Released June 4, 2002 Producer Eric Rachel | Length 37:48 Release date 4 June 2002 | |
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Studio Trax East, West West Side Music and Death Tracks Similar Atreyu albums, Metalcore albums | ||
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is the debut album by American metalcore band Atreyu, released on June 4, 2002, under Victory Records. The album featured re-worked versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead," "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips are Better", which originally appeared on the band's 2001 EP, Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty. "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black" were released as singles and music videos were also made for these two songs. The latter video found significant airplay on Headbangers Ball and Uranium in fall 2003.
Contents
- Atreyu a song for the optimists
- Singles
- Track listing
- Limited edition album re release
- Band line up
- Additional credits
- Charts
- Songs
- References
The album has sold more than 240,000 copies worldwide (according to March, 2006 Nielsen SoundScan data) and continues to rise.
It's the only album to feature bassist Chris Thomson.
The album was originally the be released under the title of "The Death Rock Diaries". The album name change simply came from the band liking Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses more as a title.
Atreyu a song for the optimists
Singles
- "Ain't Love Grand"
- "Lip Gloss and Black "
Track listing
All tracks written by Atreyu.
Limited edition album re-release
On February 23, 2004, Victory Records re-released Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses as a "limited edition" with new liner notes from the band. The new version of the album shipped with a bonus DVD. The bonus DVD contained a live concert featuring 6 songs at the Showcase Theatre, Corona, California held on December 27, 2003, two of the band's music videos, a documentary "Lairs" which takes a look at the homes of the band members and biographies of the members of the band and crew, as follows:
Only 25,000 copies of the limited edition version of the album were pressed and each copy is numbered in accordance.
Band line-up
Additional credits
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1A Song for the Optimist4:42
2Dilated3:37
3Ain't Love Grand3:43