Away from the Sun

Hybrid SACD, MC

Occupation

Away from the Sun (English for "Away from the Sun" ) is the second studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on 11 November 2002. The album is best known for Here Without You, the most successful in this country single of the group in Germany.

  • 3.1 Free Limited Edition
  • 3.2 Hybrid SACD
  • 3.3 DVD-Audio
  • 3.4 DualDisc
  • 4.1 When I'm Gone
  • 4.2 Here Without You
  • 4.3 Away from the Sun
  • 4.4 Other Singles

Background

After the group had finished the tour to their successful debut album, the band members rallied for four months until they " were hungry to make music " again. In a rented house, the band spent four hours a day on new songs. According to singer Brad Arnold act many texts on Away from the Sun by loneliness, a feeling that had inspired him during the tour. Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson produced for the group on the album the song Dangerous Game.

Title list

UK Bonus Tracks Edition

Reissues

Similar to The Better Life also appeared in different versions of this album, as opposed to the debut but also in many different formats. Below is a list of editions of Away from the Sun:

Free Limited Edition

On 2 December 2003 he was on the standard edition, a limited edition, which as an additive containing a DVD featuring material of the album:

Hybrid SACD

On 27 July 2004, the album was released for the first time as Super Audio CD with 5.1 surround sound.

DVD-Audio

On June 19, was released in 2005, also with surround sound, a DVD-Audio version of the album.

DualDisc

On 13 December 2005, the album was released officially as a DualDisc, which contains the one album on one side, and miscellaneous bonus material on the other side. Even with the publication of the original album this DualDisc was published in a small edition along with 14 other albums.

Singles

When I'm Gone

The first single from Away from the Sun was successful only in the U.S., where it has managed the song at number four in the official charts and was awarded gold. To the song originated two different music videos. At the Grammy Awards in 2003, the song in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Band was nominated. Brad Arnold wrote the song one night in Puerto Rico, which he spent in the hotel room alone. By his own testimony, he had the feeling that all thought to know him, even though she did not.

Here Without You

This ballad of the band succeeded her first major single success in Germany, where the song peaked at # 23 in the U.S., the song peaked at number five and received platinum. In other countries, the title achieved good chart positions, such as number 61 in Switzerland, and the 13th place in Austria.

Away from the Sun

Singer Brad Arnold refers to this song as his favorite song of the band. Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Downs calls it a "masterpiece ". The song reached # 62 in the U.S. and was certified gold

More Singles

In the U.S., released another single after When I'm Gone: The song The Road I'm On reached number eight of the Mainstream Rock charts.

Reception

The album sold over four million copies worldwide. It peaked in the U.S. in eighth place, in Switzerland it is placed at number 49 in Germany it reached the 28th place in Austria even 27th place In Canada there was a platinum award in the United States the album four times platinum status is certified.

Certified Michael Edele of laut.de that " every song has its own charm " versprühe on the album, " also without have to rely on bretzelnde guitars ". Matthias iron from cdstarts.de considers the album a "perfect repetition of the concept of its predecessor ," which he sees as a major weakness, however, because " in the long run too predictable, too smooth, but often produces the very cliched rock of the four Americans without a real profile " am working. Marcus Schleutermann appeared in the magazine Rock Hard pleased with the album and ruled: " The debut The Better Life sold over five million copies worldwide, has won various awards and was nominated for a Grammy. Faced with this furious start had 3 Doors Down to wear with the successor of a heavy burden. Whether they repeat the commercial success or even exceed, time will tell. Creative alternative rockers have the pressure at any rate stood confidently from Mississippi and delivered with Away from the Sun an album that surpasses the level of the first album. The new single When I'm Gone is the old hit Kryptonite in every way and provides the perfect introduction to an album without failures. The remaining eleven songs are all good to excellent, which I liked the amazing heavy riffende Sarah Yellin ', the dramatic changes and the two melancholy -tinged ticket and I Feel You especially. Worth mentioning are also the strings ballad Here Without You and flavored with percussion elements Dangerous Game, which makes the band around once more enthusiastic with his charismatic voice of Brad Arnold for variety. Producer Rick Parashar (eg Temple Of The Dog, Nickelback ) did a first class job and lived Away from the Sun given an equally as powerful and transparent sound. Strong! "He gave nine out of ten possible points.

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