''His Last Walk'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

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. The album was released on November 7, 2006. It is the only studio album by the band to feature original vocalist

Craig Mabbitt Craig Edward Mabbitt (born April 9, 1987) is an American singer and the lead vocalist for the rock band Escape the Fate. He was formerly the lead vocalist for the bands Blessthefall and The Word Alive. He is also the current lead vocalist of his ...

, who would later be replaced by

Beau Bokan Beau Mark Bokan (born November 30, 1981) is an American singer best known as the vocalist of the metalcore band Blessthefall and the former vocalist of Take the Crown. Background In September 2008, Bokan joined Blessthefall as the vocalist to ...

. The album was released before Blessthefall started to play on the

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tour. The last song, "His Last Walk", features a hidden track called "Purple Dog", which is a joke song made by the band members in which all members sing the song and clap their hands. The album was re-released through

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, featuring an acoustic version of "Rise Up" and "I Wouldn't Quit If Everyone Quit" as bonus tracks, the latter of which was previously released as a stand-alone single.

Track listing

Personnel

Blessthefall *

– lead vocals * Eric Lambert – lead guitar * Mike Frisby – rhythm guitar * Jared Warth – bass, additional unclean vocals, keyboards, programming *

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– drums, percussion Additional * Cory Spotts – producer, engineer, mixing * Blessthefall – producer * Joe Cotela – additional vocals on track 4 * Marty Welker – drum technician * Brian Trummel – artwork * Tim Harmon – photography * Stewart Teggart – management

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2006 debut albums Blessthefall albums Fearless Records albums