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Release

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on their headlining US tour from September 2005. On October 12, 2005, the music video for "Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)" was posted online. That same day, Mest had to drop off the Social Distortion tour because of drummer Nick Gigler developing

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; they were replaced by

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and

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Track listing

# "Take Me Away (Cried Out to Heaven)" (Tony Lovato, John Feldmann) – 3:41 # "Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Jeremiah Rangel, Feldmann) – 3:34 # "Photographs" (Lovato) – 3:01 # "Cursed" (Rangel, Feldmann) – 3:39 # "As His Black Heart Dies (My Mistake)" (Lovato) – 3:16 # "This Time" (Lovato, Feldmann) – 3:45 # "Graveyard" (Rangel, Feldmann) – 3:37 # "Nightmare" (Lovato) – 3:36 # "Can't Take This" (Lovato, Feldmann) – 3:28 # "Dying for You" (Lovato, Feldmann) – 3:29 # "Tonight Will Last Forever" (Rangel, Feldmann) – 4:15 # "Last Kiss" (Lovato) – 3:45

References

Mest albums 2005 albums Maverick Records albums Albums produced by John Feldmann {{2000s-pop-punk-album-stub