''Frail Words Collapse'' is the second studio album by American

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band

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. The album is their first release on the record label

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. Only two of the four current band-members (drummer

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and frontman

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) appeared on the album. This is also the last album to feature Evan White before his departure from the band shortly after the album's release. Two of the band's signature songs, "94 Hours" and "Forever", appear on the album. Music videos have been produced for the songs "94 Hours" and "Forever". The album has sold 250,000 copies to date, according to

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. The album gets its name from a lyric of one of the songs on it, "Falling upon Deaf Ears".

Track listing

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes. As I Lay Dying *

– lead vocals, keyboards * Evan White – guitars, bass *

– drums Production *

– production * Evan White – production * Steve Russell –

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, mixing * Evan White – lead guitar, bass, production * Dan de la Isla – assistant engineer, mixing * Brad Vance – mastering * Brandon O'Connell – pre-production *

Jacob Bannon Jacob Bannon (born October 15, 1976) is an American musician who is the vocalist, lyricist and graphic artist for the metalcore band Converge. He is the co-founder and owner of the record label Deathwish Inc. and the author of many visual works ...

– artwork Additional musicians * Dylan Plymale – guitars * Tommy Garcia – backing vocals on "94 Hours" * Johnny Upton – clean vocals on "Forever" * Jarrod – clean vocals on "Distance is Darkness"

Charts

References

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