Track Listing 1. Keeping the Blade 2. Always and Never 3. Welcome Home 4. Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial) 5. Crossing the Frame 6. Apollo 1: The Writing Writer 7. Once Upon Your Dead Body 8. Wake Up 9. Suffering, The 10. Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Emily Court, The 11. Mother May I 12. Fuel For the Feeding End 13. Fear Through the Eyes of Madness 14. Apollo II: The Telling Truth 15. Final Cut, The
| Details | | Producer: | Chris Bittner, Coheed & Cambria, Michael Birnbaum | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Coheed & Cambria: Travis Stever (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar); Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitar); Josh Eppard (vocals, keyboards, drums); Michael Todd (vocals, bass guitar). Additional personnel: Janiris Sanchez (spoken vocals); Danny Louis (keyboards); Daniel Sadownick (percussion); Sarah Kathryn Jacobs (background vocals). Recording information: Applehead Studios, Woodstock, New York (2005). Ambition has never been a problem for Coheed & Cambria, but with GOOD APOLLO, I'M BURNING STAR IV..., the upstate New York progressive-metal quartet has succeeded in topping its already-adventurous previous outings. While extending its sonic reach, however, Coheed & Cambria has also hit new heights of accessibility, often sounding like a kinder, gentler Mars Volta, with soaringly melodic moments peeking through billowing, dense clouds of driving guitars and breakneck rhythms. The group eases into GOOD APOLLO with a moody orchestral opening ("Keeping the Blade") and a deceptively benevolent acoustic track ("Always & Never"), before launching into the blisteringly heavy "Welcome Home." As always, frontman Claudio Sanchez carries the dynamic songs, belting out strangely narrative lyrics in his high, clear voice. Although Coheed & Cambria has been loosely categorized as an "emo" band, here the ensemble fully outgrows that tag, joining an elite company of inventive metal acts (like the aforementioned Mars Volta) that are determined to challenge and fascinate listeners.
Editorial Reviews Stuffed with atmospheric synths, string swells and acoustic ballads...Coheed's unapologetic love of prg-rock excess and technical prowess should please the band's oft-obsessive fanbase. CMJ
3 out of 5 stars - Coheed and Cambria's devotion to prog-rock complexity and Dungeons and Dragons fantasia is so over-the-top it's damn near awe-inspiring.... Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 5 -- Sanchez's grand vision is realised via a blend of prog rock, old-school heavy metal and modern emo... Mojo
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