The Fiction We Live
The Fiction We Live is the second studio album By the American post-hardcore band From Autumn to Ashes. It was produced by Garth Richardson and released September 9, 2003, through Vagrant Records. Melanie Wills of One True Thing makes a guest appearance once again, contributing to the vocals on "Autumns Monologue." This is the last album to feature Scott Gross and Mike Pilato. It peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard 200 charts.
Videos
Three music videos were produced for The Fiction We Live: "The After Dinner Payback", "Lilacs & Lolita," and "Milligram Smile." They aired on Headbangers Ball upon release.
Musical style
The album features more clean vocals than the previous album, Too Bad You're Beautiful. Four songs have no screaming vocals, "No Trivia", "Autumns Monologue", "The Fiction We Live", and "I'm the Best at Ruining My Life." "Autumns Monologue" is a re-working of "The Fiction We Live" with the collaboration of Melanie Wills.
Track listing
All tracks written by Benjamin Perri, Francis Mark, Scott Gross, Brian Denevee, and Mike Pilato.
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| 1. | "The After Dinner Payback" | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Lilacs & Lolita" | 2:42 |
| 3. | "No Trivia" | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Milligram Smile" | 3:35 |
| 5. | "The Second Wrong Makes You Feel Right" | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Every Reason To" | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Autumns Monologue" | 4:33 |
| 8. | "Alive Out of Habit" | 4:57 |
| 9. | "All I Taste Today Is What's Her Name" | 3:37 |
| 10. | "The Fiction We Live" | 1:18 |
| 11. | "I'm the Best at Ruining My Life" | 4:23 |
| Total length: | 40:01 |
Band
- From Autumn to Ashes
- Artwork
- P.R. Brown – art Direction, photography, design
- Managerial
- Cory Brennan – management
- Irene Richter – managing assistant
- Tim Borror – US booking agent
- John Jackson – international booking agent
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- Production
- Garth Richardson – producer
- Dean Mahler – engineer
- Christopher Shaw – mixing
- Zach Blackstone – mixing assistant
- Chris Crippen – drum technician
- Ben Kaplan – digital Editing, engineer, programming
- Misha Rajaratnam – mixing assistant
- Lee Robertson & Gordon Sran – assistant engineers
- Darryl Romphf – assistant engineer, production coordination
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
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Charts
- Album
References
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- Francis Mark
- Brian Deneeve
- Mike Pilato
- Rob Lauritsen
- Jeff Gretz
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