The Art of Drowning

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The Art of Drowning

Studio album by AFI
Released	September 19, 2000
Recorded	Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre	Hardcore Punk Punk rock
Length	41:26
Label	Nitro Records
Producer(s)	Chuck Johnson, AFI
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AFI chronology
All Hallow's EP (1999)	The Art of Drowning (2000)	The Days of the Phoenix EP (2000)

The Art of Drowning is an album by AFI, released in 2000. Widely considered one of the highest-quality albums of the early-2000s hardcore punk rock, The Art of Drowning chart success was surprising for a punk rock band.^{[citation needed]}

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions
4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

"Initiation" – 0:39
"The Lost Souls" – 2:42
"The Nephilim" – 2:35
"Ever and a Day" – 3:06
"Sacrifice Theory" – 1:58
"Of Greetings and Goodbyes" – 3:04
"Smile" – 1:31
"A Story at Three" – 3:53
"The Days of the Phoenix" – 3:27
"Catch a Hot One" – 2:54
"Wester" – 3:01
"6 to 8" – 4:21
"The Despair Factor" – 3:54
"Morningstar" – 3:18
"Battled" – 1:03
"Dream of Waking" – 3:01

Note: "Dream of Waking" is a special track which is only available on the 12" vinyl version of the album or on the Punkzilla compilation from Nitro Records. "Battled" is a hidden track found at the end of "Morningstar". "Battled" is available under the name "Bonus Track" on iTunes.

[edit] Personnel

AFI - Vocals (bckgr), Producer
Davey Havok - Vocals
Adam Carson - Drums
Hunter Burgan - Bass
Jade Puget - Guitar
Nick 13 - Vocals (bckgr)
Chris Higgins (X-13) - Vocals (bckgr)
Darcy Vaughn - Viola
Thadd LaRue - Vocals (bckgr), Assistant
Chuck Johnson - Producer, Engineer
Frank Rinella - Assistant Engineer
Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
Andy Ernst - Mixing
Alan Forbes - Artwork
Jamie Reilly - Layout Design

[edit] Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

2000   The Billboard 200               No. 174
2000   Heatseekers                     No. 1
2002   Top Independent Albums          No. 1

[edit] Miscellanea

The inner-edge of the CD case reveals a hidden message: "Battled". This is the name of the album's secret track.
"The Despair Factor" contains the lyrics "My whole life is a dark room... one big dark room," which is a line originally spoken by Winona Ryder in the film Beetlejuice.
The official AFI fan club, the Despair Faction gets its name from the song "The Despair Factor."
To date, AFI have still never performed " Catch a Hot One" live.

Discography
AFI
Davey Havok \| Jade Puget \| Hunter Burgan \| Adam Carson
Mark Stopholese \| Vic Chalker \| Geoff Kresge
Albums and EPs: Dork \| Behind the Times \| Eddie Picnic's All Wet \| This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay \| AFI/Heckle Split \| Bombing the Bay \| Fly in the Ointment \| Answer That and Stay Fashionable \| Very Proud of Ya \| Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes \| A Fire Inside EP \| Black Sails in the Sunset \| Black Sails EP \| All Hallow's EP \| The Art of Drowning \|The Days of the Phoenix EP \| 336 \| Sing the Sorrow \| Decemberunderground
Singles: He Who Laughs Last \| Third Season \| Totalimmortal \| The Days of the Phoenix \| Girl's Not Grey \| The Leaving Song Pt. 2 \| Silver and Cold \| Miss Murder \| Love Like Winter \| The Missing Frame
DVDs: Clandestine \| I Heard a Voice
Related articles
Tiger Army \| Despair Faction \| Horrorpops \| Loose Change \| Dexter Holland \| Nitro Records \| Redemption 87 \| Son Of Sam \| Blaqk Audio
Categories: AFI \| AFI Songs \| AFI Albums
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