Broken Valley
Broken Valley is the fourth studio album from Life of Agony, the American alternative metal band. It came out in June 2005 on Epic and arrived eight years after Soul Searching Sun in 1997. It also reunited the original line-up for the first time since Ugly in 1995, so it works as both a comeback and a return to the group's early chemistry.
For anyone who has followed the band from River Runs Red onwards, that reunion is the main reason to listen. The record sits between the late-90s records and the later albums A Place Where There's No More Pain and The Sound of Scars. The UK release came later in the year through Hassle Records, with a limited edition that added a bonus DVD and an unreleased track from the sessions, "DNR".
Broken Valley: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 43:32Tracklist
- 1Love to Let You Down3:40
- 2Last Cigarette2:56
- 3Wicked Ways4:02
- 4Don’t Bother3:30
- 5Strung Out3:59
- 6Junk Sick3:18
- 7The Calm That Disturbs You3:15
- 8No One Survives1:33
- 9Justified6:21
- 10The Day He Died3:20
- 11Broken Valley5:16
- 12Room 2442:22
- Produced by
- Greg Fidelman
- Recorded at
- Sunset Sound Recorders & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles
- Recorded
- April–December 2004
- Label
- Epic
- Length
- 43:32
Singles
- “Love to Let You Down” · 21 March 2005
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
Released the same week
Also released on 14 June
Every year →More from Life of Agony
Full discography →The best of 2005
All of 2005 →More on Epic
The label →Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2005-06-14 vs 2005-10-16 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 16 October 2005 | ignored lone early release dated 2005-06-14 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 14 June 2005 | |
| Wikidata | 2005 | |
| US release | 2005 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 14 June 2005 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | US | Epic | other | |
| 2005 | US | Epic | 828767767628 | other |
| 2005 | XE | Epic | 5099752010035 | other |
| 14 June 2005 | XE | Epic | 5099752010028 | original |
| 16 October 2005 | GB | Hassle Records | 5060100660646 | other |
| 2013 | XE | Music on CD | 8718627220207 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×599 | upscaled |