Crossfade (album)
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Crossfade is the self-titled debut album by the South Carolina band Crossfade. It was released on April 13, 2004, five years after they were formed. An oddity about the album is that the minimal swearing on it is censored and no explicit version was released. The band says that the label did not have the money to put out both a clean and an explicit version, and they needed the money from sales from stores that do not sell explicit CDs, such as Walmart. The album was also released as a DualDisc CD that includes extra content not found on the original, standard edition. The album has now gone Platinum in the United States.[citation needed]
The singles from this album helped launch the band to mainstream success. "Cold" remains the band's biggest hit, reaching #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, and is also their only single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, at #81. Follow-up singles "So Far Away" and "Colors" charted in the top 10 of the Mainstream Rock chart, at #4 and #6, respectively. They also hit the top 20 of the Modern Rock chart ("So Far Away" at #14, "Colors" at #18).
Track listing
All tracks written by Ed Sloan.[2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starless" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Cold" | 3:14 |
| 3. | "So Far Away" | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Colors" | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Death Trend Setta" | 3:35 |
| 6. | "The Deep End" | 3:23 |
| 7. | "No Giving Up" | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Dead Skin" | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Disco" | 2:57 |
| 10. | "The Unknown" | 2:59 |
| Total length: | 34:19 | |
Bonus tracks
- "Cold" (Acoustic Version) – 3:20
- "Cold" (DeeTown Remix featuring Miss Eighty 6) – 3:18
Personnel
- Crossfade
- Ed Sloan – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Tony Byroads – turntables, background vocals
- Mitchell James – bass guitar, background vocals
- Brian Geiger – drums, percussion
- Production
- Crossfade – producer, engineer, art direction
- Doug Ford – A&R
- Bryan Gallant – assistant
- Matt Pinfield – A&R
- Mick Rock – photography
- Randy Staub – engineer, mixing
Chart positions
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Certifications
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Singles
| Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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| US [4] |
US Alt. [4] |
US Main. [4] |
SWE [5] | ||
| "Cold" | 81 | 2 | 3 | 47 | US: Gold[3] |
| "So Far Away" | — | 14 | 4 | — | |
| "Colors" | — | 18 | 6 | — | — |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ BMI Entry
- ^ a b "RIAA certifications". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ a b c "Billboard charts". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Swedish singles chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.