''Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest'' is the first full-length studio album released in June 2005 by

As Cities Burn As Cities Burn is an American post-hardcore band from Mandeville, Louisiana, that formed in 2002 and has released four studio albums. Their debut, '' Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest'', was released in 2005. Two years later, they released '' Com ...

Allusions

The album includes numerous

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. "Thus from My Lips, by Yours, My Sin Is Purged" is a line from Shakespeare's ''

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''. Another example includes lyrics such as, "let the dead bury their own dead", from the song "Wake Dead Man, Wake". This is a line originally spoken by

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in The Gospel of Luke.

Track listing

Personnel

* Colin Kimble - rhythm guitar * Cody Bonnette - lead guitar, clean vocals, piano * Pascal Barone - bass * Aaron Lunsford - drums, percussion * TJ Bonnette - screamed vocals, programming, piano * Lap steel on "Incomplete Is a Leech" - Troy Strains * Piano on "Of Want and Misery: The Nothing That Kills", Crystal Ninja Strings - Matt Goldman * Additional vocals on "Admission: Regret" -

Josh Scogin Josh Scogin (born July 17, 1981) is an American musician, and is currently the vocalist and guitarist for '68 (band), '68. He is also known for being the vocalist for The Chariot (band), The Chariot, and former vocalist of Norma Jean (band), No ...

* Recording - Matt Goldman * Mixing - Mike Watts * Mastering - Troy Glessner * Engineering - Tyler Orr, Troy Strains, Jeremiah Edwards * Art - Asterik Studios

References

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