Dead Letters

Dead Letters is the 2003 album by Finnish alternative rock band the Rasmus. It was released in 2004 in the US and Australia.

Making of the album

The Rasmus recorded Dead Letters in 2002 at Nord Studios in Sweden reuniting with Mikael Nord Andersen and Martin Hansen who had produced their Scandinavian hit album Into. Lead singer Lauri Ylnen has explained the title of the album on the band's website. "Each song is a letter to somebody. It could be an apology, confession or cry out for help". http://www.therasmus.com/biography/1

Chart success

It was released in Europe in early 2003 reaching the top of the album charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as Finland. Its European success led to the release of the album in other parts of the world. Dead Letters and its first single "In the Shadows" both reached the top 50 of the Australian ARIA charts in 2004. It has also reached the top 20 of the Billboard Heatseeker charts.

Critical response

Allmusic.com rated the album as 3 stars out of 5. The review said "this finnish group is more than capable of presenting dark and moody yet very finely tuned rock songs". It rated the best tracks as "Time to Burn", "Not Like the Other Girls" and ""F-F-F-Falling" which had also appeared on the Into album and added to the international release as a bonus track.

Track listing

  1. First Day Of My Life
  2. In The Shadows
  3. Still Standing
  4. In My Life
  5. Time To Burn
  6. Guilty
  7. Not Like The Other Girls
  8. The One I Love
  9. Back In The Picture
  10. Funeral Song
  11. F-F-F-Falling
  12. In The Shadows (multimedia)

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