Comalies

Comalies is the third studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 29 October 2002 through Century Media Records. According to lead singer Cristina Scabbia, "[During the album's recording], we had a sort of creative explosion. We were working in a coma, sort of like in a different dimension. First of all we just wanted to use the word 'coma' but there was something missing so we played with the two words coma and lies." Comalies peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200 and Peaked at #9 on the Top Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts. The outline of the shape from the cover of the band's previous album Unleashed Memories (2001) is faintly visible on top of the sunflower. The album has gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States as of January 2012.[13]

Comalies
Studio album by
Lacuna Coil
Released29 October 2002 (2002-10-29)
RecordedApril – May 2002[1][2]
StudioWoodhouse Studios in Hagen
Genre
Length51:44
LabelCentury Media
ProducerWaldemar Sorychta
Lacuna Coil chronology
Unleashed Memories
(2001)		 Comalies
(2002)		 The EPs
(2005)
Singles from Comalies
  1. "Heaven's a Lie"
    Released: October 2002
  2. "Swamped"
    Released: July 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chronicles of Chaos[4]
Rock Hard8.5/10[5]
Metalitalia (IT)8/10[6]
Metal Storm8/10[7]
Sputnik Music[8]
Ultimate Guitar9/10[9]
Metal Reviews90%[10]
Album of The Year80%[11]
Metal Archives73%[12]

The song "Swamped" is available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band, and also appeared in the 2004 video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.

Reception

Upon release, Comalies received universal acclaim from either music critics or band fans. In 2005, the album was ranked #415 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. In 2016, Comalies was ranked the 59th greatest album of the 21st century by Metal Hammer. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lacuna Coil.

No.TitleLength
1."Swamped"4:00
2."Heaven's a Lie"4:46
3."Daylight Dancer"3:50
4."Humane"4:12
5."Self Deception"3:31
6."Aeon"1:56
7."Tight Rope"4:15
8."The Ghost Woman and the Hunter"4:09
9."Unspoken"3:37
10."Entwined"3:59
11."The Prophet Said"4:32
12."Angel's Punishment"3:56
13."Comalies"5:01
Total length:51:44
German limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Lost Lullaby"5:00

Multimedia section
  1. The making of Comalies – 6:40

Ozzfest edition bonus disc
US, UK bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven's a Lie" (Radiomix and Edit)4:54
2."Swamped" (Radiomix and Edit)3:49
3."Heaven's a Lie" (Studio Acoustic Version)4:12
4."Swamped" (Studio Acoustic Version)3:40
5."Unspoken" (Studio Acoustic Version)3:39
6."Senzafine" (Studio Acoustic Version)3:31
7."Heaven's a Lie" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic)4:01
8."Senzafine" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic)3:15
9."Aeon" (Live Radio WAAF Acoustic)1:58

CD2 multimedia section
  1. Heaven's a Lie (video)
  2. Swamped (video)
  3. Desktop wallpapers

Personnel

Release history
Country Date
Italy 8 October 2002
United States 29 October 2002
Germany 21 June 2004

Chart performance
Chart Peak
position
Billboard 200[15] 178
US Independent Albums[15] 9
US Top Heatseekers[15] 9
German Albums Chart[16] 45
French Albums Chart[16] 69

References
  1. LACUNA COIL To Enter Studio In Late April blabbermouth.net. Retrieved December 6, 2017
  2. LACUNA COIL Complete Work On New CD blabbermouth.net. Retrieved December 6, 2017
  3. AllMusic review
  4. "CoC : Lacuna Coil - Comalies : Chronicles of Chaos review". chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  5. Schäfer, Wolfgang. "Rock Hard review". issue 185. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  6. https://metalitalia.com/album/lacuna-coil-comalies/
  7. http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=8161
  8. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/2571/Lacuna-Coil-Comalies/
  9. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/lacuna_coil/comalies/
  10. http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/1156
  11. http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/36454-lacuna-coil-comalies.php
  12. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Lacuna_Coil/Comalies/6745
  13. "Lacuna Coil's 'Dark Adrenaline' Cracks U.S. Top 15 - Blabbermouth.net". Roadrunnerrecords.com. 2012-02-01. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  14. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 43. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. https://www.billboard.com/music/lacuna-coil/chart-history/
  16. "Lacuna Coil - Comalies". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
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