Confessions or The Annabel Trilogy Part III: Confessions (on Re-release edition) is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band, Alesana. It is their third concept album and the final chapter of the Annabel trilogy, released on April 21, 2015. The first one, The Emptiness (Fearless Records) was released in 2010, and the second one, A Place Where the Sun Is Silent (Epitaph Records) was released in 2011.
Background
Alesana released a book titled "Annabel" on August 31. The short novel tells the story that the band's three concept albums are based around, including a special edition of Confessions with new artwork and two extra songs.
Reception Timothy Mongle of Allmusic wrote that Confessions "eschews traditional labels" and called the band's self-description of "sweetcore" a fusion of screamo with "highly theatrical alt-rock". The album debuted at number 47 on Billboard's Top Album Sales and 82 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing All lyrics written by Dennis Lee, Shawn Milke, and Patrick Thompson, all music composed by Alesana.
Personnel Dennis Lee – unclean vocals, lyrics Shawn Milke – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar Patrick Thompson – lead guitar, backing vocals Jake Campbell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead guitar Shane Crump – bass, backing vocals Jeremy Bryan – drums
Additional musicians Melissa Milke – female vocals Daryl Gall – spoken word vocals Josh Grosscup – Additional vocals on "Fatima Rusalka"
Production Neil Engle and Shawn Milke – production
Charts Chart (2015) Peakposition US Billboard 20082 US Billboard Alternative Albums10 US Billboard Hard Rock Albums3 US Billboard Independent Albums7 US Billboard Top Rock Albums12 US Billboard Top Sales Album47
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