The Fiction We Live is the second studio album by the American post-hardcore band From Autumn to Ashes. It was released in September 9, 2003 through Vagrant Records. Melanie Wills of One True Thing makes a guest appearance once again, contributing to the vocals on "Autumn's Monologue". This is the last album to feature Scott Gross and Mike Pilato. It peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard 200 charts.
Production Following the release of Too Bad You're Beautiful, From Autumn to Ashes was approached by Island Records who showed interest in signing the band. The deal fell through after a disagreement between the band and label over the production of The Fiction We Live. The band would eventually sign to Vagrant Records after months of speculation.
Videos Three music videos were produced for The Fiction We Live: "The After Dinner Payback", "Lilacs & Lolita" and "Milligram Smile". They aired on Headbangers Ball upon release.
Musical style The album features more clean vocals than the previous album, Too Bad You're Beautiful, with three songs having no screaming vocals. "Autumn's Monologue" is a re-working of "The Fiction We Live" with the collaboration of Melanie Wills. "Autumn's Monologue" is a continuation of "Short Stories with Tragic Endings" from Too Bad You're Beautiful, while "The Fiction We Live" is a response to "Autumn's Monologue".
Frontman Benjamin Perri said the songs on The Fiction We Live were more structured compared to the band's debut, saying this was due to the band being together longer.
Track listing
Personnel
From Autumn to Ashes Benjamin Perri – unclean vocals Francis Mark – drums, clean vocals, additional unclean vocals Scott Gross – rhythm guitar Brian Deneeve – lead guitar Mike Pilato – bass guitar
Artwork P.R. Brown – art Direction, photography, design
Managerial Cory Brennan – management Irene Richter – managing assistant Tim Borror – US booking agent John Jackson – international booking agent
Production Garth Richardson – producer Dean Mahler – engineer Christopher Shaw – mixing Zach Blackstone – mixing assistant Chris Crippen – drum technician Ben Kaplan – digital Editing, engineer, programming Misha Rajaratnam – mixing assistant Lee Robertson & Gordon Sran – assistant engineers Darryl Romphf – assistant engineer, production coordination Howie Weinberg – mastering
Charts Album Chart (2003)PeakpositionUS Billboard 20073Top Independent Albums5
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