''Comalies'' is the third studio album by Italian

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, released on 29 October 2002 through

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. According to lead singer Cristina Scabbia, " uring the album's recording we had a sort of creative explosion. We were working in a coma, sort of like in a different dimension. First of all we just wanted to use the word 'coma' but there was something missing so we played with the two words coma and lies." ''Comalies'' peaked at #178 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and Peaked at #9 on the

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charts. The outline of the shape from the cover of the band's previous album '' Unleashed Memories'' (2001) is faintly visible on top of the sunflower. The album has gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States as of January 2012. The song " Swamped" is available as a downloadable track for the music video game series ''

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'', and also appeared in the 2004 video game '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines''. In 2022 for the album's 20th anniversary, Lacuna Coil rerecorded ''Comalies'' in its entirety under the name '' Comalies XX''. The album was released on October 14.

Reception

Upon release, ''Comalies'' received universal acclaim from both music critics and band fans. In 2005, the album was ranked 415th in '' Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''. In 2016, it was ranked the 59th-greatest album of the 21st century by ''

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Track listing

Multimedia section

#The making of ''Comalies'' – 6:40

Ozzfest edition bonus disc

CD2 multimedia section

# Heaven's a Lie (video) # Swamped (video) # Desktop wallpapers

Personnel

* Andrea Ferro – male

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* Cristina Scabbia – female vocals * Marco "Maus" Biazzi –

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* Cristiano "Pizza" Migliore –

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* Marco Coti Zelati –

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, keyboards * Cristiano "Criz" Mozzati –

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Release history

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control Lacuna Coil albums Century Media Records albums 2002 albums Albums produced by Waldemar Sorychta