The Fiction We Live

The Fiction We Live is the second studio album by the American post-hardcore band From Autumn to Ashes. It was produced by Garth Richardson and released September 9, 2003, through Vagrant Records. Melanie Wills of One True Thing makes a guest appearance once again, contributing to the vocals on "Autumns Monologue." This is the last album to feature Scott Gross and Mike Pilato. It peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

Videos

Three music videos were produced for The Fiction We Live: "The After Dinner Payback", "Lilacs & Lolita," and "Milligram Smile." They aired on Headbangers Ball upon release.

Musical style

The album features more clean vocals than the previous album, Too Bad You're Beautiful. Four songs have no screaming vocals, "No Trivia", "Autumns Monologue", "The Fiction We Live", and "I'm the Best at Ruining My Life." "Autumns Monologue" is a re-working of "The Fiction We Live" with the collaboration of Melanie Wills.

Track listing

Personnel

From Autumn to Ashes

Benjamin Perri – vocals

Francis Mark – drums, vocals

Scott Gross – rhythm guitar

Brian Denevee – lead guitar

Mike Pilato – bass guitar

Artwork

P.R. Brown – art Direction, photography, design

Managerial

Cory Brennan – management

Irene Richter – managing assistant

Tim Borror – US booking agent

John Jackson – international booking agent

Production

Garth Richardson – producer

Dean Mahler – engineer

Christopher Shaw – mixing

Zach Blackstone – mixing assistant

Chris Crippen – drum technician

Ben Kaplan – digital Editing, engineer, programming

Misha Rajaratnam – mixing assistant

Lee Robertson & Gordon Sran – assistant engineers

Darryl Romphf – assistant engineer, production coordination

Howie Weinberg – mastering

Charts

Album

References

2003 albums

From Autumn to Ashes albums

Vagrant Records albums

Albums produced by Garth Richardson