The Curse 1420183 224855212 2008-07-10T18:41:40Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = The Curse | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] | Cover = Atreyu_curse_cover.jpg | Released = [[June 29]], [[2004]] | Recorded = Plumper Mountain Sound, Gibson's BC and [[The Warehouse Studio]] | Genre = [[Metalcore]] | Length = 45:52 | Label = [[Victory Records]] | Producer = [[GGGarth]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|3.5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:c2oibkd9sakn link] * [[PopMatters]] Favorable [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/atreyu-curse.shtml link] * [[The Metal Observer]] 4/10 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=7095 link] * Aversiononline.com 5/10 [http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/15/ link] * ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating-5|3}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/atreyu/albums/album/6072338/review/6294692/the_curse link] * Víctor Moreno {{rating-5|4}} * Elena Delmas {{rating-10|7}} | Last album = ''[[Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses]]''<br>(2002) | This album = '''''The Curse'''''<br>(2004) | Next album = ''[[A Death-Grip on Yesterday]]''<br>(2006) | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | | Type = [[Album]] | Upper caption = Alternate cover | Lower caption = Special edition CD/DVD | Cover = Atreyu_curse_dvd.jpg }}{{Singles | Name = The Curse | Type = Studio | single 1 = Bleeding Mascara | single 1 date = [[2004]] | single 2 = Right Side of the Bed | single 2 date = [[2004]] | single 3 = [[The Crimson (song)|The Crimson]] | single 3 date = [[2004]] }} }} {{otheruses4|the Atreyu album|the [[Stargate SG-1]] episode|The Curse (Stargate SG-1)|the 2005 J-Horror Film|The Curse (film)}} '''''The Curse''''' is [[United States|American]] [[metalcore]] band [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]'s second full-length [[album]] released on [[June 29]], [[2004]], under [[Victory Records]]. The album went on to produce two singles, "Right Side of the Bed" and "The Crimson." The videos for "Right Side of the Bed" and "The Crimson" achieved much airplay on television networks such as [[MTV2]] and [[Fuse TV|FUSE]]. The songs also received airplay on some radio stations across various countries. Since its release, ''The Curse'' has gone on to sell more than 350,000 copies. ==Track listing== #"Blood Children (An Introduction)" – 1:14 #"Bleeding Mascara" – 2:28 #"Right Side of the Bed" – 3:42 #"This Flesh a Tomb" – 3:59 #"You Eclipsed by Me" – 3:38 #"[[The Crimson (song)|The Crimson]]" – 4:01 #"The Remembrance Ballad" – 4:27 #"An Interlude" – 2:09 #"Corseting" – 2:10 #"Demonology and Heartache" – 3:42 #"My Sanity on the Funeral Pyre" – 3:40 #"Nevada's Grace" – 3:48 #"Five Vicodin Chased With a Shot of Clarity" – 4:24 #"You Give Love a Bad Name" -3:26 "Japanese Bonus Track" Bon Jovi Cover * Music written by [[Dan Jacobs]], [[Travis Miguel]] and Brandon Saller, lyrics written by [[Alex Varkatzas]]. * A limited edition version of ''The Curse'', which was only available at Best Buy stores, included a cover of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" (Bonus Track). It was limited to 30,000 copies and used another cover, which is in black. The track is also included on the Japanese release. * "Right Side of the Bed" appears on the soundtrack for the video game ''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''. ===Colored vinyl releases=== *Clear Green *White *Clear *Red *Gold ===Limited edition re-release=== On [[June 28]], [[2005]], Victory Records re-released ''The Curse'' with a bonus [[DVD]]. The bonus DVD included four of the band's music videos, as follows: *"Ain't Love Grand" (Music video) *"Lip Gloss and Black" (Music video) *"Right Side of the Bed" (Music video) *"[[The Crimson (song)|The Crimson]]" (Music video) Only 30,000 copies of the limited edition version of the album were pressed and each copy is numbered in accordance. ==Credits== ===Band line-up=== *[[Dan Jacobs]] - [[Guitar]] *[[Travis Miguel]] - Guitar *[[Brandon Saller]] - [[Drums]], [[Vocals]] *[[Marc McKnight]]¹ - [[Bass guitar|Bass]] *[[Alex Varkatzas]] - Vocals, [[Lyricist]] ¹ Marc is listed as a member of the band, but it is unclear as to whether he played bass on the recording. On The Curse DVD you can see Marc playing bass in near all of the songs recorded. The band gives thanks to Tom Macdonald, from the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[pop rock]] [[Band (music)|band]] [[Hedley (band)|Hedley]] for "lending his bass skills" to the recording, but it is not known whether he played bass on every song or only a select few. ===Additional credits=== *Album layout by Jason Link and Alex Varkatzas *Band photographs by Sean Stiegemeier *Digital editing by Ben Kaplan; assisted by Lee Robertson, Kurt McNally and Brian Gallant *Effects, make-up and teeth fabrication (model) by Louie Zakarian *Engineered by Dean Maher *Hair (model) by Silvia McBride *Mastered by Howie Weinberg *Mixed by Josh Wilbur *Model is Natalia Delano *Photography (model) by Justin Borucki *Produced by [[GGGarth]] *Re-touching (model) by Peter Possenti *Styling (model) by Selena Leong ==Charts== '''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America) {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|2004 |align="left"|The Billboard 200 |align="left"|32 |- |align="left"|2004 |align="left"|Top Independent Albums |align="left"|1 |- |} ==Videography== *"Right Side of the Bed" (2004) ([http://www.victoryrecords.com/Videos/DL/atreyu_RSOTB.mov .mov file from victoryrecords.com]) *"The Crimson" (2004) ([http://www.victoryrecords.com/Videos/DL/atreyu_crimson.mov .mov file from victoryrecords.com]) {{Atreyu}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curse, The}} [[Category:Atreyu albums]] [[Category:2004 albums]] [[Category:Victory Records albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by GGGarth]] [[es:The Curse]] [[fr:The Curse]] [[it:The Curse (Atreyu)]] [[sv:The Curse]]