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band

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. The album was released on June 14, 2005 through

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, and was produced by

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, the band's vocalist, and

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, one of the band's guitarists, along with Steve Russell. A Limited Edition was released on June 23, 2005 with a bonus

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of a show filmed at the Substage Club in

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on November 28, 2004. The CD was released again as a Special Edition on October 17, 2006 with a DVD on the making of the album and included videos of "Confined", "Through Struggle", and "The Darkest Nights". It also featured additional liner notes from vocalist Tim Lambesis on the concept of the record and little known facts on the making of the album. The album peaked at #35 on the

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and sold as of 2007, about 275,000 copies. It has also produced three singles in "Confined", "Through Struggle" and "The Darkest Nights". Music videos were shot for all three of them. Although the album doesn't feature a title track, the album gets its name from a lyric of their song, "Control Is Dead".

Track listing

Notes * "Illusions" is a re-recording of a song from the As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy split album.

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes. As I Lay Dying(2012), Bosso, Joe: https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-as-i-lay-dyings-nick-hipa-talks-new-album-awakened-561421, Retrieved September 19, 2021 *

– lead vocals * Nick Hipa – lead guitar *

– rhythm guitar, bass * Clint Norris – bass, clean vocals * Jordan Mancino – drums Additional musicians * Dave Arthur – backing clean vocals *

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– guest vocals on "Control is Dead". Production * Tim Lambesis – production * Phil Sgrosso – production * Steve Russell – co-producer,

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– mixing, mastering * Danny de la Isla – editing * Kevin Puig –

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* Jacob Bannon – artwork, design * Kevin Estrada – photography

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Albums with cover art by Jacob Bannon As I Lay Dying (band) albums Metal Blade Records albums