This" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
McLawhorn
Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"Eternal"
[note 1][note 6]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
"Even in Death"
[note 7]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Everybody's Fool" †
[note 2]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Mystary 2003 [14]
Fallen [10]
"Exodus" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
"Farther Away" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Mystary 2003 [14]
"Bring Me to Life" single [16]
Fallen
(Japanese edition) [note 4]
[10]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Field of Innocence"
[note 8]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
"Forgive Me" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Sound Asleep / Whisper 1999 [7]
"Give Unto Me"
[note 1]
Evanescence Lee ‡ Sound Asleep / Whisper 1999 [7]
"Going Under" † Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Fallen 2003 [10]
"Good Enough" † Evanescence Lee ‡ The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Heart-Shaped Box"
[note 9]
Evanescence Kurt Cobain "Going Under" single 2003 [17]
"Haunted" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Fallen 2003 [10]
"Hello" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Fallen 2003 [10]
"Hi-Lo" † Evanescence featuring Lindsey Stirling Lee
Will B. Hunt
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"If You Don't Mind Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
Boyd
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Imaginary" #
[note 10]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
Origin 2000 [6]
Mystary 2003 [14]
Fallen [10]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Imperfection" † Evanescence Lee
McCord
McLawhorn
Hunt
Jen Majura
B. Hunt
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Lacrymosa" #
[note 11][note 3]
Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Lies"
[note 12]
Evanescence featuring Bruce Fitzhugh Lee
Moody
Origin 2000 [6]
"Like You" Evanescence Lee ‡ The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Lithium" † Evanescence Lee ‡ The Open Door 2006 [5]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Lose Control" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Lost in Paradise" † Evanescence Lee ‡ Evanescence 2011 [13]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Lost Whispers" Evanescence Lee ‡ Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Made of Stone" #
[note 13]
Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
McLawhorn
Hunt
B. Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
Underworld: Awakening (soundtrack)
[note 14]
2012 [18]
"Missing" #
[note 15]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
"Bring Me to Life" single
(Australian edition)
2003 [16]
Anywhere but Home 2004 [19]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"My Heart Is Broken" † Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Zach Williams
Evanescence 2011 [13]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"My Immortal" †
[note 2]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
Mystary 2003 [14]
Fallen
[note 16]
[10]
Daredevil: The Album [11]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"My Last Breath" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Mystary 2003 [14]
Fallen [10]
"Never Go Back" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"New Way to Bleed"
Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
Evanescence
[note 4]
2011 [13]
Avengers Assemble (soundtrack)
[note 17]
2012 [20]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Oceans" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"Origin"
[note 1]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Origin 2000 [6]
"Overture"
[note 1]
Evanescence Lee ‡ Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Say You Will" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Evanescence
[note 4]
2011 [13]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Secret Door" Evanescence Lee
B. Hunt
Evanescence
[note 4]
2011 [13]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Sick" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Hunt
B. Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"Snow White Queen"
[note 7]
Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"So Close"
[note 18]
Evanescence Moody
Will Boyd
Matt Outlaw
Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
"Solitude" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
"Sweet Sacrifice" † Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"Swimming Home" Evanescence Lee
B. Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"Taking Over Me" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
LeCompt
Fallen 2003 [10]
"The Chain" †
[note 19]
Evanescence Lindsey Buckingham
Mick Fleetwood
Christine McVie
John McVie
Stevie Nicks
Non-album single

[note 20]

2019 [21]
"The Change" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
McLawhorn
Hunt
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"The End"
[note 1]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
"The In-Between" (piano solo)
[note 1]
Evanescence Lee ‡ Synthesis 2017 [12]
"The Last Song I'm Wasting On You" Evanescence Lee ‡ "Lithium" single 2006 [22]
Evanescence
(Japanese edition)
2011 [13]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"The Only One"
[note 21]
Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"The Other Side" # Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"Thoughtless"
[note 22]
Evanescence Reginald Arvizu
Jonathan Davis
James Shaffer
David Silveria
Brian Welch
Anywhere but Home 2004 [19]
"Together Again" # Evanescence Lee ‡ Non-album single

[note 23]

2010 [23]
Lost Whispers 2016 [9]
"Tourniquet"
[note 24]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Rocky Gray
Fallen 2003 [10]
"Understanding" Evanescence Moody Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
Sound Asleep / Whisper [note 25] 1999 [7]
"Unraveling" (Interlude)
[note 1]
Evanescence Lee ‡ Synthesis 2017 [12]
"Weight of the World" # Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
"What You Want" † Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
McCord
Evanescence 2011 [13]
"Where Will You Go?" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Evanescence (EP) 1998 [15]
Origin 2000 [6]
"Whisper" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
Sound Asleep / Whisper 1999 [7]
Origin 2000 [6]
Fallen 2003 [10]
"Your Star" Evanescence Lee
Balsamo
The Open Door 2006 [5]
Synthesis 2017 [12]

Unreleased songs

Song Artist(s) Writer(s) Originating album Year Ref.
"Anything for You"
[note 11] [note 26]
Evanescence Amy Lee
Ben Moody
David Hodges
2001/2002 [24]
"Before the Dawn" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
2001/2002 [25]
"Bleed" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
2001/2002 [26]
"Forever You" Evanescence Lee
Moody
John LeCompt
2001/2002
"Give Unto Me" Evanescence Lee ‡ Evanescence (EP) 1998
"Lies"
[note 12]
Evanescence Lee
Moody
Hodges
2001/2002
"Listen to the Rain"
[note 6]
Evanescence Lee ‡ Origin 1999
"October" Evanescence Lee
Moody
Will Boyd
Evanescence (EP) 1998
"Perfect Dream"
[note 27]
Evanescence Un­known 2010
"Surrender" Evanescence Un­known 2001/2002
"Take Cover"
[note 27]
Evanescence Un­known 2016
"You Got a Lot to Learn"
[note 27]
Evanescence Un­known 2010 [27]

Writing credits summary

Writer
[note 28]
Pre-Fallen
[note 29]
Fallen
(2003)
The Open Door
(2006)
Evanescence
(2011)
Lost Whispers
(2016)
Unreleased Total
Terry Balsamo 9 13 4 0 26
Will Boyd 1 0 0 0 1 2
Rocky Gray 1 0 0 0 1
David Hodges 18 12 3 4 37
Will B. Hunt* 5 1 0 6
Will Hunt 6 0 0 6
John LeCompt 1 1 0 1 3
Amy Lee 24 12 13 16 12 8 85
Tim McCord 0 12 2 0 14
Troy McLawhorn 4 1 0 5
Ben Moody 25 12 3 6 46
Matt Outlaw* 1 0 0 1
Zach Williams* 1 0 0 1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Song is an instrumental track and/or contains no lyrics.
  2. ^ a b c Single spawned from Fallen.
  3. ^ a b Song was released as a promotional single for Synthesis.
  4. ^ a b c d e Song appears on the album as a bonus track.
  5. ^ The Synthesis version of "End of the Dream" is known as "The End of the Dream".
  6. ^ a b "Eternal" consists of two songs: "Eternal" and "Demise". "Listen to the Rain" was originally intended to be included in-between the two songs but was eventually scrapped.
  7. ^ a b Song samples White Zombie's 1998 song "Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls".
  8. ^ "Field of Innocence" samples "Morning Hymn" from the Preludium of the Broadway musical version of The Sound of Music.
  9. ^ Evanescence covered an acoustic version of Nirvana's 1993 song "Heart-Shaped Box" at some shows in early 2003. The version that appears on the "Going Under" single was recorded during a performance at WXDX-FM.
  10. ^ "Imaginary" was released as a promotional single for Fallen.
  11. ^ a b Song samples the Lacrimosa sequence from Mozart's Requiem (1791).
  12. ^ a b Two songs share the name "Lies". The unreleased version is sometimes known as "Lies" (Post-Origin).
  13. ^ "Made of Stone" was released as a promotional single for Evanescence.
  14. ^ "Made of Stone" was remixed by Renholdër for Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
  15. ^ "Missing" was released as a promotional single for Anywhere but Home.
  16. ^ The band version of "My Immortal" was also added onto later pressings of Fallen.
  17. ^ "New Way to Bleed" was remixed by Photek for Avengers Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture and known as "A New Way to Bleed".
  18. ^ Evanescence covered So Close's self-titled song in 1998. So Close was a band formed by Ben Moody, Will Boyd and Matt Outlaw prior to Evanescence.
  19. ^ "The Chain" is a 1977 song originally performed by Fleetwood Mac.
  20. ^ "The Chain" was released to promote the 2019 video game Gears 5.
  21. ^ The introduction to "The Only One", which features three distinctive duck quacks, is a sample of an unreleased song called "Tuna Afternoon". The song was written by Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo during the making of The Open Door for fun but was eventually added to the beginning of "The Only One".
  22. ^ Evanescence covered Korn's 2002 song "Thoughtless" on their Fallen tour in 2004. The version that appears on Anywhere but Home was recorded at a concert at Le Zénith in Paris.
  23. ^ "Together Again" was released as a charity single in 2010 to help raise money for the United Nations Foundation after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
  24. ^ "Tourniquet" is a reworked version of Soul Embraced's 2000 song, "My Tourniquet".
  25. ^ Two versions of "Understanding" appear on Sound Asleep / Whisper.
  26. ^ "Anything for You" samples "Bringin It Up" from Sonic Foundry's Futurist Drum 'N' Bass loop series.
  27. ^ a b c The song was recorded in the initial sessions for Evanescence with Steve Lillywhite in 2010, but were scrapped by their record label.
  28. ^ An asterisk beside a name denotes that the writer has never been a member of Evanescence.
  29. ^ Pre-Fallen includes songs from Evanescence (EP), Sounds Asleep / Whisper, Origin and Mystary.

References

General
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  • "Evanescence Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
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Specific
  1. ^ "Amy's Story". OutoftheShadows.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "News: Heading Into the Studio". Evanescence.com. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Childers, Chad (August 9, 2015). "Evanescence Guitarist Terry Balsamo Exits, Jen Majura Joins Band". Loudwire. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "New Album Synthesis Out This Fall and Synthesis Live Tour!". Evanescence.com. August 14, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The Open Door (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Origin (inlay cover). Evanescence. Bigwig Enterprises. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e Sound Asleep / Whisper (Media notes). Evanescence. Bigwig Enterprises. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Elektra: The Album (inlay cover). Various artists. Wind-up Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Lost Whispers (Media notes). Evanescence. The Bicycle Music Company. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Fallen (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ a b Daredevil: The Album (inlay cover). Various artists. Wind-up Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Synthesis (inlay cover). Evanescence. BMG. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Evanescence (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ a b c d e Mystary (Media notes). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Evanescence (EP) (Media notes). Evanescence. Bigwig Enterprises. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ a b Bring Me to Life (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ Going Under (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (inlay cover). Various artists. Lakeshore Entertainment. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ^ a b Anywhere but Home (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ^ Avengers Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (inlay cover). Various artists. Hollywood Records. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ The Chain (inlay cover). Evanescence. Sony Music. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. ^ Lithium (inlay cover). Evanescence. Wind-up Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. ^ "Together Again by Evanescence". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  24. ^ "Anything For You by Evanescence". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  25. ^ "Before the Dawn by Evanescence". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  26. ^ "Bleed by Evanescence". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  27. ^ "Part 2. Steve Lillywhite interview with Amy Lee (East Village Radio)". YouTube. March 23, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2019.