''One Thing Remains'' is the third studio album by Canadian

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band Default. It was released on October 11, 2005. The album features a more straightforward hard rock sound than the band's previous work, downplaying their characteristic

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elements. "The Memory Will Never Die" was used as one of the theme songs of

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. The album produced three singles, including "Count on Me", which reached number one on the Canadian rock airplay chart and the top 40 on both the

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rock charts in the United States. The original demo version of "The Way We Were" was first recorded with

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as its producer but later re-recorded for the album.

Commercial performance

''One Thing Remains'' reached #43 on the

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Critical reception

Dennis Fallon of the '' Centre Daily Times'' praised the band's sound for mixing rock and pop sounds while also being "heavy". ''

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''s Tom Harrison wrote that while the album appears to be acting as "damage control" for the band's second album which "didn't have the hits of the first one", with this album the band "forges boldly ahead as if nothing is wrong" and "sounds heavier and in control."

Track listing

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, Bob Marlette) #"I Can't Win" – 3:48 (Default, Frederiksen) #"It Only Hurts" – 3:42 (Default, Frederiksen) #"The Way We Were" – 3:28 #"Count on Me" – 4:09 (Default,

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) #"Hiding from the Sun" – 3:32 (Default, Frederiksen, Marlette) #"Beautiful Flower" – 3:48 (Default, Frederiksen) #"One Thing Remains" – 2:57 (Default, Frederiksen) #"The Memory Will Never Die" – 4:23 (Default, Frederiksen) #"Get Out of This Alive" – 3:01 #"Found My Way Out" – 3:47

Charts

Album

Personnel

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– producer (track 5) * Joey Moi – producer and engineer (track 5) *

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– mixing, string production, string arrangements, and string engineer (track 5) * Sid Riggs – Pro Tools and additional engineering * Jake Davies – additional engineering * Kevin Mills – mixing assistant * Glenn Pittman – mixing assistant * Ryan Andersen – digital editing (track 5) * Bobby Yang – string arrangements (track 5) * Pete deBoer – string engineer (track 5) *

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– mastering * John Coster – product manager * Leonard B. Johnson - A&R * Benjamin Haber – band photography * P. R. Brown – album design

References

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