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band

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. It was released on June 28, 2004, through

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. The title was taken from a monologue in the film ''

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'', in which

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's character is writing in her diary.

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was handled by Lee Dyess and the band themselves. The album was remastered by

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from

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, however, it is not indicated on the personnel, possibly due to a contemporary feud between the band. The album is also notable for being one of the earliest projects featuring singer and multi-instrumentalist Sonny Moore (who has since launched a successful solo career as an electronic music producer and performer, under the stage name Skrillex). The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. It reached number 12 and 21 on the ''

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and

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chart. It spawned two

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: "Ride the Wings of Pestilence" and "Note to Self". The hidden track (commonly referred to as "Dead Baby Kickball") features contributing vocals from American

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Major League Playa. "Populace in Two" was included in the soundtrack for the

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'' Burnout 3: Takedown.'' It was released on the

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store for download on July 26, 2005.

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named "Note to Self" the best emo track of 2005.

Track listing

Personnel

;

* Sonny Moore – lead vocals, additional guitar, programming *

Matt Good Matthew Aaron Good (born February 11, 1984) is an American musician, singer and record producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and the only constant member of the post-hardcore band From First to Last from its co ...

– co-lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboard, background vocals *

Travis Richter Travis Brandon Richter (born November 3, 1981, in Albany, Georgia) is an American musician, Singing, singer and record producer. He is known for being a vocalist and guitarist in the band From First to Last and the lead vocalist of The Color of Vi ...

– rhythm guitar, unclean vocals, background vocals * Jon Weisberg – bass, unclean vocals *

Derek Bloom Derek Bloom (born January 30, 1983, in South Pasadena, California) is an American musician and singer, known for drumming in post-hardcore band From First to Last for all of their time as a band until their revival. He left From First to Last ...

– drums, percussion ;Additional musicians * Major League Playa – vocals (on "Untitled") ;Production * Lee Dyess – production, mixing *

– mastering, mixing *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance-p ...

– mastering * Nick Pritchard – album design * Adam Krause – photography * Cody Nierstadt – design

References

External links

* * {{Authority control From First to Last albums 2004 debut albums Epitaph Records albums