''Away from the Sun'' is the second studio album recorded by American

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band 3 Doors Down. It was released by

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on November 12, 2002. The singles released for the album were as follows: "When I'm Gone", "The Road I'm On", "Here Without You", and "Away from the Sun". The recording sessions took place during the summer of 2002 with producer and engineer

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, in

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, Washington. Rush guitarist

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performed live with the band during their premiere party in Biloxi for ''Away from the Sun''. The album has sold eight million copies worldwide, including well over four million in the US alone.

DualDisc version

This album was included among a group of 15

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releases that were test marketed in two cities: Boston and Seattle. The ''test market'' DualDisc version of the album is rare. In 2005 the DualDisc version was reissued in a more widely distributed version. The original test market version differs from this common version in both packaging elements and in the design of the back of the inlay card. The DualDisc has the standard CD album on one side, and a

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/ DVD-Video on the second side. The DVD-Audio portion contains the entire album in advanced resolution 5.1 PCM surround sound and 2.0 PCM stereo. The PCM audio was recorded at 96 kHz and 24bit for both audio tracks, but the 5.1 audio track is at 13,824kbit/s and the 2.0 audio track is at 4,608kbit/s. Special features for the DVD-Audio include the band's biography, a photo gallery and lyrics for the listed tracks only (not for the hidden track "This Time"). The DVD-Video portion contains the entire album in 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound and 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo. The DVD side also features the music video for the song "The Road I'm On" directed by

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Track listing

All songs written by 3 Doors Down, except "Dangerous Game" and "Sarah Yellin" by Arnold, Roberts and Harrell.

Music videos

# "When I'm Gone" (two versions) # "The Road I'm On" # "Here Without You" # "Away from the Sun"

Personnel

3 Doors Down *

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– lead vocals *Matt Roberts – lead guitar, backing vocals *

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– rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Todd Harrell – bass guitar * Josh Freese – drums Additional musicians * David Campbell – strings *Rick Hopkins –

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*Matthew Burgess – percussion Production *Zach Blackstone – assistant * David Campbell – string arrangements, orchestral arrangement, string conductor, concertmaster *Sandy Brummels – creative director *Steve Churchyard – engineer *Joel Derouin – concertmaster *

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– mastering *Suzie Katayama – orchestra manager *Dean Maher – engineer, digital editing, mixing assistant *George Marino – mastering *Frank Ockenfels – photography *Geoff Ott – engineer, digital editing, overdub engineer *Rick Parashar – producer, engineer, digital editing *Bill Richards – product manager *Paul Silveira – mixing assistant *Honchol Sin – assistant engineer, assistant *Gordon Sran – assistant, overdub assistant *Randy Staub – mixing *Tom Sweeney – assistant engineer, assistant *Latif Tayour – assistant engineer, assistant, overdub assistant *Karen Walker – art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

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