A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but H… I care too much about the music to ever sacrifice what could be something great if you let it fully bake. It wasn't coming together right. But I feel like, by now, they know who we are, and I wanted something really different. She was inspired by her relationship with Evanescence's fans: "I can really hear myself singing about my relationship with Evanescence and with the fans. In later posts on EvThreads she gave a vague indication of what new material for Evanescence could sound like and the album process. [66] The band then started the South American tour, beginning with a concert at Porto Alegre, Brazil on October 4. Über Evanescence. [83] It peaked at #9 on the UK Rock chart after the album was released,[84] and it later peaked at #71 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart after the single was released. [5] As of August 2012, the album has sold 421,000 copies in the US.[6]. They're stronger than before… when it was more one-dimensional. Vedi l'articolo, Evanescence (album) está disponível em português. "Never Go Back" (originally called "Orange") examines "loss from the perspective of someone losing someone in a tragedy". On the strength of hit singles "Bring Me to Life" and "My Immortal", Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards out of six nominations. "Lost in Paradise" was released digitally on May 25, 2012 as the third commercial single from the album. Weingarten, Christopher R (March 2, 2010). Evenescence's first track and lead single, "What You Want", was described as one of the band's most unusual songs with heavy guitar melodies, loud drums and a freedom theme. [Laughs] But lyrically, it’s a more real version of myself. After taking a break from music for 18 months, she decided she wanted to work with the band members and it "became more of a group project". "Lost in Paradise" is a symphonic rock ballad which begins with piano, strings and Lee's unlayered vocals before adding the band for the song's climax; its lyrics reflect Lee's past struggles, apologizing to her fans for the band's five-year absence. "[39], Taking the 19 songs they had created as a band, Evanescence entered the studio with Nick Raskulinecz who has produced albums for bands such as Alice in Chains, Deftones, Foo Fighters and more.[39]. 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In a June 2009 post on the Evanescence website, Lee wrote that the band was in the process of writing material for an album planned for release the following year. Steve wasn't the right fit. In early 2014, Lillywhite was asked by fans on Twitter how the album sounded, and he responded saying it was "a great combination of real instruments and synths". νικά. She said she used her frustration with being forced to start over to write what she called "Evanescence's heaviest album." In an interview, she discussed the cover: "Well, both of our other records are me on the cover, and I think it's cool to have that photo, you know, that people can look at and go, 'OK, that's who that is.' The concert tour continued thorugh the United States, Asia and Europe. ", "Oceans" begins with a big, low synth and a vocal before the band joins in. Lee explained that the concept "to me is about falling back in love with this thing, with Evanescence, with what I've obsessed over for a decade, longer than that." I believe that to make great music you have to give yourself the freedom to evolve. Evanescence's cover artwork was introduced on the band's website on August 30, 2011. I did some work with Evanescence a couple of years ago. I know that seems weird to say, but I wouldn't be here in the studio making another record if I didn't think it was going to be better than anything I've ever done. She referred to this scrapped album as "broken record. [16], In 2010, Evanescence officially entered the studio on February 22nd to begin recording the album with producer Steve Lillywhite who is known for working with bands such as U2 and Rolling Stones. Amy further said in an interview with Billboard that while some of the material from the sessions with Lillywhite won't be included in the band's third album, they may be released in the future in a different release, saying, "maybe solo, maybe something else".[40]. Club called the album "narcissistic", "corny" and "irredeemably stupid". [27] However, Amy said in 2015 that she acquired the rights to those "unfinished recordings" and plans to "finish some, re-do some, and probably keep a couple to myself."[21]. The sound that we're going for as a group is to fuse synthetic instruments with organic instruments and create something that sounds like a whole new place. And to have that feeling in the music where the band is so pumped up, it was just the only title that felt right. Amy also revealed a number of tracks for the album such as "My Heart Is Broken", "Secret Door" and "Oceans". Softcover. :O", https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/10288689323, "Second week in the studio is off to a great start. [13] In December, she had "another positive meeting/listening session" where "everybody [at the label] loves the music and I can't wait to get in the studio. /I'm working on that right now. I did a lot of the writing without the band. Lee shares writing credits with other members of the band on 11 of the standard-edition album's 12 songs. Credits taken from Allmusic[91] and from the liner notes of the album booklet. But I think it just starts with admitting, "Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?". Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album four stars out of five, saying that the band's trademark sound was present on the album "and truth be told, we wouldn't want it any other way." After finishing a tour to promote Evanescence's previous album, The Open Door, Amy Lee said that she "just sort of took off and didn't know what I was going to do next." Openingstrack van het Evanescence-album "Fallen" uit 2003, waarop o.a. Amy told in a Facebook Q&A on February 29, 2016 that the album’s main influence was her frustration with Wind-up: Although Amy had indicated in earlier interviews with Spin[7] and Gauntlet[8] in 2008 she had begun writing new material, it wasn't until 2009 that she confirmed the band were working on the follow-up to 2006's The Open Door. 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", "A very worthy first twitvid in my opinion.... ladies and gentlemen: Stompin' Steve. "The Change" (originally entitled "Purple"), which begins gently and grows more insistent, has been compared to "Digital Bath" by the American alternative metal band Deftones. This is a really, really, rhythmically driven record. [27], Drummer Questlove contributed drums to the song You Got a Lot to Learn,[26] which Amy revealed on Lillywhite's radio show, but it didn't appear on the final release. Lee admitted to an identity crisis: "[The success with] Fallen happened really fast, and it was just go, go, go for a couple years, and we went right into writing and wrote the next record. "My Heart Is Broken" was released to radio stations on October 31, and was released in digital format to iTunes and Amazon.com on November 11. Songs recorded in those sessions couldn't be released on Evanescence due to legal issues,[23] so the three songs that made it on the final album had to be reworked and re-recorded. She said, "I remember listening to it over and over, just obsessing over it the way I used to obsess over Evanescence music. The record smashed in North America, in Latin America, in Europe, in Asia, in Oceania. The Bitter Truth is the upcoming fifth studio album by Evanescence, set to be released on March 26, 2021 via BMG.Songs were released one at a time as the album was still being written and recorded. I didn't feel like we had to put a photo on the cover, I wanted it to be more mysterious and more about Evanescence itself, not just me." [12], On October 7, 2009, Amy had a meeting with the label to show the album's demos. Nick is an awesome producer. This page was last edited on 26 March 2021, at 08:21. According to Nick Catucci of Rolling Stone, Evanescence is primarily a "syrupy mix of piano, guitar and strings" which is not as "saucy" as the band's older material. ", "Evanescence in studio: Steve Lillywhite dancing Twitvid", "Amy Lee playing the piano (another piece of the puzzle) TwitVid", "Part 2. When the band defeated none other than Curtis Jackson – I mean, […] TRACKLIST IN COMMENTS! Navnet Evanescence stammer fra latin, og betyder noget i retning af forsvinding eller fordampning. Almost a decade has passed since they released an album of original material. Evanescence is Evanescence's third studio self-titled album released by Wind-up Records on October 7, 2011. ", For the album, the band was influenced by artists such as Björk, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, MGMT and Portishead. Were all ok, standing outside- Will ran back in and rescued the harddrive. I don't want to give away too much about what it will sound like, because so much will change before the end, but its... not what you would expect. It was originally scheduled for a late August or early September 2010 release[1] but was delayed due to a number of circumstances which lead to the band spending another year writing and improving new material as well as a change in producers. The songs below were recorded during the sessions with Steve Lillywhite in 2010, but did not make it to the final cut of Evanescence. This has been a long trip and parts have been hard. In February 2011, Amy made a post on EvThreads stating the band was getting together the following week to begin pre-production on the next album again. "What You Want", the first single from the album, was released on August 9, 2011 to moderate success, peaking at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 and selling more than 112,000 digital copies in the United States as of November 2011. Opening with drums and a synchronized synthesizer, Lee sings "Do what you, what you want / If you have a dream for better / Do what you, what you want / 'Til you don't want it anymore" before the song's rhythmic, guitar-driven beat. What You Want, the first single off the album, was released digitally on August 9, 2011,[69] and a CD single was later released in Germany on September 9. It wrapped on November 1 in New York, later heading to the UK and Europe for the rest of the month. A. Lee, T. Balsamo, T. McCord, T. McLawhorn, W. Hunt, W. B. That was the spark for me – and the spark to go in the electronic direction and bring some of that into what Evanescence is doing. It peaked at #9 on the UK Rock chart after the album was released, and it later peaked at #71 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart after the single was released. Although Amy said Made of Stone would be released as the third single,[81] it was released only as a promotional single in January 2012 in the US to Active Rock radio, while My Heart Is Broken was played on softer formats. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. [46] Later it was revealed that all of the songs would be placed in a deluxe edition of the album and the standard edition would have 12 songs.[55]. Because, for the first time, Evanescence is more than just Amy. [31] Finally, on June 21st Amy made a post on EvThreads stating the band were taking time out of the studio to write more music. [30], Although progress on the album appeared to be going well, on April 19 Amy posted on EvClub saying that the band took time out of the studio to work more on the music. https://web.archive.org/web/20100301102010/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/evanescence-is-back/6511485, "Evanescence Nets Second No. Its definitely not happy married music, but its not like I'm dying the whole time either. We were on this experimental trip, trying a bunch of new things, seeing what would fit. "[16] They were recording about 16 songs and were "still working and...finishing writing here and there. Amy said the songs recorded during these sessions couldn't be included on the final release due to legal issues,[89] so the ones taken from these sessions and included on Evanescence had to be reworked and re-recorded on the final sessions.