Dying Is Your Latest Fashion
2006 studio album by Escape the Fate
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Dying Is Your Latest Fashion is the first full-length album by the American rock band Escape the Fate, released on September 26, 2006, through Epitaph Records. It contains nine new songs and two songs taken from the preceding EP There's No Sympathy for the Dead. "Not Good Enough for Truth in Cliché" and "Situations" were released as singles, with music videos being made for both. This is the band’s only album to feature their original lead vocalist Ronnie Radke, who was fired from the band in 2008 due to legal issues.
| Dying Is Your Latest Fashion | ||||
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| Released | September 26, 2006 | |||
| Studio | Studio Barbarosa in Bavon, Virginia | |||
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| Length | 43:25 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Ryan Bake, Michael Baskette | |||
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| Singles from Dying Is Your Latest Fashion | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 50%[2] |
| AllMusic | |
Music and lyrics
The album's styles have been described as post-hardcore and emo,[1] drawing comparisons to the Used, My Chemical Romance and From First to Last. The track "The Guillotine" incorporates vocals that switch off between screaming and clean vocals. The song also incorporates shred guitar.[3] The album's lyrical tones have been described as "love and loss through standard-issue blood-soaked imagery of guillotines, corpses, red lipstick, and darkness".[1] Themes explored include addiction and self-destructive behavior.[4]
Promotion and release
Escape the Fate released the song "Not Good Enough for Truth in Cliché" as the first single and later released the song "Situations" as the second single on November 20, 2007, on iTunes, which included "Situations", its video, and the B-side "Makeup" which was previously only available on the Japanese version of Dying Is Your Latest Fashion.[citation needed]
"There's No Sympathy for the Dead" and "The Guillotine" were first released in the band's There's No Sympathy for the Dead EP.[citation needed]
"The Webs We Weave" was intended to be third single from the album, but was cancelled due to Ronnie Radke's departure.[citation needed]
"Reverse This Curse" was never released as a single but appeared in the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam and on the Warped Tour 2007 Tour Compilation album.[citation needed]
Following the release of the album, Radke was put on probation for narcotics charges and later violated probation when he was involved in an altercation resulting in the death of 18-year-old Michael Cook. Radke plead guilty to battery charges and was sent to prison for two years, leading Escape the Fate to hire Craig Mabbitt as their temporary lead singer. Mabbit would later become the permanent lead singer and be featured in the band's subsequent studio albums.[citation needed]
In celebration of the album's 10th anniversary, Falling in Reverse played every song from the album during their tour "Ronnie Radke's Three Ring Circus" in 2015.[citation needed]
Commercial performance
Track listing
All tracks are written by Escape the Fate, except track 8 by Escape the Fate and Mike Booth.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Webs We Weave" | 2:54 |
| 2. | "When I Go Out, I Want to Go Out on a Chariot of Fire" | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Situations" | 3:08 |
| 4. | "The Guillotine" | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Reverse This Curse" | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Cellar Door" | 4:36 |
| 7. | "There's No Sympathy for the Dead" | 5:25 |
| 8. | "My Apocalypse" | 4:43 |
| 9. | "Friends and Alibis" | 4:10 |
| 10. | "Not Good Enough for Truth in Cliché" | 3:50 |
| 11. | "The Day I Left the Womb" | 2:25 |
| Total length: | 43:25 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Make Up" (titled "Look Your Best") | 3:28 |
Personnel
Dying Is Your Latest Fashion album personnel as listed on AllMusic.[8]
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Escape the Fate
Production
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Additional musicians
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Chart positions
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] | 12 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] | 19 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Usage in media
"Reverse This Curse" is included in the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.