Recorded Dec. 2001 – Jan. 2002 Length 60:00 Vanity
(2002) Obsession
(2004) Release date 13 August 2002 Genres Metalcore, Post-hardcore | Studio F1 Studios Producer Greg Koller Artist Eighteen Visions Label Trustkill Records | |
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Released August 13, 2002 (original)
January 25, 2005 (re-issue) Similar Obsession, Until the Ink Runs Out, The Best of Eighteen Visions, Yesterday Is Time Killed, Eighteen Visions | ||
Vanity is the third full-length studio album, and sixth release altogether, to be released by metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It was their first album to feature a music video, which was for "You Broke Like Glass". It was the last album to feature guitarist Brandan Schieppati as he left immediately after the recording of the album to focus on Bleeding Through. The band toured for the album with a single guitarist, Keith Barney. As of 2007, the album has sold over 100,000 copies in the United States.
Contents
Most critics and fans consider Vanity to be their final metalcore album, the band moving towards a more post-hardcore sound after this. It should however be noted that the band considered this change to have begun prior to this album, with the recording of "Motionless and White" which was featured on The Best of Eighteen Visions the year before. Hart's improved vocal style lead the band to write more melodic song structure rather than their previous technical metalcore compositions.
Album versions
To promote the release of the album, Trustkill also issued a 7" single, which included the title track, "Vanity", and the then considered single "I Don't Mind". The 7" was pressed in quantities of 1000 each on red and white, and 200 on pink. Good Life Recordings also released a 12" pictured vinyl limited to 1000 copies.
The album was re-issued on January 25, 2005 as part of Trustkill Records re-issue calendar (which also saw Bleeding Through's This is Love, This is Murderous get the same treatment simultaneously). It featured new artwork and the album now had an enhanced video section which included the music video for You Broke Like Glass, the only single from the album. This also provided a chance for the track listing to be fixed, as the song "There is Always" was left off on the original CD covers of the album. It should however be noted that the picture LP released by Good Life does not feature the listing of either "interludes" on the album, "The Notes of My Reflection" and "There is Always". The possibilities that "The Notes of My Reflection" was actually mistakenly left on the track listing is often wondered. Nevertheless, both interludes are listed on the reissues' track listing.
Track listing
- "Vanity" – 5:46
- "Fashion Show" – 4:13
- "One Hell of a Prize Fighter" – 5:14
- "I Don't Mind" – 4:38
- "The Notes of My Reflection" – 1:36
- "A Short Walk Down a Long Hallway" – 4:17
- "The Critic" – 4:19
- "Gorgeous" – 2:52
- "You Broke Like Glass" – 3:08
- "In the Closet" – 3:16
- "Sonic Death Monkey" – 5:21
- "There is Always" – 1:41
- "Love in Autumn" – 13:33
Personnel
Songs
1Vanity5:46
2Fashion Show4:14
3One Hell of a Prize Fighter5:15