''Goodbye to the Gallows'' is the debut full-length studio album by

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, released through

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in the UK on March 5, 2007, and in the US on March 6. A

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reissue of the album was also released by Victory in 2013. The two guitarists on this release play 7 strings in Drop A# tuning (Drop Bb), which makes this and ''

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'' the only Emmure albums to feature these tunings.

Track listing

Song title information

*According to early album art, "Rusted Over Wet Dreams" was originally titled "Scorpios With Black Names Are Bad News". *Track 6, titled "Travis Bickle" is a reference to the

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film ''

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''. *Tracks 3 and 8 are derived from the comedy program ''

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'', the former being a reference to the title of a recurring sketch, and the latter a recurring quote by a character in a sketch respectively. *The title of Track 5, "You Got a Henna Tattoo that Said Forever" is a reference to a quote from

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' 2001 episode of ''

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/ref> *Track 7, "Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle" is a take on the ''Dragon Ball'' film of the same name.

Personnel

;Emmure * Frankie Palmeri - lead vocals * Jesse Ketive - lead guitar, programming * Ben Lionetti - rhythm guitar * Mark Davis - bass guitar * Joe Lionetti - drums ;Production * Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris "Zeuss" Harris * Mastered by Alan Douches * Art direction, layout, band logo and illustrations by Paul Friemel

References

2007 debut albums Emmure albums Victory Records albums Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris {{2000s-metalcore-album-stub