Track Listing
THE CHRONICLES OF LIFE& DEATH: LIFE VERSION:
1. Once Upon a Time: The Battle of Life and Death
2. Chronicles of Life and Death, The
3. Walk Away (Maybe)
4. S.O.S.
5. I Just Wanna Live
6. Ghost of You
7. Predictable
8. Secrets
9. Truth, The
10. World Is Black, The
11. Mountain
12. We Believe
13. It Wasn't Enough
14. In This World (Murder)
15. Falling Away - (Bonus Track)
| Details | | Producer: | Eric Valentine | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Good Charlotte: Benji Madden (vocals, guitars); Joel Madden (vocals); Billy Martin (guitars, keyboards); Paul Thomas (bass instrument, bass guitar); Chris Wilson (drums).
Additional personnel: Matt Radosevich (piano).
Recording information: Barefoot Studios, Hollywood, California (2004).
When it comes to a genre as stylistically specific as pop-punk, bands generally aren't expected to progress much beyond the standard mix of raging guitars, speedy drumming, and high-pitched melodic vocals singing paeans to teen rebellion. With 2004's THE CHRONICLES OF LIFE AND DEATH, however, Good Charlotte confounds expectations by delivering a sprawling concept album that borrows from a variety of distinctly non-punk music. Opening with a spooky, orchestral piece that sounds like a mix of John Williams and Arvo Part, the disc races from Cheap Trick-esque power pop (the title track) to shoegazer-y angst-rock ("In This World [Murder]") to Rufus Wainright-like sensitive piano ballads ("The Truth"). On "I Just Wanna Live," the group even tries its hand at rap, rhyming over a groove that's half Snoop Dogg/half Happy Mondays. For all its seeming incongruity, however, the record never sounds messy, but rather emerges as the work of a band eager to expand the boundaries of both its chosen style and its own musicality. (Note: There are two versions of the album, each containing a different bonus track.)
Editorial Reviews
[I]t's clear that the eyelinered band has taken a giant leap forward - in instrumental prowess, and in emotional and melodic scope. - Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
3 out of 5 Good Charlotte have obviously put a lot of effort and imagination into CHRONICLES...
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