Comalies (original) (raw)
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2002 studio album by Lacuna Coil
| Comalies | |
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| Studio album by Lacuna Coil | |
| Released | 29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) |
| Recorded | April – May 2002[1][2] |
| Studio | Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany |
| Genre | Gothic metalalternative metal |
| Length | 51:44 |
| Label | Century Media |
| Producer | Waldemar Sorychta |
| Lacuna Coil chronology | |
| Unleashed Memories(2001) Comalies(2002) The EPs(2005) | |
| Singles from Comalies | |
| "Heaven's a Lie"Released: October 2002 "Swamped"Released: July 2004 | |
Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chronicles of Chaos |   [4] |
| Rock Hard | 8.5/10[5] |
| Metalitalia | 8/10[6] |
| Metal Storm | 8/10[7] |
| Sputnik Music |  [8] |
| Ultimate Guitar | 9/10[9] |
| Metal Reviews | 90%[10] |
Comalies is the third studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 29 October 2002 through Century Media Records. According to lead singer Cristina Scabbia, "[During the album's recording], we had a sort of creative explosion. We were working in a coma, sort of like in a different dimension. First of all we just wanted to use the word 'coma' but there was something missing so we played with the two words coma and lies." Comalies peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200 and Peaked at #9 on the Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts. The outline of the shape from the cover of the band's previous album Unleashed Memories (2001) is faintly visible on top of the sunflower. The album has gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States as of January 2012.[11]
The song "Swamped" is available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band, and also appeared in the 2004 video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
In 2022 for the album's 20th anniversary, Lacuna Coil rerecorded Comalies in its entirety under the name Comalies XX. The album was released on October 14.[12]
Upon release, Comalies received universal acclaim from both music critics and band fans. In 2005, the album was ranked 415th in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[13] In 2016, it was ranked the 59th-greatest album of the 21st century by Metal Hammer.
All tracks are written by Lacuna Coil
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Swamped" | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Heaven's a Lie" | 4:46 |
| 3. | "Daylight Dancer" | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Humane" | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Self Deception" | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Aeon" | 1:56 |
| 7. | "Tight Rope" | 4:15 |
| 8. | "The Ghost Woman and the Hunter" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Unspoken" | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Entwined" | 3:59 |
| 11. | "The Prophet Said" | 4:32 |
| 12. | "Angel's Punishment" | 3:56 |
| 13. | "Comalies" | 5:01 |
| Total length: | 51:44 |
German limited edition bonus track
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Lost Lullaby" | 5:00 |
- The making of Comalies – 6:40
Ozzfest edition bonus disc
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US, UK bonus disc
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heaven's a Lie" (Radiomix and Edit) | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Swamped" (Radiomix and Edit) | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Heaven's a Lie" (Studio Acoustic Version) | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Swamped" (Studio Acoustic Version) | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Unspoken" (Studio Acoustic Version) | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Senzafine" (Studio Acoustic Version) | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Heaven's a Lie" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic) | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Senzafine" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic) | 3:15 |
| 9. | "Aeon" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic) | 1:58 |
CD2 multimedia section
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- Heaven's a Lie (video)
- Swamped (video)
- Desktop wallpapers
- Andrea Ferro – male vocals
- Cristina Scabbia – female vocals
- Marco "Maus" Biazzi – lead guitar
- Cristiano "Pizza" Migliore – rhythm guitar
- Marco Coti Zelati – bass, keyboards
- Cristiano "Criz" Mozzati – drums, percussion
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
| Italy | 8 October 2002 |
| United States | 29 October 2002 |
| Germany | 21 June 2004 |
| Chart | Peakposition |
|---|---|
| Billboard 200[14] | 178 |
| US Independent Albums[14] | 9 |
| US Top Heatseekers[14] | 9 |
| German Albums Chart[15] | 45 |
| French Albums Chart[15] | 69 |
- ^ LACUNA COIL To Enter Studio In Late April blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 6 December 2017
- ^ LACUNA COIL Complete Work On New CD blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 6 December 2017
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "CoC : Lacuna Coil - Comalies : Chronicles of Chaos review". chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Schäfer, Wolfgang. "Rock Hard review". issue 185. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "LACUNA COIL - Comalies".
- ^ "Lacuna Coil - Comalies review - Metal Storm".
- ^ "Lacuna Coil - Comalies (album review ) | Sputnikmusic".
- ^ "Comalies Review | Lacuna Coil | Compact Discs | Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com".
- ^ "Lacuna Coil - Comalies".
- ^ "Lacuna Coil's 'Dark Adrenaline' Cracks U.S. Top 15 - Blabbermouth.net". Roadrunnerrecords.com. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ "LACUNA COIL To Release "Comalies XX" Album Featuring 'Deconstructed' and 'Transported' Versions of Original Songs". Sonicperspectives.com. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 43. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
- ^ a b c https://www.billboard.com/artist/lacuna-coil/chart-history/
- ^ a b "Lacuna Coil - Comalies". ultratop.be. Retrieved 31 December 2013.