Lost in the Sound of Separation
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| Studio album by Underoath | ||||
| Released | August 30, 2008 (see release dates below) |
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| Recorded | March–May 2008 at Glow in the Dark Studios, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
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| Length | 41:43 | |||
| Label | Solid State, Tooth & Nail | |||
| Producer | Adam Dutkiewicz, Matt Goldman | |||
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Cover for the special edition digipak version that includes a bonus DVD.
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Cover for the deluxe edition of the album that includes two 10" sawblade shaped vinyl records.
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| Singles from Lost in the Sound of Separation | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (92/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   |
| Absolute Punk | 95% |
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| Cross Rhythms |   |
| IGN | (8.3/10) |
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| USA Today | |
Lost in the Sound of Separation is the sixth album by American metalcore band Underoath. The album was released on August 30, 2008, in some markets, September 2, 2008, in the United States, and as late as September 19, 2008, in Italy. The album title is taken from a line of the lyrics of "We Are the Involuntary". In an interview with MTV News about the effort, the band stated it featured 11 songs that total around 42 minutes. It is the band's last release with founding member and drummer, Aaron Gillespie.
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award at the 52nd Grammy Awards for "Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package". Prior to the album's release it was said to be a lot "heavier" and "darker" than Underoath's previous album Define the Great Line. A handful of people from MTV were the first to listen to several of the songs off the album, saying afterward that "the songs were anthemic, feedback-filled numbers that build slowly to their thunderous, ear-splitting crescendos."
Beginning on August 1, 2008, Underoath encouraged their male fans to grow a beard for one month until the US release date of the album, September 2, 2008. The rules were that participants were to upload a picture of their beard to the website daily to show the progress of their beard growth. For the duration of the growth, a widget could be placed on a participant's social networking website to display pictures of his progress. On the release date of the album, Underoath asked for fans to take pictures of both their beard and a copy of Lost in the Sound of Separation. All members of the band also participated in the event. Popular music review and information site AbsolutePunk were also running a contest in conjunction with Tooth & Nail, giving members of AbsolutePunk the opportunity to win an Underoath prize pack.
Two weeks before the release of the album, Underoath announced that a very limited quantity of "golden passes" were packaged with select copies of Lost in the Sound of Separation. The winner of a golden pass is allowed into any Underoath concert for the rest of their formation. Any edition of the album may contain a golden pass.
Even before its release, the album had been welcomed with critical acclaim. In its first week, Lost in the Sound of Separation debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling around 56,000 copies in the US alone.
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