The Fiancée is the second full-length album from the band The Chariot released on April 3, 2007. It was the final release by the band to feature drummer Jake Ryan; it was also the only release until Long Live to feature guitarist Jon Terrey, and the first and only release with guitarist Dan Eaton.
Track listing
Album On The Fiancée, the first eight track titles make up a passage from a poem,Album Track Titles seen on Zambooie of which multiple variants are found online, but it is often called "The Backward Rhyme" or "Contradiction Poem".Poem's discussion in article labelled OO: Peephole in a Barbed Wire Fence by Jed Hartman Following the opening lines, "One bright day in the middle of the night / two dead boys got up to fight," it continues along the lines of:
Poem Track name Track listing Back to back they faced each other, Back to Back, They Faced Each Other Tracks 1 and 2 drew their swords and shot each other. They Drew* Their Swords, And Shot Each Other Tracks 3 and 4 A deaf policeman heard the noise, The Deaf Policemen, Heard This Noise Tracks 5 and 6 and came and killed the two dead boys. Then Came to Kill, The Two Dead Boys Tracks 7 and 8 *The back of the album has "They Drew Their Swords" for track three.
The song "And Shot Each Other" is a redone version of the previously unreleased song "Elvish Presley" and "Then Came To Kill" is a redone version of the song "Kenny Gibler (Play The Piano Like A Disease)" from the Unsung EP.
Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams is featured on "Then Came To Kill", the remake of "Kenny Gibler (Play the Piano Like a Disease)".
Sacred Harp singers are featured on "And Shot Each Other" and "The Trumpet". They are also featured in the movie Awake, My Soul.
The name of the Sacred Harp featured at the end of "And Shot Each Other" is called "77t: The Child Of Grace".
There is a video that has been released for the track "They Drew Their Swords," and one has been shot in New York for "Forgive Me Nashville."
The song "Forgive Me Nashville" was featured in This Is Solid State Volume 6 as part of a Christian metal compilation series. This song was named as an apology to the fans in Nashville - Josh Scogin, the vocalist, felt they gave a poor performance at a show in Nashville, Tennessee.MTV The harmonica heard for the last thirty-four seconds of this song is by mewithoutYou's Aaron Weiss.Punk News discusses the album The final song is called "The Trumpet" which refers to the Sacred Harp hymn "149: The Trumpet",Francis S. Wiggins (1833). The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge. G.F. Bunc Printer. New York Public Library in other hymnals also called "Awful Pomp of Judgement"American Baptist Publication Society (1850). The Psalmist: A New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches. or "The Chariot".
The music video for "They Faced Each Other," was a compilation of four thousand photographs taken during a photoshoot/performance for the video, and according to the video's introduction, over ten-thousand were actually taken during the "taping".Video on Myspace Music videos for "They Drew Their Swords" and "Forgive Me Nashville" (New York) have also been shot.
Personnel Josh Scogin - Vocals Jon Terrey - Guitar Dan Eaton - Guitar Jon Kindler - Bass Jake Ryan - Drums
Awards In 2008, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.Nominations Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards on CBN.com (February 14, 2008)
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