Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
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| Studio album by Coheed and Cambria | |||||
| Released | September 20, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2005 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | 72:00 | ||||
| Label | Columbia, Equal Vision | ||||
| Producer | Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner | ||||
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Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness is the third studio album by progressive rock quartet Coheed and Cambria. It was released on September 20, 2005. It is the first disc of the fourth section of a projected tetralogy. On the album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, the phrase "My dearest Apollo I'll be burning Star 4" is written after the lyrics for the song "The Light & The Glass."
The album begins to resolve the issues of Claudio's quest to protect the Keywork, and sheds more light on the demise of Coheed and his wife Cambria. Also, it sheds light on the issues of the Monstar virus and Jesse's involvement in the saga. A graphic novel based upon the entire story of the album was released on the same day. This album, unlike the others, tells the story through the eyes of the writer.
The official site once hosted the third track and first single from the album, entitled "Welcome Home". This song is also featured in the music video game "Rock Band". The band's MySpace and Purevolume had the second single from the album, entitled "The Suffering". The third single was "Ten Speed (of God's Blood & Burial)", released only as a video and never to radio.
The album was ranked number 69 in the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's list of the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time. An acoustic version of "Wake Up" was featured on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack.
The CD is Coheed & Cambria's greatest success to date selling over a million copies worldwide.[1] It has also received mostly positive reviews, getting a Metacritic score of 73%. [2]
A special edition of the CD was released, with an alternate cover, and a bonus DVD consisting of "The Suffering" and "Welcome Home" videos, short animated vignettes which describe part of the story of the Amory Wars, Coheed and Cambria in the studio, The Favour House Atlantic movie, and Favour House Atlantic bloopers.
The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200, selling over 500,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
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[edit] Graphic novel
A graphic novel entitled Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, illustrated by Christopher Shy, was released in September of 2005 along with the album of the same name. The story of Good Apollo takes a step outside the science fiction narrative of the first three chapters and examines the life of The Writer, a character who is crafting the lives of the protagonist Claudio and his companions in the form of a fictional story. Through a series of delusional conversations with his ten speed bicycle about an unfaithful former lover, The Writer decides he must kill the Prise Ambellina to properly end his story. The events in the narrative itself build up to a final confrontation between Jesse's rebel forces and the Red Army of Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan under the command of General Mayo Deftinwolf, as well as a literal meeting of the Writer and Claudio culminating in the death of Ambellina and Claudio's emergence as the Crowing.
The new Amory Wars series, illustrated by Gus Vasquez, will re-tell the story of Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume One. Claudio stated that a lot was lost from the graphic novel because of financial constraints. He further explained that although Christopher Shy's art is beautiful, it was not the best medium for Good Apollo's story-telling. Claudio looks forward to releasing a new version in chronological order so that the story will make more sense.
[edit] Personnel
- Claudio Sanchez - Vocals, Guitar
- Travis Stever - Guitar, Lap Steel, Vocals
- Michael Todd - Bass, Vocals
- Josh Eppard - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
- Lyrics by Claudio Sanchez
- All Music by Coheed and Cambria
- Keyboards on 5-10 and 15 by Danny Louis
- Background vocals on 9 and 15 by Sarah Kathryn Jacobs
- Percussion on 6 and 8 by Daniel Sadownick
- Musical interludes on "The Willing Well" by Claudio Sanchez
- Child's voice on 2 and 15 by Janiris Sanchez (Claudio Sanchez's niece)
[edit] Track listing
- Keeping the Blade - 2:08
- Always & Never - 2:23
- Welcome Home - 6:14
- Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial) - 3:46
- Crossing the Frame - 3:26
- Apollo I: The Writing Writer - 5:15
- Once Upon Your Dead Body - 3:19
- Wake Up - 3:35
- The Suffering - 3:43
- The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court - 3:17
- Mother May I - 4:32
- The Willing Well I: Fuel for the Feeding End - 7:17
- The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness - 7:28
- The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth - 7:18
- The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut - 7:40 (includes the hidden track "Bron-Y-Aur", a tribute to Led Zeppelin)
[edit] Bonus Edition DVD
- "The Suffering" music video
- "Welcome Home" music video
- A Favor House Atlantic movie
- A Favor House Atlantic bloopers
- In The Studio Footage
- 6 short vignettes
[edit] Notes:
- The Japanese pressing of the album contained a bonus track, A Favor House Atlantic (live @ Starland Ballroom)
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