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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.  
'''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,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2006-10-21/billboard-200 Billboard 200: Week of October 21, 2006]</ref> Australia,<ref>[http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Australian-charts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Germany,<ref>[http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Evanescence/?type=longplay Chartverfolgung – Evanescence] (in German)</ref> Japan, and Switzerland<ref>[http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Chartverfolgung – Evanescence]</ref> and was in the Top 5 in Austria,<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Evanescence - The Open Door - austriancharts.at]</ref> Canada,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/301942/evanescence/chart?f=309 Evanescence Chart History - Canadian Albums]</ref> France,<ref>[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Lescharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Greece,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070302122532/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm Greek Albums Chart]</ref> the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Italy,<ref>[http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Italiancharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> New Zealand,<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Charts.org.nz - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Sweden,<ref>[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Swedishcharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> the UK,<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2006-10-14/ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart.]</ref> Ireland,<ref>[http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=40 Irish Music Charts Archive]</ref> Korea, Norway<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Norwegiancharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> and Denmark.<ref>[http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Danishcharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Has since sold more than 5 million copies worldwide,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110518080227/http://evanescence.com/news.asp News: Heading Into the Studio]</ref> with 2.1 million copies sold in the US alone.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470555/amy-lee-new-evanescence-album-is-much-more-of-a-band-collaboration Amy Lee: New Evanescence Album Is "Much More of a Band Collaboration"]</ref>
It debuted at #1 in the US,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2006-10-21/billboard-200 Billboard 200: Week of October 21, 2006]</ref> Australia,<ref>[http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Australian-charts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Germany,<ref>[http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Evanescence/?type=longplay Chartverfolgung – Evanescence] (in German)</ref> Japan, and Switzerland<ref>[http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Chartverfolgung – Evanescence]</ref> and was in the Top 5 in Austria,<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Evanescence - The Open Door - austriancharts.at]</ref> Canada,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/301942/evanescence/chart?f=309 Evanescence Chart History - Canadian Albums]</ref> France,<ref>[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Lescharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Greece,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070302122532/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm Greek Albums Chart]</ref> the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Italy,<ref>[http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Italiancharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> New Zealand,<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Charts.org.nz - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Sweden,<ref>[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Swedishcharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> the UK,<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2006-10-14/ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart.]</ref> Ireland,<ref>[http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=40 Irish Music Charts Archive]</ref> Korea, Norway<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Norwegiancharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> and Denmark.<ref>[http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Evanescence&titel=The+Open+Door&cat=a Danishcharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door]</ref> Has since sold more than 5 million copies worldwide,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110518080227/http://evanescence.com/news.asp News: Heading Into the Studio] (retrieved with Wayback Machine)</ref> with 2.1 million copies sold in the US alone.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470555/amy-lee-new-evanescence-album-is-much-more-of-a-band-collaboration Amy Lee: New Evanescence Album Is "Much More of a Band Collaboration"]</ref>


The piano is the principal instrument for the album.
The piano is the principal instrument for the album.
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The album was leaked to the public on September 4th, 2006.
The album was leaked to the public on September 4th, 2006.


There was a rumor going around that a DVD of a concert of The Open Door Tour will be released. The rumor said that the concert featured will be: Evanescence ~ The Open Door Tour 2006, Air Canada Centre.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071114001834/http://www.holophone.com/action_EvanescenceODT.html Source of the rumor]</ref>
There was a rumor going around that a DVD of a concert of The Open Door Tour will be released. The rumor said that the concert featured will be: Evanescence ~ The Open Door Tour 2006, Air Canada Centre.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071114001834/http://www.holophone.com/action_EvanescenceODT.html Source of the rumor] (retrieved with Wayback Machine)</ref>


On June 2006 (four months before the album's release), Amy posted on EvBoard.com:
On June 2006 (four months before the album's release), Amy posted on EvBoard.com:
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*[[David Campbell]] - Orchestral arrangements
*[[David Campbell]] - Orchestral arrangements
*[[DJ Lethal]] - Programming
*[[DJ Lethal]] - Programming
*Lori Lee and Carrie Lee - Background vocals on [[Call Me When You're Sober]]
*Lori Lee and [[Carrie Lee]] - Background vocals on [[Call Me When You're Sober]]


==The Artwork==
==The Artwork==
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*[[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''".
*[[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''".


*[[Snow White Queen]]: according to the inspiration for the song <ref>[http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs] - VH1.com</ref>, 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''".
*[[Snow White Queen]]: according to the inspiration for the song,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061016104811/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs] - VH1.com (retrieved with Wayback Machine)</ref> 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''".


*[[Lacrymosa]] and [[Like You]]: There are no symbols for these songs on the album. For the digital version of The Open Door, the Lacrymosa and Like You lyrics have special images too. They represent the whole song - a teardrop in Lacrymosa and a coffin in Like You.
*[[Lacrymosa]] and [[Like You]]: There are no symbols for these songs on the album. For the digital version of The Open Door, the Lacrymosa and Like You lyrics have special images too. They represent the whole song - a teardrop in Lacrymosa and a coffin in Like You.
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*[[Lose Control]]: a lamb appears in the page, explicit quoted in the lyric, "''my lamb''". There can be also a connection to the american nursery rhyme<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Had_a_Little_Lamb Mary Had a Little Lamb]</ref> (traditional song or poem taught to young children in the development of vocabulary) called Mary Had a Little Lamb, that was recorded by many different artists, linking to the part "''Mary had a lamb''".
*[[Lose Control]]: a lamb appears in the page, explicit quoted in the lyric, "''my lamb''". There can be also a connection to the american nursery rhyme<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Had_a_Little_Lamb Mary Had a Little Lamb]</ref> (traditional song or poem taught to young children in the development of vocabulary) called Mary Had a Little Lamb, that was recorded by many different artists, linking to the part "''Mary had a lamb''".


*[[The Only One]]: there is a mythological animal, the Griffon <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin Griffon or Griffin]</ref>, 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 whole song, including the title.
*[[The Only One]]: there is a mythological animal, the Griffon,<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin Griffon or Griffin]</ref> 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 whole song, including the title.


*[[Your Star]]: a telescope appears in this page, instrument used to see stars and planets far from Earth - "''I can't see your star''".
*[[Your Star]]: a telescope appears in this page, instrument used to see stars and planets far from Earth - "''I can't see your star''".
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==Also see==
==Also see==
*[[Making of The Open Door Cover]]
*[[The Open Door songbook]]
*[[The Open Door songbook]]
*[[The Open Door Releases]]
*[[The Open Door Releases]]

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The Open Door
The Open Door cover
Released September 25, 2006
Recorded September 2005 - March 2006
Label Wind-up Records
Length 54:15
Producer Dave Fortman
Previous Release Anywhere But Home (2004)
Next Release Evanescence (2011)
Singles
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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,[1] Australia,[2] Germany,[3] Japan, and Switzerland[4] and was in the Top 5 in Austria,[5] Canada,[6] France,[7] Greece,[8] the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Italy,[9] New Zealand,[10] Sweden,[11] the UK,[12] Ireland,[13] Korea, Norway[14] and Denmark.[15] Has since sold more than 5 million copies worldwide,[16] with 2.1 million copies sold in the US alone.[17]

The piano is the principal instrument for the album.

The album was leaked to the public on September 4th, 2006.

There was a rumor going around that a DVD of a concert of The Open Door Tour will be released. The rumor said that the concert featured will be: Evanescence ~ The Open Door Tour 2006, Air Canada Centre.[18]

On June 2006 (four months before the album's release), Amy posted on EvBoard.com:

Vin1.jpg 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.[19] Vin2.jpg


Amy referred to the album's title during an interview:

Vin1.jpg 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. Vin2.jpg


Track Listing

  1. Sweet Sacrifice
  2. Call Me When You're Sober
  3. Weight of the World
  4. Lithium
  5. Cloud Nine
  6. Snow White Queen
  7. Lacrymosa
  8. Like You
  9. Lose Control
  10. The Only One
  11. Your Star
  12. All That I'm Living For
  13. Good Enough

Japanese Edition Bonus Track

  1. Call Me When You're Sober (Acoustic Version)

Japanese Limited Edition

  1. Call Me When You're Sober (Video)
  2. Making of the Video

B-Sides[20]

Trailer

Singles

Callmeconsumecover.jpg

Call Me When You're Sober

The first single

Released on Digital format in August 15, 2006

Released on CD format in September 25, 2006


Lithiumpartone.jpg

Lithium

The second single

Released on CD format in January 8, 2007


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Sweet Sacrifice (Germany only)

The third single

Released on Digital format in May 25, 2007, limited

Released on CD format in May 25, 2007, limited


Goodenough.jpg

Good Enough

The fourth single

Original release date November 30, 2007

Eventually cancelled


Wotwcover.jpg

Weight of the World (South America Only)

The fifth single

Released in October 2007, limited to radio



Lineup

Guests

The Artwork

Above each lyric, there are different images. They are analogous to the lyrics, as this is the art purpose. It should be noted that these are fan interpretations.

Digital Art for Lithium
Digital Art for Lacrymosa
Digital Art for Like You
  • Sweet Sacrifice: a moth, like butterflies, represent what is called "You poor sweet innocent thing". In the psychological symbols[21] of dreamings, the butterfly represents freedom, like in "Now that I'm unchained"; in the christian symbolism, the butterfly is on the one hand resurrection 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 whole 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".
  • Call Me When You're Sober: there is a honeypot ant, which gather honeydew from scale insects and psyllids (jumping plant lice) and feed it to other workers at a later date. They are highly valued source of sugar for the Aborigines of central Australia. It can be connected to the addiction and the necessity of the other person in the song.
  • Weight Of The World and Lithium: in those lyrics, an umbrella reminds protection, something that doesn't let other things to touch us, like in the parts "Like all my screaming 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 Lithium, the digital version has a bug on it, like the one in the insert of the US Radio Single.
  • 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".
  • Snow White Queen: according to the inspiration for the song,[22] 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".
  • Lacrymosa and Like You: There are no symbols for these songs on the album. For the digital version of The Open Door, the Lacrymosa and Like You lyrics have special images too. They represent the whole song - a teardrop in Lacrymosa and a coffin in Like You.
  • Lose Control: a lamb appears in the page, explicit quoted in the lyric, "my lamb". There can be also a connection to the american nursery rhyme[23] (traditional song or poem taught to young children in the development of vocabulary) called Mary Had a Little Lamb, that was recorded by many different artists, linking to the part "Mary had a lamb".
  • The Only One: there is a mythological animal, the Griffon,[24] 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 whole song, including the title.
  • Your Star: a telescope appears in this page, instrument used to see stars and planets far from Earth - "I can't see your star".
  • Good Enough: the necklace with the heart pendant shows all the love where the song is drown.

Also see

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Billboard 200: Week of October 21, 2006
  2. ↑ Australian-charts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door
  3. ↑ Chartverfolgung – Evanescence (in German)
  4. ↑ Chartverfolgung – Evanescence
  5. ↑ Evanescence - The Open Door - austriancharts.at
  6. ↑ Evanescence Chart History - Canadian Albums
  7. ↑ Lescharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door
  8. ↑ Greek Albums Chart
  9. ↑ Italiancharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door
  10. ↑ Charts.org.nz - Evanescence - The Open Door
  11. ↑ Swedishcharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door
  12. ↑ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart.
  13. ↑ Irish Music Charts Archive
  14. ↑ Norwegiancharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door
  15. ↑ Danishcharts.com - Evanescence - The Open Door
  16. ↑ News: Heading Into the Studio (retrieved with Wayback Machine)
  17. ↑ Amy Lee: New Evanescence Album Is "Much More of a Band Collaboration"
  18. ↑ Source of the rumor (retrieved with Wayback Machine)
  19. ↑ See the post on EvBoard.com
  20. ↑ Magazine scan from evanescencewebsite.com
  21. ↑ Herder Lexikon, Dicionário de Símbolos, Cultrix, 1994. ISBN: 8531601290
  22. ↑ Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs - VH1.com (retrieved with Wayback Machine)
  23. ↑ Mary Had a Little Lamb
  24. ↑ Griffon or Griffin
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