The Open Door
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September 30, 2006 (Australia and Italy) |
| Label | Wind-up Records |
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The Open Door is Evanescence's second official album and third album overall. It was released on September 30, 2006, in Australia and Italy, October 2, 2006, in Europe and October 3, 2006, in North America. The album was recorded at The Record Plant in Hollywood, California, and mixed at Ocean Way Studios in March of 2006. It debuted at #1 in the US, Australia, Germany, Greece, Japan, and Switzerland and was in the Top 5 in Austria, Canada, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Korea, Norway, and Denmark.
The piano is the principal instrument for the album.
The album was leaked to the public on September 4th, 2006.
On June 2006 (four months before the album's release), Amy posted on EvBoard.com:
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I hope you all love the record, I know I do, but just one tip about it- each song really has a life of its own. It would be impossible to judge the record on one song alone. Some are much heavier than we've ever been before, some more soulful, some more fun- the only word that really describes all of them is "more." ...as I'm reading this I still think its all meaningless without hearing the album. Just be open minded, because I wasn't aiming to give people what they expect.[1] | 
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Amy referred to the album's title during an interview:
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I feel like I’ve got that out of my system. I’m happy. I feel good now. I feel free. That’s why the album is called The Open Door because I feel like all the doors in my life I pushed open, and now I can do whatever I want. |
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Track Listing
- Sweet Sacrifice
- Call Me When You're Sober
- Weight of the World
- Lithium
- Cloud Nine
- Snow White Queen
- Lacrymosa
- Like You
- Lose Control
- The Only One
- Your Star
- All That I'm Living For
- Good Enough
B-Sides
Singles
- Call Me When You're Sober
- Lithium
- Sweet Sacrifice
- Good Enough
- Weight Of The World (Columbia Only)
Trailer
Lineup
- Amy Lee - Vocals/piano
- Terry Balsamo - Guitar
- John LeCompt - Guitar
- Will Boyd - Bass
- Rocky Gray - Drums
Guests
- The Millenium Choir - Choir
- David Campbell - Orchestral arrangements
- DJ Lethal - Programming
- Lori Lee and Carrie Lee - Background vocals on Call Me When You're Sober
The Art of The Open Door
Above each lyric, there are different images. They are analogous to the lyrics. In Sweet Sacrifice, a moth, like butterflies, represent what is called "You poor sweet innocent thing". In the psychological symbols of dreamings, the butterfly represents freedom, like in "Now that I'm unchained"; in the christian symbolism, the butterfly is on the one hand ressurection and immortality and on the other empty vanity and triviality, due to its short life and beauty. The meaning of the butterfly is, however, on its metamorphosis, from egg to caterpillar and from chrysalis, stuck in strict death, to insect with wings and shining colors turned to the sunlight. So in the antiquity, it was already a symbol of the soul, because it doesn't end with the death. The part of the song that represents this hole symbolism is at the end, when Amy sings "I dream in the darkness, I sleep to die, Erase the silence, Erase my life, Our burning ashes blacken the day, A world of nothingness blow me away". In Call me When You're Sober, there is an ant. With the Weight of the World and Lithium lyrics, an umbrella reminds protection, something that doesn't let other things to touch us, like in the parts "Like all my screming has gone unheard" and "If you love me, then let go of me" from Weight of the World and "Don't wanna lock me up inside" and "Can't break free until I let it go - let me go" from Lithium. The umbrella reminds so Mary Poppins, that used it to fly "Freefall, freefall, all through life". In Cloud Nine, there is a bird, analogous to freedom and linked to the parts "If you want to live, let live" and "I just want to feel that high". In Snow White Queen, according to the inspiration for the song [2], a cage fence the unique bird. There is adoring and illness in the lyric - "There's nowhere to run", "Soon I know you'll see you're just like me" and "Don't scream anymore, my love, 'cause all I want is you". In Lose Control lyric page appears a lamb, explicit quoted in the lyric, "my lamb". In The Only One, there is a mithologic animal, the Griffon [3], that lays golden eggs and has a great justice sense; this is the representation of the wonder, and so it is well connected to the hole song, including the title. In Your Star, appears a telescope, instrument used to see stars and planets far from Earth - "I can't see your star". In All that I'm Living for, the key symbolizes the part "Lock the last open door". And, in Good Enough, the necklace with the heart pendant shows all the love where the song is drown. For the digital version of The Open Door, the Lacrymosa and Like You lyrics have special images too. They represent the hole song - a teardrop in Lacrymosa and a coffin in Like You.
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Notes and References
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