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''Twilight of the Innocents'' is the fifth studio album by Ash, released on June 29, 2007 in Ireland and July 2, 2007 in the United States and the United Kingdom. The album was produced by Tim Wheeler, and mixed by Michael Brauer. ==Production history== In 2006, Ash bought the lease for three years for a recording studio in New York, and decided to record their follow up to 2004's ''Meltdown'' here. This album marks the band's first release since returning to its original "power trio". The songs recorded from this album were intended to have a substantially different sound from the Californian rock of "Meltdown" and to acquire more of a "tight 70s guitar band sound", and less of a polished sound that their previous albums had. The band planned to road test their new tracks by "playing out and about in tiny New York bars, unannounced, just for fun." By September, the album had the working title of ''5.5'', due to the band considering the album to be their fifth and a half album. The band were continuing to record demos, with the intention of using 14 or 15 of the demos to record for the album itself. This month the band also played their debut gig since returning to a three, their first in 14 months. The gig was held in New York, at a party by the record producer and DJ Arthur Baker. The band debuted two new tracks at the party: "What Is the Meaning?" and "Roulette". In October, the band played their second gig, debuting the same songs, at a concert organized by ''Spin'' magazine at the Annex in New York. By this point the band had decided upon the 14 of the demos they were to record for the album: "I Started a Fire", "Suicide Girls", "Shadows", "Roulette" (previously called "Keep It In"), "Princess Six", "Polaris", "Dark and Stormy", "You Can't Have It All", "End of the World", "Blacklisted", "Shattered Glass", "Saskia", "What Is the Meaning?" and "In Hell". The other tracks are to be relegated to appear either as B-sides, on future albums, or simply scrapped altogether. During October and November the band recorded the guitar and drums parts for the tracks. In late November and early December, Wheeler began to record the vocals for the album. As well as this, the string sections for "Polaris" and "In Hell" were recorded with a 20 piece orchestra in Los Angeles at this time. Some rough mixes were done for the tracks in December also. In January 2007, Michael Brauer was recruited to mix the album. The vocals were being finished off at this time (despite Wheeler coming down with the flu) also. After around a fortnight, the tracks were finished being mixed, and the songs were mastered. Before the announcement of the album details, a few name changes occurred. "In Hell" became "Twilight of the Innocents", "Roulette" became "Ritual" and "Suicide Girls" became "Palace of Excess". ''TOTI'' began with 27 rough songs, which they started recording demos for in June 2006. *"Wasted on You" *"Princess Six" *"Suicide Girls" (''now titled "Palace of Excess"'') *"Lay Down Your Arms" *"Keep It In" (''formerly "Roulette", now titled "Ritual"'') *"Shadows" *"Piano Song" (''now titled "Polaris"'') *"Hospital" *"Saskia" *"You Can't Have It All" *"What Is the Meaning?" (''now titled "Comet Tempel 1"'') *"Dead Fairy" *"Wish You Were Dead" *"A Little High" (''now titled "Kingdom of Shadow"'') *"Thin Air" *"Obsolete" *"Come On Over" *"Can't Be Owned" (''now titled "I Started a Fire"'') *"New Tattoo" *"Running Away Again" *"Carlos D" *"Dark and Stormy" *"Shattered Glass" *"End of the World" *"Kill Your Friends" *"In Hell" (''now titled "Twilight of the Innocents"'') Talking to ''Kerrang!'' in 2008, Tim Wheeler said: We'd gone back to being a three piece without Charlotte (), and it was the first album we’d produced ourselves. That was a big challenge. I’m so proud of how it turned out. We made it in our own studio as well, which we put together ourselves in New York. The real crowning achievement of the whole thing for me is the final track. It was written in a way that was completely unlike anything we’d ever done and it was made using a computer, recording in sections and then cutting them up and moving them around. I love how it came out somehow sounding organic. I think I’ve really started to find my voice on the vocals on the album. I've found a new strength to it. This is the start of a new time for us really.〔Johnston, Emma. Kerrang! Issue #1235, November 08, 2008. Treasure Chest. The Intimate Portrait Of a Life in Rock. Tim Wheeler. P.54〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Twilight of the Innocents」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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