''Believe in Nothing'' is the eighth studio album by British metal band
Paradise Lost, released on 26 February 2001.
Release
The release for the album was postponed with the first release date being 18 September 2000, before settling to its current date. The band released commented on the reason for the delay stating:
Style, artwork, and reception
It is one of the last albums in the much lighter sound which characterised the band's sound since ''
One Second'' and that may have been contributed when composer
Gregor Mackintosh
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stated that "doesn't really exist for him", as it was an album in which the band was out of creative control; the album went under strict instructions from the label. Mackintosh has also said that he feels some songs, such as "World Pretending", deserved a better sound and production.
There was more negativity of the album when the band's vocalist
Nick Holmes was asked by fans of a Q&A session about in general how does the band choose who does the album artwork, Holmes stated "Don't ask me about the ''BIN'' cover, I think we (the band) had our drinks spiked that day!"
In 2007, Holmes elaborated:
In 2018, Holmes stated, regarding the remixed version of the album:
Track listing
;2002 reissue
;Japanese edition
;
Koch Records
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reissue
;2018 remaster
Singles
A song called "Leave This Alone", recorded during the album's studio sessions, did not end up being on the album or the reissues. Instead, it was released on the "Fader"
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
. The song "Mouth" was remixed and ended up on the "Mouth" single. Both singles have music videos.
Personnel
Paradise Lost
*
Nick Holmes – vocals and lyrics
* Gregor Mackintosh – lead guitar, keyboards, programming, string arrangements, and all music
* Aaron Aedy – rhythm guitar
* Steve Edmondson – bass
*
Lee Morris – drums and backing vocals
Additional musicians on tracks 3, 7, 9 and "Gone"
*Sally Herbert – violin, strings
*Jacqueline Norrie – violin
*Claire Orsler – viola
*Clare Finnimore – viola
*Sophie Harris – cello
*Dinah Beamish – cello
Production
*
John Fryer – engineering, programming
*Gerhard "Anyway" Wölfle – mixing
*Michael Schwabe – mastering
Charts
References
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2001 albums
Albums produced by John Fryer (producer)
EMI Records albums