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Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It was released on June 4, 2002, under Victory Records. The album featured re-worked versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead", "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips Are Better", which originally appeared on the band's 2001 EP, Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty. "Ain't Love Grand" and "Lip Gloss and Black" were released as singles and music videos were also made for these two songs. The latter video found significant airplay on Headbangers Ball and Uranium in fall 2003.

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 2002
StudioTrax East, West West Side Music and Death Tracks
GenreMetalcore
Length38:00
LabelVictory
ProducerEric Rachel
Atreyu chronology
Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty
(2001)
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
(2002)
The Curse
(2004)
Singles from Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
  1. "Ain't Love Grand"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Lip Gloss and Black"
    Released: 2002

The album has sold more than 240,000 copies worldwide (according to March 2006 Nielsen SoundScan data) and continues to rise.

It is the only album to feature bassist Chris Thomson.

The album was originally to be released under the title of The Death Rock Diaries. The album name change simply came from the band liking Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses more as a title.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Lambgoat.com[2]
Berontakzine.com[3]
Punknews.org[4]

Track listing


All tracks are written by Atreyu.

No.TitleLength
1."A Song for the Optimists"4:42
2."Dilated"3:38
3."Ain't Love Grand"3:43
4."Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead"2:45
5."Deanne the Arsonist"3:42
6."Someone's Standing on My Chest"4:12
7."At Least I Know I'm a Sinner" (featuring Efrem Schulz of Death by Stereo)3:22
8."Tulips Are Better"3:32
9."A Vampire's Lament"3:20
10."Lip Gloss and Black"5:05
Total length:38:00

Limited edition re-release


On February 23, 2004, Victory Records re-released Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses as a "limited edition" with new liner notes from the band. The new version of the album shipped with a bonus DVD. The DVD contains a live concert featuring six songs at the Showcase Theatre, Corona, California held on December 27, 2003, two of the band's music videos, a documentary "Lairs" which takes a look at the homes of the band members, and biographies of the members of the band and crew, as follows:

Only 25,000 copies of the limited edition version of the album were pressed and each copy is numbered in accordance.


Personnel



Band line-up



Additional credits



Charts


Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2004 Top Heatseekers 37
2004 Top Independent Albums 30

References





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