Lead Sails Paper Anchor
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| Studio album by Atreyu | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | San Simeon | |||
| Genre | Alternative metal, post-hardcore, hard rock | |||
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40:42 52:54 (re-release) |
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| Label | Hollywood / Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | John Feldmann | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0
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| Singles from Lead Sails Paper Anchor | ||||
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Lead Sails Paper Anchor is the fourth studio album by Atreyu. It is the band's first release with Hollywood Records, and the album had a significantly different sound to it than their previous albums, moving away from a metalcore-type sound, for the most part. The album was released on August 28, 2007. The first single was "Becoming the Bull."
A single for "Becoming the Bull" was released exclusively in Hot Topic on July 24 and it included a demo of the song "Can't Happen Here".
The album debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200. "Doomsday" was released as the second single only in the UK. "Falling Down" was released as the third single and second in the US. "Slow Burn" was released as the album's third single. On May 14, 2009, a video for "Blow" was released.
On April 22, 2008, the album was re-released as Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0, which included updated artwork and a new song titled "The Squeeze" recorded exclusively for the re-release, plus the two bonus tracks "Epic" and "Clean Sheets". It was formatted in the CDVU+ format, featuring exclusive videos, live performances, behind the scenes tour clips, and a digital guitar lesson.
The song "Doomsday" is featured in the background of the current X-Games TV commercial.
The Japanese version of the album includes the acoustic version of the song "Lead Sails (And a Paper Anchor)".
Before the release of the album, Atreyu made available a jigsaw puzzle game for fans eager to hear a song from the new album. Each puzzle piece was a 10-second sound bite of the first single off the album, "Becoming the Bull". The object of the game was to arrange the clips in order, and create the song. As an additional incentive, the fan to put the song together the fastest would win a signed guitar, a phone call from the band, an advance copy of the CD and a free membership to Atreyu's fan club. The game was posted on the band's official website, and was taken down shortly after the album was released.
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