Stanley Climbfall

{{Infobox album

| name = Stanley Climbfall

| type = studio

| cover = Stanley Climbfall.jpg

| alt = Three men walking near a truck inside a notebook, with the band's name written in red and the album's title written underneath in blue.

| released = September 17, 2002

| recorded = December 2001 – June 2002

| studio = Royaltone (North Hollywood, California)

| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|alternative rock|post-grunge|pop rock}}

| length = 50:16

| label = DreamWorks

| producer = Ron Aniello

| prev_title = No Name Face

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Lifehouse

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Stanley Climbfall

| type = studio

| single1 = Spin

| single1date = July 22, 2002

| single2 = Take Me Away

| single2date = April 7, 2003

}}

Stanley Climbfall is the second studio album by American rock band Lifehouse. It was released on September 17, 2002, through DreamWorks Records. It was produced by Ron Aniello, the producer of the band's first record, No Name Face (2000). Supported by the singles "Spin" and "Take Me Away", the album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 but did not perform as well commercially as No Name Face. "Take Me Away" peaked at number 22 on Billboard's Adult Pop Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-pop-songs/2002-12-28|title=Adult Pop Songs (The week of May 17, 2003)|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318181126/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-pop-songs/2003-05-17|archive-date=March 18, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=January 13, 2023}} Stanley Climbfall has sold over one million copies domestically.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r598296|pure_url=yes}}|title=Stanley Climbfall - Lifehouse|last=Carlson|first=Dean|publisher=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115011532/https://www.allmusic.com/album/stanley-climbfall-mw0000661735|archive-date=November 15, 2012|url-status=live|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/09/20/stanley-climbfall/|title=Stanley Climbfall|last=Tyrangiel|first=Josh|date=September 20, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707025819/https://ew.com/article/2002/09/20/stanley-climbfall/|archive-date=July 7, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=July 6, 2022}}

| rev3 = Jesus Freak Hideout

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/StanleyClimbfall.asp|title=Lifehouse, "Stanley Climbfall" Review|last=DiBiase|first=John|date=September 15, 2002|publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021004142920/https://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/StanleyClimbfall.asp|archive-date=October 4, 2002|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2013}}

| rev4 = Melodic

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=711|title=Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall|last=Roth|first=Kaj|magazine=Melodic|year=2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221116/http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=711|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2013}}

| rev5 = musicOMH

| rev5score = (average){{cite magazine|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lifehouse-stanley-climbfall|title=Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall|last=Bansal|first=Vik|date=September 16, 2002|magazine=musicOMH|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512123803/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lifehouse-stanley-climbfall|archive-date=May 12, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2013}}

| rev6 = Orlando Sentinel

| rev6score = (average){{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2003/02/07/lifehouse-stanley-climbfall/|title=Lifehouse: Stanley Climbfall|last=Gleason|first=Breigh|date=February 7, 2003|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721022922/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-02-07/entertainment/0302060581_1_human-love-stanley-electric-guitars|archive-date=July 21, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2013}}

| rev7 = People

| rev7score = (unfavorable){{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138011,00.html|title=Picks and Pans Review: Stanley Climbfall|last1=Novak|first1=Ralph|last2=Peterson|first2=V.R.|last3=Smith|first3=Kyle|last4=Jordan|first4=Julie|date=September 23, 2002|magazine=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721072728/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138011,00.html|archive-date=July 21, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2013}}

| rev8 = Stylus Magazine

| rev8score = A−{{cite magazine|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lifehouse/stanley-climbfall.htm|title=Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall - Review|last=Blanford|first=Roxanne|date=September 1, 2003|magazine=Stylus Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515184930/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lifehouse/stanley-climbfall.htm|archive-date=May 15, 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2013}}

| rev9 = USA Today

| rev9score = {{Rating|1.5|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/408968760|title=Lifehouse not up to code; Levert hits 'Spot'|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|date=September 17, 2002|newspaper=USA Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141305/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/doc/408968760.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+17%2C+2002&author=Gardner%2C+Elysa%3B+Gundersen%2C+Edna%3B+Jones%2C+Steve%3B+Mansfield%2C+Brian&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=&desc=Lifehouse+not+up+to+code%3B+Levert+hits+%27Spot%27|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=October 3, 2013}}

}}

Stanley Climbfall received mixed reviews from critics, who both praised and criticized lead singer Jason Wade's songwriting and the album's repetitive sound. Billboard published a positive review of the album, with writer L. F. describing it as "as close to bullet-proof as one can get...meticulously measured and carefully designed" and Wade as a "top-shelf songwriter" with a "knack for weaving smarter-than-average lyrics into tightly constructed, instantly memorable melodies."

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74231/stanley-climbfall|title=Stanley Climbfall|last=F.|first=L.|date=September 21, 2002|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005183726/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74231/stanley-climbfall|archive-date=October 5, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2023}} Josh Tyrangiel of Entertainment Weekly called the album "Charming harmlessness" with "Wade us[ing] his Vedderesque baritone to dress the usual word salad of sadness, alienation, and overcoming sadness and alienation." He pinpointed "Spin", "Take Me Away", and "Out of Breath" as standout tracks on the album.

In contrast, AllMusic{{'}}s Dean Carlson felt the album was "exhausting", given that several other bands had a similar sound, and felt that Aniello and Brendan O'Brien's production "transform[ed] possible sincerity into self-importance and drain[ed] the band of any real individuality."

Commercial performance

Stanley Climbfall debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with 74,000 copies sold.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/a1w6c3/believe-it-disturbed-top-billboard-albums-chart|title=Believe It: Disturbed Top Billboard Albums Chart|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe|date=November 5, 2002|website=MTV.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107055247/https://www.mtv.com/news/a1w6c3/believe-it-disturbed-top-billboard-albums-chart|archive-date=January 7, 2023|url-status=dead|access-date=January 7, 2023}} In its second week on the ranking, it charted at number 30 with a further 26,000 copies sold.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3lav5x/the-king-crowned-1-on-billboard-albums-chart|title=The King Crowned #1 On Billboard Albums Chart|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe|date=October 2, 2002|website=MTV.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105155435/https://www.mtv.com/news/3lav5x/the-king-crowned-1-on-billboard-albums-chart|archive-date=January 5, 2023|url-status=dead|access-date=January 7, 2023}} According to Nielsen SoundScan, 285,000 cumulative copies of the album were sold in the country by February 2003.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72283/billboard-bits-lifehouse-ziggy-marley-camp-freddy|title=Billboard Bits: Lifehouse, Ziggy Marley, Camp Freddy|last=Jeckell|first=Barry A.|date=February 18, 2003|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005044406/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72283/billboard-bits-lifehouse-ziggy-marley-camp-freddy|archive-date=October 5, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2023}} Four months later, sales reached the 300,000 mark, "a definite comedown" from the band's debut album No Name Face (2000). The album's domestic commercial performance was attributed in part to a lack of promotion—the band went on tour in Europe first, at the direction of its label, to "make up" for previously only touring for a week in the territory in support of No Name Face—and the absence "of a breakout hit on the scale of 'Hanging By A Moment{{'}}". In response, Wade said that the album was "not about sales, but rather furthering his craft and maturing as an artist".{{cite news|url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/lifestyle/2003/06/13/lifehouse-comes-home/50724921007/|title=Lifehouse comes home|last=Mccoy|first=Brian|date=June 13, 2003|work=Recordnet.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105063615/https://www.recordnet.com/story/lifestyle/2003/06/13/lifehouse-comes-home/50724921007/|archive-date=January 5, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2023}} In November 2009, Billboard reported that sales of the album had reached 411,000 copies in the US.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266778/ask-billboard-swifts-latest-fearless-feat|title=Ask Billboard: Swift's Latest 'Fearless' Feat|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=November 6, 2009|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522075347/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/266778/ask-billboard-swifts-latest-fearless-feat?mobile_redirection=false|archive-date=May 22, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=December 22, 2015}} It eventually surpassed 1 million sales domestically.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sonyatv-inks-worldwide-publishing-deal-jason-wade/|title=Sony/ATV Inks Worldwide Publishing Deal With Jason Wade|date=July 27, 2016|website=Music Business Worldwide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729094423/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sonyatv-inks-worldwide-publishing-deal-jason-wade/|archive-date=July 29, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=January 5, 2023}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

|headline = Stanley Climbfall track listing

|title1 = Spin

|writer1 = {{hlist|Jason Wade|Ron Aniello}}

|length1 = 4:51

|title2 = Wash

|writer2 = Wade

|length2 = 4:48

|title3 = Sky Is Falling

|writer3 = Wade

|length3 = 3:29

|title4 = Anchor

|writer4 = {{hlist|Wade|Carl Broemel}}

|length4 = 5:02

|title5 = Am I Ever Gonna Find Out

|writer5 = {{hlist|Wade|Aniello}}

|length5 = 2:39

|title6 = Stanley Climbfall

|writer6 = {{hlist|Wade|Aniello}}

|length6 = 3:49

|title7 = Out of Breath

|writer7 = {{hlist|Wade|Aniello}}

|length7 = 3:20

|title8 = Just Another Name

|writer8 = Wade

|length8 = 3:24

|title9 = Take Me Away

|writer9 = {{hlist|Wade|Sergio Andrade}}

|length9 = 4:47

|title10 = My Precious

|writer10 = Wade

|length10 = 4:24

|title11 = Empty Space

|writer11 = Wade

|length11 = 5:02

|title12 = The Beginning

|writer12 = Wade

|length12 = 4:38

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Expanded Edition

| title13 = How Long

| writer13 = Wade

| length13 = 5:09

| title14 = Sky Is Falling

| note14 = acoustic version

| writer14 = Wade

| length14 = 2:53

}}

Personnel

Lifehouse

Jason Wade – vocals, guitars
Sergio Andrade – bass
Rick Woolstenhulme, Jr. – drums

Production

Ron Aniello – producer
Brendan O'Brien – mixing

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row" \| US Contemporary Christian Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2002/BB-2002-10-12.pdf\|title=Unpublished: Contemporary Christian\|date=October 12, 2002\|magazine=Billboard\|format=pdf\|volume=114\|number=41\|page=4\|access-date=February 14, 2025}} \| 1
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for Stanley Climbfall ! Chart (2002) ! Peak position
{{album chart\|Australia\|39\|artist=Lifehouse\|album=Stanley Climbfall\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCanada\|9\|artist=Lifehouse\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|79\|artist=Lifehouse\|album=Stanley Climbfall\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Denmark\|24\|artist=Lifehouse\|album=Stanley Climbfall\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|65\|id=7224\|artist=Lifehouse\|album=Stanley Climbfall\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|New Zealand\|25\|artist=Lifehouse\|album=Stanley Climbfall\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|47\|artist=Lifehouse\|album=Stanley Climbfall\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|7\|artist=Lifehouse\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 20, 2022}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ 2002 year-end chart performance for Stanley Climbfall ! scope="col" \| Chart (2002) ! scope="col" \| Position
scope="row" \| Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html\|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002\|website=Jam!\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html\|archive-date=December 4, 2003\|url-status=dead\|access-date=March 26, 2022}} \| 98

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 2002 year-end chart performance for Stanley Climbfall

! scope="col" | Chart (2002)

! scope="col" | Position

scope="row" | Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|archive-date=December 4, 2003|url-status=dead|access-date=March 26, 2022}}

| 98

References

Category:2002 albums

Category:Albums produced by Ron Aniello

Category:Lifehouse (band) albums

Category:DreamWorks Records albums

Category:Interscope Geffen A&M Records albums