The Open Door

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Studio album by Evanescence
Released	September 25, 2006
Recorded	September 2005 - March 2006
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	54:15
Label	Wind-up Records
Producer(s)	Dave Fortman
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Evanescence chronology
Anywhere but Home (2004)	The Open Door (2006)	—
Singles from The Open Door
1. "Call Me When You're Sober" (September 25, 2006)
2. "Lithium" (January 8, 2007)
3. "Sweet Sacrifice" (TBA)

The Open Door is the second studio album released by American rock band Evanescence. To date, it has spawned three singles and two worldwide tours. Over 5.5 million copies have been sold worldwide.

Contents 1 About the album 1.1 Release and sales 1.2 Singles and other tracks 2 Tour information 2.1 First leg 2.2 Second leg 3 Track listing 4 Samples 5 Charts 6 Line-up 6.1 Guests 7 References 8 External links

[edit] About the album

[edit] Release and sales

The Open Door was released worldwide beginning with Poland on September 25, 2006, Japan on September 27, Ireland on September 29, Australia on September 30, the rest of Europe on October 2, 2006, and was released to North America and Argentina on October 3.

The digital version of the album was made available for pre-order on August 15, 2006 on iTunes and Walmart.com. This pre-order, if bought before the street date of October 3, 2006, contained an interview with Amy Lee and a bonus track titled "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You" (which later became a B-side track on the "Lithium" single).^[1]

The full album was leaked to the internet on September 4, 2006,^[2] and on September 24, the album became available for full streaming at AOL Music^[3] and MuchMusic.com.

The Open Door debuted at #1 in the U.S., Australia, Germany, Greece and Switzerland, and was in the Top 5 in Austria, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom. According to the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, the album sold 447,342 copies its first week; it was also the 700th album to top that chart.^[4] In just two weeks on the U.S. charts, the album sold approximately 725,000 copies, and on November 8, 2006, The Open Door was certified platinum in the United States after little more than a month in wide release.^[5] In contrast, Fallen debuted with 142,000 copies and went on to sell almost seven million in the U.S. alone.

According to the United World Chart, The Open Door has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide as of March 24, 2007.^[6] The album has sold 2 million units in the U.S.

[edit] Singles and other tracks

The first single from the album was "Call Me When You're Sober", which experienced a limited radio release on July 31, 2006, going into wide release over the next week.^[7][8] This full version of "Call Me When You're Sober" had been leaked to the internet a couple of days before it was due to be officially released to radio airplay; after this occured, the record label allowed radio stations to begin playing the song. Its music video, directed by Marc Webb, was filmed in July 2006.^[9]

The second single from The Open Door, "Lithium", was released to the UK on January 8, 2007.^[10] No further releases have yet been announced.

The third single, "Sweet Sacrifice", was originally planned to be "All That I'm Living For"; however, after considering the wishes of both the fans and the band itself, the label decided to change the release.

As present in Fallen, this album contains both string and vocal ensembles. The Millennium Choir, the choir group used for songs on Fallen such as "Everybody's Fool" and "Whisper", is used on the tracks "Lacrymosa" and "Your Star".

Certain other songs on the album have special significance unto themselves. A clip of "Lacrymosa" was used in the video teaser for The Open Door, and the song "Like You" is written in memory of Amy Lee's deceased sister, as was "Hello" on Fallen.^[11] Also, the song that Lee wrote for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is not included on the album in its entirety; instead, part of it has been used as the intro for "Good Enough".^[12]

[edit] Tour information

[edit] First leg

The first leg of The Open Door world tour began October 5, 2006, in Toronto, Canada and lasted until December 15, 2006, in New York City. After touring North America during October, the band traveled to Europe during November before returning to the United States to play large arenas. This leg of their tour continued on January 5, 2007, with the band playing locations in Canada, Japan, and Australia.^[13] While playing in the United States, the band was supported by Revelation Theory, by the bands Stone Sour and The Black Maria while in Canada, and by Shihad in Australia.

[edit] Second leg

The second leg of their world tour began on March 16, 2007, in Fresno, California and will run through July 5, 2007, ending in Katowice, Poland. The tour will run through the United States, South America, South Africa, back to Ohio, U.S.,^[14] and finish in Europe.

Supporting the band during the opening U.S. part of this leg is Chevelle and Finger Eleven. While in Buenos Aires, Evanescence will take part in a rock festival with Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver and Ratones Paranóicos.^[15] During part of the European section, the band will take part in the Family Values Tour 2007 alongside Korn.^[16][17]

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Writer(s)	Duration
1.	"Sweet Sacrifice"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	3:05
2.	"Call Me When You're Sober"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	3:34
3.	"Weight Of The World"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	3:37
4.	"Lithium"	Lee, Amy	3:44
5.	"Cloud Nine"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	4:22
6.	"Snow White Queen"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	4:22
7.	"Lacrymosa"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	3:37
8.	"Like You"	Lee, Amy	4:17
9.	"Lose Control"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	4:50
10.	"The Only One"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	4:40
11.	"Your Star"	Lee, Amy / Balsamo, Terry	4:43
12.	"All That I'm Living For"	Lee, Amy / LeCompt, John	3:48
13.	"Good Enough"	Lee, Amy	5:31

• B Sides

#	Title	Writer(s)	Duration
---	"The Last Song I'm Wasting On You"	Lee, Amy	4:07

[edit] Samples

[edit] Charts

See also: Evanescence discography

Chart (2006) Peak position U.S. Billboard 200 1 Australia Top 50 Albums[18] 1 Austria Top 75 Albums 2 Belgium Top 50 Albums[19] 9 Brazil 1 Canada Top 50 Albums 2 Czech Republic Top 50 Albums[20] 4 Denmark Top 40 Albums[21] 5 Estonia Top 100 Albums[22] 4 Finland Top 40 Albums 5 France Top 100 Albums[23] 2 Germany Top 100 Albums 1 Greek International Albums 1 Irish Top 75 Albums[24] 3 Israel 2

Chart (2006) Peak position Italy 2 Japan 4 Mexican 1 Netherlands Top 100 Albums[25] 2 New Zealand Top 40 Albums[26] 2 Norway Top 40 Albums 2 Polish 8 Portugal 2 Spain 5 Sweden Top 60 Albums 2 Switzerland Top 100 Albums 1 UK Top 75 Albums 2 Venezuela[27] 2 Europe 1 United World Chart 1

[edit] Line-up

• Amy Lee – Vocals, piano
• Terry Balsamo – Guitar
• Will Boyd – Bass
• Rocky Gray – Drums
• John LeCompt – Guitar

[edit] Guests

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Evanescence.com - Official site

Evanescence
Amy Lee • Terry Balsamo • Rocky Gray • John LeCompt • Tim McCord
Former members: Will Boyd • David Hodges • Ben Moody
Discography
Commercial albums: Fallen • Anywhere but Home • The Open Door
Private releases: Evanescence EP • Sound Asleep EP • Origin • Mystary EP
Singles: "Bring Me to Life" • "Going Under" • "My Immortal" • "Everybody's Fool" • "Call Me When You're Sober" • "Lithium" • "Sweet Sacrifice"
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