| Album Features |
| UPC: | 602527198798 |
| Artist: | Flyleaf |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Year: | 2009 |
| Record Label: | A&M Records (USA) |
| Genre: | Heavy Metal, Rock & Pop |
Track Listing1. Beautiful Bride
2. Again
3. Chasm
4. Missing
5. This Close
6. Kind, The
7. In The Dark
8. Set Apart This Dream
9. Swept Away
10. Tiny Heart
11. Melting [Interlude]
12. Treasure
13. Circle
14. Arise
| Details |
| Playing Time: | 44 min. |
| Producer: | Howard Benson |
| Distributor: | EMI Christian Music Group |
| Recording Type: | Studio |
| Recording Mode: | Stereo |
| SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album NotesPersonnel: Sameer Bhattacharya, Jared Hartmann (guitar); Howard Benson (keyboards, programming); James Culpepper (drums, timpani, wind chime).Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.Recording information: Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village, CA; Sparky Dark, Calabasas, CA.Illustrator: Pat Seals.Texas-based Christian rock/emo-metal quintet Flyleaf's sophomore release jettisons the raw, punk-infused angst of its platinum-selling debut, replacing it with a thick, punchy theatricality that is as progressive as it is radio-ready. Fueled by the electrifying voice of Lacey Mosley, who can build a city with a single soaring note and then tear it down with a lone caterwaul, Memento Mori (musically, at least) owes more to the tech-heavy, similarly faith-based King's X than it does the moody atmospherics of Evanescence, but there's enough angst and obsession here to draw fans of the latter. At 14 songs, most of which bust out the gate with guns blazing, it can be hard to differentiate, especially when the group sticks to the formula of heavy riff/verse/heavy riff/chorus, but between the moody single "Again" and the alternately laid-back and elegiac closer "Arise," the five members of Flyleaf have come awfully close to finding and defining their voice. ~ James Christopher Monger
Personnel: Sameer Bhattacharya, Jared Hartmann (guitar); Howard Benson (keyboards, programming); James Culpepper (drums, wind chime).Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.Recording information: Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, CA; Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village, CA.Illustrator: Pat Seals.
Editorial Reviews3 stars out of 5 -- MEMENTO MORI is a good album, with the awesome 'Set Apart This Dream' and 'Again' shining with their anthemic choruses and deft use of pop melody.Alternative Press Frontwoman Lacey Mosley couches her searching wails in couplets that expertly walk the line between secular and God-centered. -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly eBay Product ID: EPID78357449
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