Bitterness the Star
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Bitterness the Star
| type = studio
| artist = 36 Crazyfists
| cover = BitternessTheStar.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = April 4, 2002{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bitterness the Star|author=Jason D. Taylor|publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}
| recorded = May 1–June 17, 2001
| venue =
| studio = Millbrook Studios (Millbrook, New York)
Red Clay Studios (Suffern, New York)
| genre = Nu metal{{cite web|author = Deviant|title= Review: 36 Crazyfists — Bitterness the Star|website= Sputnikmusic |date= 29 December 2009 |access-date= 3 July 2022 |url= https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/34195/36-Crazyfists-Bitterness-the-Star/}}{{cite book |last1=Sharpe-Young |first1=Garry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |location=New Plymouth, New Zealand |publisher=Zonda Books Limited |date=1 November 2005 |isbn=978-0958268400 |access-date=10 July 2022 }}
| length = 46:35
| label = Roadrunner
| producer = Eddie Wohl, Rob Caggiano, Steve Regina
| prev_title = Demo '99
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = A Snow Capped Romance
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bitterness the Star|author=Jason D. Taylor|publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}
| rev2 = PopMatters
}}
Bitterness the Star is the debut major label album by American metalcore band 36 Crazyfists.{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/36_crazyfists-bitterness_star|date=June 1, 2002|title=Bitterness the Star review|publisher=Exclaim!|author=Amber Authier|accessdate=July 20, 2019}} It was released on April 4, 2002 through Roadrunner Records, and was produced by Eddie Wohl. "Slit Wrist Theory" was released as a single and is often censored to "Wrist Theory" on music channels to eliminate the self-harm reference. This is the only 36 Crazyfists album to bear a Parental Advisory sticker.
Singer Brock Lindow has stated that this release is his favorite 36 Crazyfists studio album. In an interview with the music magazine Kerrang! in 2007, he declared, "Bitterness will always remain my favourite album, no matter what".{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
Background and recording
The majority of the songs were written in 1997–98, immediately after the release of the band's independent demo In the Skin.[http://themoshzone.com/2018/03/17/the-mosh-zone-episode-9-brock-of-36-crazyfists/ Lidow, Brock (March 2018)] In April 2001, 36 Crazyfists entered Millbrook Studios in Milbrook, New York with Eddie Wohl, Rob Caggiano and Steve Regina, all of Scrap 60 Productions.{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2001-04-27 |title=Archive News Apr 27, 2001 |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/archive-news-apr-27-2001/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}} Recording commenced on May 1, 2001. On June 1, 2001, Skinlab vocalist Steev Esquivel flew up to Millbrook to record a guest appearance on "Bury Me Where I Fall".{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2001-06-01 |title=Archive News Jun 01, 2001 |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/archive-news-jun-01-2001/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=June 18, 2001 |title=A Guest of Our Own |url=http://roadrun.com/artists/36Crazyfists/news.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827143548/http://roadrun.com/artists/36Crazyfists/news.asp |archive-date=2001-08-27 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=roadrun.com}} Three days later, the band left Millbrook and travelled to Red Clay Studios in Suffern, New York. The band finished recording on June 17, 2001.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 46:35
| all_lyrics = Brock Lindow
| all_music = 36 Crazyfists
| title1 = Turns to Ashes
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = One More Word
| length2 = 3:39
| note2 = feat. Carl Severson of Nora
| title3 = An Agreement Called Forever
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = Eightminutesupsidedown
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = Slit Wrist Theory
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Bury Me Where I Fall
| length6 = 3:35
| note6 = feat. Steev Esquivel of Skinlab
| title7 = Dislocate
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Two Months from a Year
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = Chalk White
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = All I Am
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Ceramic
| length11 = 3:03
| title12 = Circle the Drain
| length12 = 3:42
| title13 = Left Hand Charity
| length13 = 2:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition
| title14 = Crutch
| length14 = 5:28
| title15 = Circle the Drain
| note15 = Demo
| length15 = 3:38
| title16 = Chalk White
| note16 = Demo
| length16 = 3:18
| title17 = Disarray
| note17 = Demo
| length17 = 3:00
}}
- Tracks 15, 16 and 17 of the special edition are originally recorded on the '99 Demo.
Personnel
= 36 Crazyfists =
- Brock Lindow – vocals
- Steve Holt – guitar, backing vocals
- Mick Whitney – bass
- Thomas Noonan – drums
= Guests =
- Carl Severson – additional vocals on "One More Word"
- Steev Esquivel – additional vocals on "Bury Me Where I Fall"
= Production =
- Eddie Wohl – producer, engineer, mixing
- Rob Caggiano – producer, engineer, mixing
- Steve Regina – producer, engineer, mixing
- Paul Orofino – engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Tom Simpson – media
- Monte Conner – A&R
- Daniel Moss – photography
- Brooke Fasani – live photos
References
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{{36 Crazyfists}}
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