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Elva is the fourth studio album by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, released in 2002 by Interscope Records. With it the band moved away from their previously established punk rock formula and towards a more accessible hard rock sound. The band found success with the song "Seein' Red", which reached #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks charts. This is the band's last studio album to feature founding drummer Wade Youman until their 2022 album, The Hum.

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Elva

Studio album by

Unwritten Law

Released

January 29, 2002

Recorded

2001

Studio

Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California

Genre

Pop punk
post-grunge
alternative rock

Length

50:13

Label

Interscope

Producer

Unwritten Law chronology

Unwritten Law
(1998)

Elva
(2002)

Here's to the Mourning
(2005)

Singles from Elva

"Up All Night"
Released: November 9, 2001
"Seein' Red"
Released: April 9, 2002

Elva features guest appearances by Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Josh Freese of The Vandals, and Neville Staple of The Specials. The two "Raleigh Soliloquy" tracks are recordings of the rants of Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Previous recordings of his rants numbered soliloquies I-III had appeared on the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood. After the closing track "Evolution" there is a phone message to singer Scott Russo from Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, a close friend of the band who had grown up with them in their home town of Poway.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Popmatters	Unfavorable link
Punknews	link
Rolling Stone	link

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Scott Russo, except where noted.

No.	Title	Music	Producer	Length
1.	"Mean Girl" (lyrics: Ben Rosen, Russo)	Ben Rosen	John Shanks	3:06
2.	"Up All Night"	Scott Russo	Michael Happoldt, Unwritten Law	3:03
3.	"Sound Siren"	Russo	Shanks	2:50
4.	"How You Feel"	Russo	Happoldt, Unwritten Law	2:45
5.	"Blame It on Me"	Rob Brewer, Russo, Wade Youman	Shanks	2:36
6.	"Seein' Red"	Russo	Happoldt, Unwritten Law	3:47
7.	"Nick and Phil" (no music; spoken word by Nicholas Wright and Phil Jamieson)			0:38
8.	"Hellborn"	Youman, Russo	Shanks	3:19
9.	"Geronimo"	Russo, Steve Morris, Youman, Brewer, Pat Kim	Shanks	3:29
10.	"Rescue Me"	Russo	Happoldt, Unwritten Law	4:01
11.	"Actress, Model..." (lyrics: John Brinton Hogan, Russo)	John Brinton Hogan	Shanks	3:09
12.	"Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. V)" (no music; spoken word by Raleigh Theodore Sakers)			0:14
13.	"Babalon"	Russo	Happoldt, Unwritten Law	4:08
14.	"Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. VI)" (no music; spoken word by Sakers)			0:42
15.	"Rest of My Life"	Russo	Josh Abraham	2:43
16.	"Elva"	Russo, Nicholas Wright, Phil Jamieson	Happoldt, Unwritten Law	4:08
17.	"Evolution"	Russo, Morris, Youman, Brewer, Kim	Shanks	5:35
Total length:				50:13

Personnel

Unwritten Law[1]

Scott Russo – lead vocals
Steve Morris – lead guitar, backing vocals
Rob Brewer – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Pat "PK" Kim – bass guitar
Wade Youman – drums

Additional musicians

Nicholas Wright – guitar on "Elva"
Josh Freese – drums on "Up All Night"
John Shanks – additional guitar on "Sound Siren," slide guitar on "Actress, Model..."
Miguel – upbeat guitar on "How You Feel," lead guitar on "Seein' Red"
Marshall Goodman – percussion on "Up All Night" and "Hellborn"
Michael Fisher – Indian percussion on "Babalon"
The Allday Singers – group vocals on "Babalon"
Tony Kanal – bass guitar on "Rest of My Life"
Neville Staples – DJ vocal on "Evolution"
Raleigh Theodore Sakers – spoken vocals on tracks 12 & 14

Artwork

Steven R. Gilmore – sleeve design, layout, art direction, line drawings (based on original drawings by Wade Youman)
Wade Youman and Marc B. – art direction
Mark Baldswin – cover paintings
Dean Karr – photography

Production

John Shanks and Miguel – Producers
Josh Abraham – producer and mixing of "Rest of My Life"
Mark DeSisto and Tobias Miller – engineers
Dan Chase, Tal Herzberg, and Baraka – Pro Tools
Eddie Ashworth – additional engineering
Mike McMullen and Jerry Moss – assistant engineers
David J. Holman – mixing
Mixed at Cactus Studio Hollywood
Brian Gardner – mastering

Charts

Album

Chart performance for *Elva*
Chart (2001–2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2]	17
US Billboard 200[3]	69

Singles

Chart performance for singles from *Elva*
Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Seein' Red"	US Modern Rock Tracks	1
		Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	105
		Australian Singles Chart	73
	"Up All Night"	US Modern Rock Tracks	14
	"Up All Night"	Australian Singles Chart	71

References

"Unwritten Law Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
"Australiancharts.com – Unwritten Law – Elva". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
"Unwritten Law Billboard Albums Chart". billboard.com.

v t e Unwritten Law
Studio albums	Blue Room Oz Factor Unwritten Law Elva Here's to the Mourning Swan
Live albums	Live in Hollyweird Music in High Places Live and Lawless
Compilation albums	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection The Hit List
EPs	Blurr Visit to Oz
Video albums	Live in Yellowstone Live and Lawless
Singles	"Cailin" "Up All Night" "Seein' Red" "Rest of My Life" "Save Me (Wake Up Call)" "She Says"
Related articles	Discography

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Elva è il quarto album in studio del gruppo punk rock statunitense Unwritten Law, pubblicato nel 2002.

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