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      • An Ocean Between Us is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying, released on August 21, 2007, by Metal Blade Records. It debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, with sales close to 39,500. The album includes the singles "Nothing Left", "The Sound of Truth", "Within Destruction", "I Never Wanted" and "An Ocean Between Us", with music videos produced for all five. "Nothing Left" appears on the radio soundtrack of the 2008 video game Saints Row 2.


      Musical style


      An Ocean Between Us is a metalcore album that incorporates elements of heavy metal, thrash metal, hardcore punk, and melodic death metal. Guitarist Nick Hipa said of the album's style, "collectively we've all pushed ourselves, and we're all doing things that we weren't even capable of doing on the last record. And on top of just experimenting and trying different things, I think we just wrote some pretty sick jams, so I'm happy with it."
      Vocalist Tim Lambesis said "[we] spent some time listening to our last album [2005's Shadows Are Security] and, just from being on tour, we became a little bit jaded by how the genre — as a whole — has sort of copied itself over and over again. We decided we wanted to be more diverse, even down to the point where we sort of felt like we should really focus on writing songs in different categories, and then pick the best songs from those categories and use them for the record."


      Reception


      Reviewers praised As I Lay Dying's progression in both musicianship and songwriting. Chad Bowar of About.com described the album as more accessible and diverse than its predecessor, saying "As I Lay Dying has always been a band with a lot of crossover appeal with both metal and hardcore fans. They are the type of group that has the fanbase to play both Ozzfest and Warped Tour."

      The record was released on August 21, 2007, to generally positive acclaim, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard 200.


      Track listing




      Personnel


      Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
      As I Lay Dying

      Tim Lambesis – lead vocals
      Nick Hipa – guitars, backing vocals on "Bury Us All"
      Phil Sgrosso – guitars, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
      Jordan Mancino – drums
      Additional musicians

      Josh Gilbert – bass, clean vocals
      Chad Ackerman – backing vocals on "An Ocean Between Us", "Bury Us All"
      Tommy Garcia – backing vocals on "Forsaken"
      Duane Reed – backing vocals on "Forsaken"
      Additional personnel

      Adam Dutkiewicz – production
      Daniel Castleman – assisting production, mixing on "Departed"
      Colin Richardson – mixing all tracks except "Departed"
      Matt Hyde – mix engineering
      Andy Sneap – guitar re-amping
      Ted Jensen – mastering
      Jacob Bannon – artwork, layout


      Charts




      References

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