See More Your browser does not support the audio element. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference Evanescence's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is Fallen's emotional center point and defines the band's sound. Ethereal synths float above Ben Moody's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana.
But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like Type O Negative that influences most of Fallen. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). In fact, almost half of Fallen's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest Tori Amos if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the Projekt label. A flawless slice of Linkin Park-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between Lee and 12 Stones' Paul McCoy. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil, Fallen debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40.
The album was recorded at Ocean Studios (Burbank) and Conway Recording Studios (Hollywood) both in California. in 2004, with about 2.61 million copies sold that year. Fallen was the eighth best-selling album in the U.S. Buy the album Starting at 16.29€įallen is the major-label debut of Evanescence, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old Amy Lee. Fallen is the first full-length album by Evanescence, and their first album to achieve widespread release around the world. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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