''History for Sale'' is the third

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. The title of the album comes from a lyric in the song "Amazing". It was recorded at Sound Arts Studios in

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, and at Stomp Box Studios in

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, and released in the United States on April 8, 2003 by Brando Records. It was co-produced by Justin Furstenfeld and

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. It is the only Blue October album to feature former member Dwayne Casey on bass guitar, and the band's first album featuring lead guitarist

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. The track "Come in Closer" features guest vocals by Zayra Alvarez, who later, on the

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reality show '' Rock Star: Supernova'', sang the song "Razorblade" on her final episode before being voted off. ''History for Sale'' was voted best album by the 2003 ''

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'' Music Awards. The album, re-released on

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on August 5, 2003, is largely a response to the control the label placed on the group during the ''

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'' production process. The re-released version of the album includes a solo acoustic version of "Calling You" as a

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, while the original version of the album includes videos of the band during the recording process.

Track listing

All songs written by

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, except where noted.

Personnel

- lead vocals, guitar *

Jeremy Furstenfeld Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassist ...

- drums *

Matt Noveskey William Matthew Noveskey (born June 16, 1976 in Adrian, Michigan, USA) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and bassist, best known as the bassist in the bands Blue October and Harvard of the South, and as bassist a ...

- bass guitar on tracks 1, 3, 8, 9, 10 *Dwayne Casey - bass guitar on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 *

- guitar *

Ryan Delahoussaye Blue October is an American rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and is currently composed of singer/guitarist Justin Furstenfeld, drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye, bassis ...

- violin, mandolin * Zayra Alvarez - backing vocals * Brian Baker - engineer, editing *

- flute (on "Come in Closer" and "3 Weeks She Sleeps"), programming, production, editing, synthesizer *Robert Greeson - art direction *Blue Miller - guitar, production, editing, mixing, keyboards *Mark O'Donoughue - engineer *

Tim Palmer Timothy J. Palmer (born 4 October 1962, in North Shields) is an English record producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter of rock music, rock and alternative rock, alternative music. He Audio mixing (recorded music), mixed Pearl Jam's d ...

- mixing *Sam Paulos - executive producer *Derek Taylor - digital editing

References

{{Authority control 2003 albums Blue October albums Universal Records albums Albums produced by David Castell