The Used's In Love and Death is their official sophomore album, following the tide-over hodgepodge of 2003's Maybe Memories.
They've found some harder guitars in the interim, filling "Take It Away" and "I Caught Fire" with directly energizing chord progressions that spill over rewardingly into triumphant choruses.
"Away" even revitalizes the ridiculously played-out singing guy/screaming guy dynamic that the Used and so many of their peers unfailingly deploy.
The rest of In Love and Death plays directly to the bruised souls and bleeding hearts of tortured teenage scribblers everywhere, incorporating emo/punk revivalist genre touchstones like tortured/sweet vocals, jarring time shifts, and elaborately layered production techniques.
Overall, it's a promising effort from the Used.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take It AwayThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | I Caught FireThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Let It BleedThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | All That I've GotThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | Cut Up AngelsThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | ListeningThe Used | The Used | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | Yesterday's FeelingsThe Used | The Used | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 8 | Light With a Sharpened EdgeThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Sound Effects and OverdramaticsThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Hard to SayThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | Lunacy FringeThe Used | The Used | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 12 | I'm a FakeThe Used | The Used | Play | 08:00 | 18 MB | 28 MB |
| 45 mins | 104 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 300 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Aaronson | A&R |
| 2 | Quinn Allman | Group Member, Guitar, Toy Instruments, Toys, Vocals |
| 3 | Mark Blewett | Assistant Engineer, Bass Technician, Guitar Technician |
| 4 | Johnny Brown | Drum Technician |
| 5 | Anthony Catalano | Digital Editing |
| 6 | Joshua Eustis | Programming |
| 7 | John Feldmann | Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, String Arrangements |
| 8 | Joe Gastwirt | Mastering |
| 9 | Andrew Hessler | Assistant Engineer, Bass Technician, Guitar Technician |
| 10 | Jeph Howard | Band, Bass, Bass Instrument, Group Member, Vocals |
| 11 | Sean Ingram | Vocals |
| 12 | Daniel Jensen | Drum Technician |
| 13 | Danny Lohner | Programming |
| 14 | Bert McCracken | Group Member, Keyboards, Piano, String Arrangements, Vocals |
| 15 | Alex Pardee | Artwork, Design |
| 16 | Brian Patchett | Bass Technician, Guitar Technician |
| 17 | Seth Smoot | Photography |
| 18 | Branden Steineckert | Drums, Group Member, Percussion, Programming, Vocals |
| 19 | The Used | Composer, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |