Back Burner

Back Burner
Studio album by For the Fallen Dreams
Released	May 24, 2011
Genre	Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore
Length	38:37
Label	Rise
Producer	Tom Denney
For the Fallen Dreams chronology
Relentless (2009) Back Burner (2011) Wasted Youth (2012)
Singles from Back Burner
"My Anthem-Like Symphony" Released: April 13, 2011

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Under the Gun Review	[1]
Alternative Reviews	[2]
Rockfreaks.net	[3]

Back Burner is the third studio album by American metalcore band For the Fallen Dreams. It was released on May 24, 2011 through Rise Records, and was produced by Tom Denney, the former guitarist of A Day to Remember. Back Burner is the first album not to feature original drummer and primary songwriter Andrew Tkaczyk and final for Rise Records before their subsequent contractual release from the label.

Background

Following up from the band's previous record, Relentless, the group began writing for Back Burner by the ending months of 2010 and traveled out to Ocala, Florida to begin recording for it by the next year.^[4]

At the time of its recording, For the Fallen Dreams lacked a bassist, so the bass guitar parts were performed by the band's guitarists, Jim Hocking and Kalan Blehm.^[5]

Clean vocals

Back Burner is the first release by the band to feature more consistent use of clean vocal passages; on most verses there is clean singing, and only 2 songs on the album don't feature clean vocals in the choruses ("Let Go" and "Fist Fight").^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Say What You Will"	3:10
2.	"Deep Down Inside"	3:06
3.	"Complicate the Situation"	3:50
4.	"Only Unopened Arms"	3:07
5.	"My Anthem-Like Symphony"	2:47
6.	"The Big Empty"	3:52
7.	"Bottom Feeders"	2:42
8.	"Don't Give Up, Don't Give in"	3:13
9.	"The Human Collective"	3:06
10.	"Let Go"	3:02
11.	"Yellow" (ft. Mike Duce of Lower Than Atlantis)	3:19
12.	"Fist Fight"	3:23
Total length:		38:37

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Strange Faces"	3:04
Total length:		41:41

Personnel

For The Fallen Dreams

• Dylan Richter - lead vocals
• Jim Hocking - lead guitar, bass guitar
• Kalan Blehm - rhythm guitar, bass guitar

Session member

• Will Weatherly - drums

Production

• Produced and mixed by Tom Denney^[7]
• Bonus track "Strange Faces" produced by Landon Tewers of The Plot in You
• Engineered by Tom Denney & For The Fallen Dreams
• Layout & photo by Justin Reich

References

1. Under the Gun review
2. Alternative Reviews
3. Rockfreaks.net
4. "The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk.com. 2011-05-24. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
5. "For The Fallen Dreams Studio VLOG #2". youtube.com. Mar 1, 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
6. "Album of the Month: For The Fallen Dreams – Back Burner". Legends Arising. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
7. "New For The Fallen Dreams Song". ultimate-metal. Retrieved 26 January 2012.