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Decemberunderground is the seventh album by American rock band AFI. The album is their first album to debut at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 182,000 units in its first week.[1] The album was released on May 29, 2006, in the United Kingdom, June 6, 2006, in the United States, and June 16, 2006, in Mexico. Regarding the album's title, lead singer Davey Havok said, "Decemberunderground is a time and a place. It is where the cold can huddle together in darkness and isolation."[2] The title itself is found in the lyrics of the track "The Interview." Four singles have been released from the album. They are "Miss Murder", "Love Like Winter", "The Missing Frame" and "Summer Shudder". On November 7, 2006, the album was re-released on 6 "icy clear" 7" vinyl discs, with all four band members' pictures and "... a very special guest" being Smith Puget, the band's tour manager, and a poster/lyric sheet.[3] AFI was on tour in support of the album since April 2006. It was noted that Download Fest in October 2007 was the last show in support of Decemberunderground, as Havok and Puget then went on to focus on and promote Blaqk Audio before beginning work on Crash Love.
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[edit] Bonus tracks, B-Sides, unreleased tracks, etc.All tracks recorded during the Decemberunderground sessions unless otherwise noted.
[edit] ReleaseThe single, "Miss Murder", was supposed to have premiered on LIVE 105 on April 13, 2006, but due to the fact that the thirty-second clip that aired on April 11 had such an overwhelming response of people requesting to hear it over and over again, Interscope Records gave permission for the radio station to play the entire song, and those who tuned in on their radios and online across the globe got to hear it early. The full track listing of the album was announced on April 25, 2006.[4] When fans preordered this CD at special pre-listening events, they received a CD including "Miss Murder" and "Don't Change". "Don't Change" is a cover of an INXS song. The first pressing of the CD in North America contains "limited edition artwork" of a single portrait of one of the members of AFI, with a portrait of the entire band on the reverse of the insert, which serves as the CD cover, hiding the portrait on the CD booklet cover.[5] The album was also made available via 12" vinyl by Adeline Records. [edit] Fan and critical responses
Decemberunderground debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 selling 182,000 copies in its first week of release.[6] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 30, 2006 and as of September 2009 has sold 993,000 copies in the U.S.[7][8] Songs such as "37mm" and "Summer Shudder" rely more on electronics than in previous releases. The album has received mixed reviews, For example, Rolling Stone awarded the album three stars out of five, a drop from the four-star album Sing the Sorrow. Rolling Stone said Decemberunderground feels like "something isn't right in the world of AFI" due to their turn towards a more pop-based musical structure "that would be at home on the soundtrack to the next Spider-Man movie".[9] However, Allmusic disagreed, saying the "core of AFI's sound never strays too far from what listeners have grown to love about them in the first place." This album earned four stars out of five from Allmusic.[10] The album received 72/100 on Metacritic, indicating generally positive reviews.[11] [edit] Chart positions
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