''An Ocean Between Us'' is the fourth album by the American

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, released on August 21, 2007, by

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. It debuted at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with sales close to 39,500. The album includes the singles " Nothing Left", "The Sound of Truth", "Within Destruction", "I Never Wanted" and "An Ocean Between Us", with music videos produced for all five.

Reception

The record was released on August 21, 2007, to generally positive acclaim, peaking at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Musical style

The guitarist, Nick Hipa, said of the direction of the album, "Collectively we've all pushed ourselves, and we're all doing things that we weren't even capable of doing on the last record. And on top of just experimenting and trying different things, I think we just wrote some pretty sick jams, so I'm happy with it. That's all I can say. For kids who like our band and think they know what to expect from us, it might throw them off a little bit . . . I encourage anybody who likes our band to approach this album with an open mind." The vocalist,

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, also said, "(We) spent some time listening to our last album 005's ''Shadows Are Security''and, just from being on tour, we became a little bit jaded by how the genre — as a whole — has sort of copied itself over and over again. We decided we wanted to be more diverse, even down to the point where we sort of felt like we should really focus on writing songs in different categories, and then pick the best songs from those categories and use them for the record."

Track listing

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes. As I Lay Dying (2012), Bosso, Joe: https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-as-i-lay-dyings-nick-hipa-talks-new-album-awakened-561421, Retrieved September 19, 2021 *

– lead vocals * Nick Hipa – lead guitar, backing vocals on "Bury Us All" * Phil Sgrosso – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer * Jordan Mancino – drums Additional musicians * Josh Gilbert – bass, clean vocals on "An Ocean Between Us", "Forsaken", "I Never Wanted", "The Sound of Truth", "Wrath Upon Ourselves" * Chad Ackerman – backing vocals on "An Ocean Between Us", "Bury Us All" * Tommy Garcia – backing vocals on "Forsaken" * Duane Reed – backing vocals on "Forsaken" Production *

Adam Dutkiewicz Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz (born April 4, 1977) is an American musician, recording engineer, songwriter, and music producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore bands Killswitch Engage, Aftershock, and ...

– production * Daniel Castleman – assisting production, mixing on "Departed" *

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– mixing all tracks except "Departed" * Matt Hyde – mix engineer *

Andy Sneap Andy Sneap (born 18 July 1969) is an English guitarist, record producer and composer with over 100 albums to his name, most of which have been produced at his Backstage Recording studios in rural Derbyshire. Some of the most critically acclaime ...

– guitar re-amping *

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– mastering * Jacob Bannon – artwork, layout

Charts

References

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