Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord
| Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 22, 2006 | |||
| Studio | The Foundation Recording Studios, Connersville, Indiana | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:55 | |||
| Label | Rise | |||
| Producer | Joey Sturgis | |||
| The Devil Wears Prada chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Absolute Punk | (90%)[3] |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | [4] |
Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord is the debut studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada.[5] It was released on August 22, 2006 through Rise Records.
Overview
The album includes re-recorded versions of all tracks from the band's demo Patterns of a Horizon, and two original tracks, "Texas is South" and "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over". The closing track "Salvation" features guest vocals from Cole Wallace of Gwen Stacy. "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over" is available for download via the Rock Band Network.
Reception
Stewart Mason of Allmusic described The Devil Wears Prada as "fairly wide-ranging in its influences", in their take on the metalcore genre, comparing the James Baney's keys to European symphonic metal, while describing Jeremy DePoyster's clean vocals as emo-tinged. He also remarked the album's sound and arrangements to be an improvement over the debut, rendering the demo only essential for "completists".[6]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Mike Hranica; all music is composed by The Devil Wears Prada.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Ascent" | 1:10 |
| 2. | "Gauntlet of Solitude" | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "And the Sentence Trails Off..." | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Rosemary Had an Accident" | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Redemption" | 0:52 |
| 7. | "Swords, Dragons & Diet Coke" | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Who Speaks Spanish, Colon Quesadilla" | 3:58 |
| 9. | "Texas Is South" | 6:08 |
| 10. | "Modeify the Pronunciation" | 4:35 |
| 11. | "Salvation" | 3:36 |
| Total length: | 39:55 | |
Personnel
The Devil Wears Prada
- Mike Hranica – unclean vocals
- Chris Rubey – lead guitar
- Jeremy DePoyster – rhythm guitar, clean vocals
- Andy Trick – bass guitar
- James Baney – keyboards, synthesizer, additional clean vocals on "Swords, Dragons & Diet Coke"
- Daniel Williams – drums
Production
- Kris Crummett – mastering
- Joey Sturgis – producer, engineer, mixing
- Brad Filip – design, layout design
References
- ^ "The Devil Wears Prada - Dear Love: A Beautiful Dischord". Punknews.org. April 13, 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discourse". AllMusic. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Devil Wears Prada, The - Dear Love A Beautiful Discord - Album Review". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "The Devil Wears Prada, "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord" Review". Jesusfreakhideout.com. August 22, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Discography : The Devil Wears Prada". Tdwpband.com. August 22, 2006. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord - the Devil Wea... | AllMusic". AllMusic.