The Art of Drowning

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The Art of Drowning is a hardcore punk album by AFI, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). Widely considered the band's best LP and one of the highest-quality albums of late-1990s hardcore punk rock, The Art of Drowning chart success was surprising for an indie rock band.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 4 Trivia

Track listing

1. "Initiation" - 0:39
2. "The Lost Souls" - 2:42
3. "The Nephilim" - 2:35
4. "Ever and a Day" - 3:06
5. "Sacrifice Theory" - 1:58
6. "Of Greetings and Goodbyes" - 3:04
7. "Smile" - 1:31
8. "A Story at Three" - 3:53
9. "The Days of the Phoenix" - 3:27
10. "Dream Of Waking" - 3:01
11. "Catch a Hot One" - 2:54
12. "Wester" - 3:01
13. "6 to 8" - 4:21
14. "The Despair Factor" - 3:54
15. "Morningstar" - 3:18
16. "Battled" - 1:03

Note: "Dream of Waking" is a special track which is only available on the 12" vinyl version of the album or on the Punkzilla compilation from Nitro Records. "Battled" is a hidden track found at the end of "Morningstar".

Personnel

• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
• Chuck Johnson - Producer, Engineer
• A.F.I. - Vocals (bckgr), Producer
• Andy Ernst - Mixing
• Frank Rinella - Assistant Engineer
• Davey Havok - Vocals
• Nick 13 - Vocals (bckgr)
• Jade Puget - Guitar
• Darcy Vaughn - Viola
• Adam Carson - Drums
• Alan Forbes - Artwork
• Thadd LaRue - Vocals (bckgr), Assistant
• Jamie Reilly - Layout Design
• Hunter - Bass

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

2000   The Billboard 200               No. 174
2000   Heatseekers                     No. 9
2002   Top Independent Albums          No. 33

Trivia

On the inner-edge of the CD case is a hidden message:

Battled

This is the title of the hidden trackTemplate:Ref. Such hidden messages are present on many of AFI's releases during their time on Nitro Records.sv:The Art of Drowning