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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = We All Bleed
| name = We All Bleed
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Crossfade (band)|Crossfade]]
| artist = [[Crossfade (American band)|Crossfade]]
| Cover = WeAllBleed.jpg
| cover = WeAllBleed.jpg
| Released = June 21, 2011
| alt =
| Recorded = 2008-2011
| released = June 21, 2011
| recorded = 2008–2011
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[hard rock]], [[post-grunge]], [[alternative metal]]
| Length = 48:42
| studio =
| Label = [[Eleven Seven Music]]
| genre =[[Post-grunge]], [[alternative metal]]
| Producer = [[Les Hall]], Ed Sloan
| length = 48:42
| label = [[Eleven Seven Music|Eleven Seven]]
| Reviews =
| producer =
| Last album = ''[[Falling Away (album)|Falling Away]]''<br/>(2006)
* [[Les Hall]]
| This album = '''''We All Bleed'''''<br/>(2011)
* Ed Sloan
| Misc = {{Singles
| prev_title = [[Falling Away (album)|Falling Away]]
| Name = We All Bleed
| prev_year = 2006
| Type = studio
| next_title =
| single 1 = Killing Me Inside
| next_year =
| single 1 date = April 5, 2009
| single 2 = Prove You Wrong
| misc = {{Singles
| single 2 date = November 12, 2011
| name = We All Bleed
| single 3 = Dear Cocaine
| type = studio
| single 3 date = April 10, 2012
| single1 = Killing Me Inside
| single1date = April 5, 2011
}}
| single2 = Prove You Wrong
| single2date = November 12, 2011
| single3 = Dear Cocaine
| single3date = April 10, 2012
| single4 = We All Bleed
| single4date = December 8, 2012
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[[AllMusic]]''
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-all-bleed-mw0002049444 |title=We All Bleed - Crossfade &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2011-06-21 |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/we-all-bleed-mw0002049444 |title=We All Bleed - Crossfade &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2011-06-21 |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''dutchdistortion''
| rev2 = Dutch Distortion
| rev2Score = {{rating|8.5|10}} <ref>[http://www.dutchdistortion.nl/2011/09/crossfade-we-all-bleed/] {{dead link|date=May 2014}}</ref>
| rev2Score = {{rating|8.5|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchdistortion.nl/2011/09/crossfade-we-all-bleed/ |accessdate=March 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515001618/http://www.dutchdistortion.nl/2011/09/crossfade-we-all-bleed/ |archivedate=May 15, 2014 |title=Dutch Distortion • Recensies • Crossfade – We All Bleed }}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Sputnikmusic]]
| rev3 = ''[[Sputnikmusic]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref name="sputnikmusic1">{{cite web|url=http://sputnikmusic.com/review/44023/Crossfade-We-All-Bleed/ |title=Crossfade - We All Bleed (album review 4) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date= |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="sputnikmusic1">{{cite web|url=http://sputnikmusic.com/review/44023/Crossfade-We-All-Bleed/ |title=Crossfade - We All Bleed (album review 4) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date= |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''We All Bleed''''' is the third [[studio album]] by American [[alternative rock]] band [[Crossfade (band)|Crossfade]]. It was released on June 21, 2011 - the band's first album in five years as well as their first album since signing with [[Eleven Seven Music]].
'''''We All Bleed''''' is the third album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Crossfade (American band)|Crossfade]]. It was released on June 21, 2011 – the band's first album in five years as well as their first album since signing with [[Eleven Seven Music]].


==Background==
==Background==
After being cut from [[Columbia Records]] in 2008 lead singer Ed Sloan admitted that he fell into a depression of sorts and began to feel disillusioned with the music industry. He admits "Coming from the success of the first record and losing our way after the second album hit me hard. You get signed, everything is golden and you think it’ll go on forever. After we were dropped, I was consumed with self-doubt. Music had always been my escape, but then music became my enemy. I shut down as a songwriter—and actually, pretty much as a human being."{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}
In 2008, after being dropped from [[Columbia Records]], lead singer Ed Sloan admitted that he fell into a depression of sorts and began to feel disillusioned with the music industry. He admits "Coming from the success of the first record and losing our way after the second album hit me hard. You get signed, everything is golden and you think it'll go on forever. After we were dropped, I was consumed with self-doubt. Music had always been my escape, but then music became my enemy. I shut down as a songwriter—and actually, pretty much as a human being".{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}


Lead guitarist/keyboardist [[Les Hall]] is credited with rejuvenating Sloan's musical interest and masterminding the recording of ''We All Bleed''. Ed Sloan says that his exile had taken him to a darker place in life and that the songs in ''We All Bleed'' would reflect that. Though dealing with harsh realities the band also stated that there is a strong element of positivity in the album that 'gets you ready to face the day'. Sloan and Hall maintain that cutting the ties associated with a major label also helped to charter that new path. "It was a fresh start. We spent two years writing whatever we wanted, with no expectations, no deadline," Sloan says. "Who knew if we would even release another record? It was a blast to have no obligation to copy the past."{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}
Lead guitarist and keyboardist [[Les Hall]] is credited with rejuvenating Sloan's musical interest and masterminding the recording of ''We All Bleed''. Ed Sloan says that his exile had taken him to a darker place in life and that the songs in ''We All Bleed'' would reflect that. Though dealing with harsh realities the band also stated that there is a strong element of positivity in the album that 'gets you ready to face the day'. Sloan and Hall maintain that cutting the ties associated with a major label also helped to charter that new path. "It was a fresh start. We spent two years writing whatever we wanted, with no expectations, no deadline", Sloan says. "Who knew if we would even release another record? It was a blast to have no obligation to copy the past".{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''We All Bleed'' has received a significantly better critical response compared to Crossfade's first two albums. William Rulhmann from [[Allmusic]] gave the album an average three out of 5 stars saying "Five years after the disappointing sophomore album Falling Away, Crossfade return on We All Bleed as a somewhat reconstituted outfit."<ref name="allmusic1"/> The album received a review from [[SputnikMusic]] that scored the album a three and a half out of five. The review said " It is not the album that will revitalize modern radio rock, and chances are Crossfade isn’t even the band that will eventually accomplish that deed; but it is a positive step for the entire genre, and it also has the to potential to revive the musical careers of Crossfade’s members. We All Bleed is truly a brand of radio rock that you won’t feel guilty for sinking your teeth into."<ref name="sputnikmusic1"/>
''We All Bleed'' has received a significantly better critical response compared to Crossfade's first two albums. William Rulhmann from [[AllMusic]] gave the album an average 3 out of 5 stars saying "Five years after the disappointing sophomore album ''Falling Away'', Crossfade return on ''We All Bleed'' as a somewhat reconstituted outfit".<ref name="allmusic1"/> The album received a review from ''[[Sputnikmusic]]'' that scored the album a three and a half out of five. The review said "It is not the album that will revitalize modern radio rock, and chances are Crossfade isn't even the band that will eventually accomplish that deed; but it is a positive step for the entire genre, and it also has the potential to revive the musical careers of Crossfade's members. ''We All Bleed'' is truly a brand of radio rock that you won't feel guilty for sinking your teeth into".<ref name="sputnikmusic1"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Les Hall]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
{{Track listing

|title1 = Dead Memories
| title1 = Dead Memories
|note1 = Hall, Ed Sloan
| lyrics1 = Ed Sloan
|length1 = 2:54
| music1 = {{flatlist|
|title2 = Killing Me Inside
* [[Les Hall]]
|length2 = 5:13
* Sloan
|title3 = Prove You Wrong
|note3 = Hall, Sloan, Mitchell James
|length3 = 3:18
|title4 = Lay Me Down
|note4 = Hall, Sloan
|length4 = 4:25
|title5 = Dear Cocaine
|note5 = Hall, Sloan, James
|length5 = 4:58
|title6 = Suffocate
|length6 = 5:54
|title7 = I Think You Should Know
|length7 = 3:53
|title8 = We All Bleed
|length8 = 4:04
|title9 = Open Up Your Eyes
|note9 = Hall, Sloan
|length9 = 3:56
|title10 = Make Me a Believer
|note10 = Hall, Sloan, Jay Clifford
|length10 = 10:11
|total_length = 48:42
}}
}}
| length1 = 2:54

| title2 = Killing Me Inside
| lyrics2 = Hall
| music2 = Hall
| length2 = 5:13

| title3 = Prove You Wrong
| lyrics3 = {{flatlist|
* Sloan
* Mitch James
}}
| music3 = Hall
| length3 = 3:18

| title4 = Lay Me Down
| lyrics4 = Sloan
| music4 = {{flatlist|
* Hall
* Sloan
}}
| length4 = 4:25

| title5 = Dear Cocaine
| lyrics5 = {{flatlist|
* Hall
* Sloan
* James
}}
| music5 = Hall
| length5 = 4:58

| title6 = Suffocate
| lyrics6 = Hall
| music6 = Hall
| length6 = 5:54

| title7 = I Think You Should Know
| lyrics7 = Hall
| music7 = Hall
| length7 = 3:53

| title8 = We All Bleed
| lyrics8 = Hall
| music8 = Hall
| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Open Up Your Eyes
| lyrics9 = {{flatlist|
* Hall
* Sloan
}}
| music9 = {{flatlist|
* Hall
* Sloan
}}
| length9 = 3:56

| title10 = Make Me a Believer
| lyrics10 = {{flatlist|
* Hall
* Sloan
* Jay Clifford
}}
| music10 = {{flatlist|
* Hall
* Sloan
}}
| length10 = 10:11

| total_length = 48:42
}}

{{Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline = iTunes deluxe edition bonus track
|collapsed = yes
|headline = iTunes Deluxe Edition Bonus Track
|title11 = Killing Me Inside
|title11 = Killing Me Inside
|note11 = Music Video
|note11 = music video
|length11 = 3:42
|length11 = 3:42
|total_length = 51:24
|total_length = 51:24
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
;Crossfade
;Crossfade
* Ed Sloan – Lead vocals, guitars
* Ed Sloan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, co-producer, engineer, arrangements
* [[Les Hall]] – Lead guitar, keyboards, background vocals, sampling
* [[Les Hall]] – lead guitar, keyboards, background vocals, producer, engineer, arrangements, programming, sampling, string arrangements {{small|(tracks 2, 6, 8)}}
* Mitchell James – bass guitar, background vocals
* Mitch James – bass, background vocals, arrangements
* [[Will Hunt]] – drums, percussion
* Mark Castillo – drums


;Additional personnel
==Chart performance==
* [[Ben Grosse]] – mixing
* [[Ted Jensen]] – mastering
* [[Will Hunt]] – drums
* Travis "Tronik" Huff – drum and additional piano engineer
* Mimi "Audia" Parker – assistant drum and piano engineer
* [[Rick Beato]] – additional guitar and bass engineer
* Ken Lanyon – additional guitar and bass engineer
* Kii Arens – artwork and photography
* Paul Pavao – mix assistant, editing, and additional engineering {{small|(track 10)}}
* Mikey Canzonetta – mix assistant, editing, and additional engineering {{small|(track 10)}}
* Dan Rockett – additional engineering {{small|(track 2)}}
* José Alcantar – additional editing
* Jay Clifford – string arrangements {{small|(tracks 2, 6–8, 10)}}
* Brian Conner – additional background vocals {{small|(track 4)}}
* Eddie Horst – string conductor {{small|(tracks 2, 6–8, 10)}}
* Justin Bruns – violin 1 {{small|(tracks 2, 6–8, 10)}}
* Kenn Wagner – violin 2 {{small|(tracks 2, 6–8, 10)}}
* Catherine Lynn – viola {{small|(tracks 2, 6–8, 10)}}
* Daniel Lavfer – cello {{small|(tracks 2, 6–8, 10)}}
* Chuck Wiggins – guitar tech

== Chart performance ==
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==Singles==
==Singles==
On June 1, 2010 the music video for the first single "Killing Me Inside" was released. The single was released to [[iTunes]] and [[Amazon.com]] on April 5, 2011. It peaked at No. 16 on the Active Rock chart and at No. 17 on the Mainstream Rock chart. "Prove You Wrong" was released as the second single, while "Dear Cocaine" was released as the third and final single. Music videos were created for all three singles.
On June 1, 2010, the music video for the first single "Killing Me Inside" was released. The single was released to [[iTunes]] and [[Amazon.com]] on April 5, 2011. It peaked at No. 16 on the Active Rock chart and at No. 17 on the Mainstream Rock chart. "Prove You Wrong" was released as the second single, while "Dear Cocaine" was released as the third single. "We All Bleed" was released as a fourth and final single. Music videos were created for all three singles.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:26, 17 November 2024

We All Bleed
Studio album by
Crossfade
ReleasedJune 21, 2011
Recorded2008–2011
GenrePost-grunge, alternative metal
Length48:42
LabelEleven Seven
Producer
Crossfade chronology
Falling Away
(2006) 		We All Bleed
(2011)
Singles from We All Bleed
  1. "Killing Me Inside"
    Released: April 5, 2011
  2. "Prove You Wrong"
    Released: November 12, 2011
  3. "Dear Cocaine"
    Released: April 10, 2012
  4. "We All Bleed"
    Released: December 8, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Dutch Distortion[2]
Sputnikmusic[3]

We All Bleed is the third album by American rock band Crossfade. It was released on June 21, 2011 – the band's first album in five years as well as their first album since signing with Eleven Seven Music.

Background

[edit]

In 2008, after being dropped from Columbia Records, lead singer Ed Sloan admitted that he fell into a depression of sorts and began to feel disillusioned with the music industry. He admits "Coming from the success of the first record and losing our way after the second album hit me hard. You get signed, everything is golden and you think it'll go on forever. After we were dropped, I was consumed with self-doubt. Music had always been my escape, but then music became my enemy. I shut down as a songwriter—and actually, pretty much as a human being".[citation needed]

Lead guitarist and keyboardist Les Hall is credited with rejuvenating Sloan's musical interest and masterminding the recording of We All Bleed. Ed Sloan says that his exile had taken him to a darker place in life and that the songs in We All Bleed would reflect that. Though dealing with harsh realities the band also stated that there is a strong element of positivity in the album that 'gets you ready to face the day'. Sloan and Hall maintain that cutting the ties associated with a major label also helped to charter that new path. "It was a fresh start. We spent two years writing whatever we wanted, with no expectations, no deadline", Sloan says. "Who knew if we would even release another record? It was a blast to have no obligation to copy the past".[citation needed]

Critical reception

[edit]

We All Bleed has received a significantly better critical response compared to Crossfade's first two albums. William Rulhmann from AllMusic gave the album an average 3 out of 5 stars saying "Five years after the disappointing sophomore album Falling Away, Crossfade return on We All Bleed as a somewhat reconstituted outfit".[1] The album received a review from Sputnikmusic that scored the album a three and a half out of five. The review said "It is not the album that will revitalize modern radio rock, and chances are Crossfade isn't even the band that will eventually accomplish that deed; but it is a positive step for the entire genre, and it also has the potential to revive the musical careers of Crossfade's members. We All Bleed is truly a brand of radio rock that you won't feel guilty for sinking your teeth into".[3]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Dead Memories"Ed Sloan
2:54
2."Killing Me Inside"HallHall5:13
3."Prove You Wrong"
  • Sloan
  • Mitch James
Hall3:18
4."Lay Me Down"Sloan
  • Hall
  • Sloan
4:25
5."Dear Cocaine"
  • Hall
  • Sloan
  • James
Hall4:58
6."Suffocate"HallHall5:54
7."I Think You Should Know"HallHall3:53
8."We All Bleed"HallHall4:04
9."Open Up Your Eyes"
  • Hall
  • Sloan
  • Hall
  • Sloan
3:56
10."Make Me a Believer"
  • Hall
  • Sloan
  • Jay Clifford
  • Hall
  • Sloan
10:11
Total length:48:42
iTunes deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Killing Me Inside" (music video)3:42
Total length:51:24

Personnel

[edit]
Crossfade
  • Ed Sloan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, co-producer, engineer, arrangements
  • Les Hall – lead guitar, keyboards, background vocals, producer, engineer, arrangements, programming, sampling, string arrangements (tracks 2, 6, 8)
  • Mitch James – bass, background vocals, arrangements
  • Mark Castillo – drums
Additional personnel
  • Ben Grosse – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Will Hunt – drums
  • Travis "Tronik" Huff – drum and additional piano engineer
  • Mimi "Audia" Parker – assistant drum and piano engineer
  • Rick Beato – additional guitar and bass engineer
  • Ken Lanyon – additional guitar and bass engineer
  • Kii Arens – artwork and photography
  • Paul Pavao – mix assistant, editing, and additional engineering (track 10)
  • Mikey Canzonetta – mix assistant, editing, and additional engineering (track 10)
  • Dan Rockett – additional engineering (track 2)
  • José Alcantar – additional editing
  • Jay Clifford – string arrangements (tracks 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Brian Conner – additional background vocals (track 4)
  • Eddie Horst – string conductor (tracks 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Justin Bruns – violin 1 (tracks 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Kenn Wagner – violin 2 (tracks 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Catherine Lynn – viola (tracks 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Daniel Lavfer – cello (tracks 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Chuck Wiggins – guitar tech

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 100
US Billboard Alternative Albums 14
US Billboard Independent Albums 17
US Billboard Rock Albums 26
US Billboard Hard Rock Albums 9

Singles

[edit]

On June 1, 2010, the music video for the first single "Killing Me Inside" was released. The single was released to iTunes and Amazon.com on April 5, 2011. It peaked at No. 16 on the Active Rock chart and at No. 17 on the Mainstream Rock chart. "Prove You Wrong" was released as the second single, while "Dear Cocaine" was released as the third single. "We All Bleed" was released as a fourth and final single. Music videos were created for all three singles.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b William Ruhlmann (2011-06-21). "We All Bleed - Crossfade | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. ^ "Dutch Distortion • Recensies • Crossfade – We All Bleed". Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Crossfade - We All Bleed (album review 4)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
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