Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest
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{{Infobox album
| name = Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest
| type = studio
| artist = As Cities Burn
| cover = Acb_-_silyayd.png
| alt =
| released = June 21, 2005
| recorded = 2004–2005
| studio = Glow in the Dark, Atlanta, Georgia
| genre = Post-hardcore, screamo{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/screamo-albums-actually-rule/|title=11 Screamo Albums That Actually Rule|website=Loudwire|date=March 29, 2018 |accessdate=April 1, 2018}}
| length = 36:03
| label = Solid State
| producer = Matt Goldman, Josh Scogin, As Cities Burn
| prev_title = As Cities Burn EP
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Come Now Sleep
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score={{rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r778219}}
|rev2=Jesus Freak Hideout
|rev2Score={{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/SonILovedYouAtYourDarkest.asp |title=As Cities Burn, "Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest" Review |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date=June 21, 2005 |accessdate=September 15, 2013}}}}
Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest is the first full-length studio album released in June 2005 by As Cities Burn.
Allusions
The album includes numerous allusions. "Thus from My Lips, by Yours, My Sin Is Purged" is a line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Another example includes lyrics such as, "let the dead bury their own dead", from the song "Wake Dead Man, Wake". This is a line originally spoken by Jesus in The Gospel of Luke.
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1=Thus from My Lips, by Yours, My Sin Is Purged
| length1=3:04
| title2=Love Jealous One, Love
| length2=3:04
| title3=Incomplete Is a Leech
| length3=2:54
| title4=Bloodsucker Pt. II
| length4=3:23
| title5=Terrible! How Terrible for the Great City!
| length5=3:00
| title6=The Widow
| length6=3:51
| title7=Wake Dead Man, Wake
| length7=3:10
| title8=Admission: Regret
| length8=3:05
| title9=One: Twentyseven
| length9=3:51
| title10=Of Want and Misery: The Nothing That Kills
| length10=6:41
}}
Personnel
- Colin Kimble - rhythm guitar
- Cody Bonnette - lead guitar, clean vocals, piano
- Pascal Barone - bass
- Aaron Lunsford - drums, percussion
- TJ Bonnette - screamed vocals, programming, piano
- Lap steel on "Incomplete Is a Leech" - Troy Strains
- Piano on "Of Want and Misery: The Nothing That Kills", Crystal Ninja Strings - Matt Goldman
- Additional vocals on "Admission: Regret" - Josh Scogin
- Recording - Matt Goldman
- Mixing - Mike Watts
- Mastering - Troy Glessner
- Engineering - Tyler Orr, Troy Strains, Jeremiah Edwards
- Art - Asterik Studios
References
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