Love and Other Disasters is the third album by Swedish heavy metal band Sonic Syndicate. It was released on September 19, 2008 and on October 14 in North America. In addition to the standard-edition album, a digipack version of the album was made available featuring two bonus tracks and a DVD. Since released in the United States, the album has sold around 800 copies in its first week to land on the Billboard Heatseekers chart at 85. Love and Other Disasters is the last album by the band to feature former singer Roland Johansson, and producer Jonas Kjellgren (although Kjellgren still did some work with the band besides production on their latest release).
On June 27, the lead single of the album called "Jack of Diamonds" was released to radio, the same day it was performed live for the first time on the Metaltown Festival in 2008. It has since spawned three other singles: "My Escape", "Power Shift", and "Contradiction". A 14th track entitled "Freeman" was also made but didn't make it to the album.
Track listing
All songs credited to Sonic Syndicate, all lyrics written by Richard Sjunnesson (Daniel Zjiwago was un-credited for co-writing 'My Escape'), keys on My Escape, Contradiction and Fallout written by Nick Red (Jonas Kjellgren was un-credited for writing Power Shift)
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Length
1.
"Encaged"
Roger Sjunnesson
4:26
2.
"Hellgate: Worcester"
Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
3:23
3.
"Jack of Diamonds"
Roger Sjunnesson
3:41
4.
"My Escape"
Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
4:10
5.
"Fallout"
Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
3:51
6.
"Power Shift"
Richard Sjunnesson
Jonas Kjellgren, Roger Sjunnesson
3:32
7.
"Contradiction"
Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
3:32
8.
"Damage Control"
Roger Sjunnesson
3:49
9.
"Red Eyed Friend"
Roger Sjunnesson, Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
4:43
10.
"Affliction"
Roger Sjunnesson
5:11
Bonus tracks
Limited/Japanese Edition/The Rebellion Pack
No.
Title
Music
Length
11.
"Ruin"
Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
3:42
12.
"Dead Planet"
Roger Sjunnesson, Roland Johansson, Robin Sjunnesson
4:21
13.
"Mission: Undertaker (Japanese and Amazon edition only)"
Roger Sjunnesson
5:03
The Rebellion Pack (CD2)
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Length
1.
"Burn This City"
Nathan James Biggs
Robin Sjunnesson/Roger Sjunnesson
3:29
2.
"Rebellion In Nightmareland"
Richard Sjunnesson
Roger Sjunnesson
4:13
3.
"Burn This City (Radio Edit)"
Nathan James Biggs
Robin Sjunnesson/Roger Sjunnesson
3:32
B-Side
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Length
1.
"Freeman"
Richard Sjunnesson
Roger Sjunnesson
3:57
Bonus DVD
"Studio Report" (Making of "Love and Other Disasters")
"Jack of Diamonds" (Official video)
"My Escape" (Official video)
"Denied" (Official video)
"Enclave" (Official video)
"Psychic Suicide" (live in Cologne)
"Blue Eyed Fiend" (live in Cologne)
Shopping in Paris
The Rebellion Pack
The special edition of the album was reissued on November 6, 2009 together with the band's 2009 Rebellion EP, featuring two brand-new songs as well as the debut record with their new singer Nathan Biggs, replacing Roland Johansson.
Demo titles
"Bullet my asshole" (now known as "Encaged")
"Finnish" (now known as "Jack of Diamonds")
"Kjellgren" ("Stewart" in English, now known as "Power Shift")
"Breaking Benjamin's Leg" (now known as "Contradiction")
Roland Johansson – vocals (except "Burn This City" and "Rebellion in Nightmareland")
Richard Sjunnesson – harsh vocals
Roger Sjunnesson – guitars, electronics
Robin Sjunnesson – guitars
Karin Axelsson – bass guitars
John Bengtsson – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
Nick Red – keyboards on "My Escape," "Fallout" and "Contradiction"
Roland Johansson – additional guitars on most songs and solo on "Red Eyed Friend" (not credited in booklet, but can be seen recording guitar tracks on the albums 'Making of' DVD)
Nathan J. Biggs – clean and harsh vocals on "Burn This City" and "Rebellion in Nightmareland"
