Papa_Roach-The_Paramour_Sessions-2006-RNS

ARTIST: Papa Roach

TITLE: The Paramour Sessions

LABEL: Geffen

GENRE: Rock

BITRATE: 226kbps avg

PLAYTIME: 0h 51min total

RELEASE DATE: 2006-09-12

RIP DATE: 2006-09-07



Track List

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01. ...To Be Loved 3:02

02. Alive (N' Out Of Control) 3:22

03. Crash 3:22

04. The World Around You 4:35

05. Forever 4:06

06. I Devise My Own Demise 3:36

07. Time Is Running Out 3:23

08. What Do You Do? 4:22

09. My Heart Is A Fist 4:58

10. No More Secrets 3:15

11. Reckless 3:34

12. The Fire 3:32

13. Roses On My Grave 3:13

14. Scars (Live & Murderous In 3:38

Chicago) (Bonus Track)



Release Notes:



The Paramour mansion has no shortage of history.



In 1933, oil heiress Daisy Canfield was on her way home from a

party when her car veered off a Mulholland Drive cliff,

plummeting 300 feet and instantly killing the wife of silent

movie star Antonio Moreno. In the decades that followed, the

couple?s 14-bedroom Hollywood Hills estate would see time as a

school for girls, then a convent before falling into disrepair,

later being devastated by a 1987 earthquake. Born again more

than a decade later, the renovated mansion has served as a

recording studio for the likes of H.I.M. and Gwen Stefani, and

recently hosted television?s "Rock Star" reality series.



It was between seasons of "Rock Star" that Papa Roach were

tenants of the historic property, writing and recording the

songs that comprise The Paramour Sessions. "We chose to move

into the Paramour so we could focus on music and not have to

deal with and be affected by the outside world," says Papa

Roach drummer Dave Buckner. Little did the band realize the

impact that the house would actually have. "We went in to the

house with the intention of writing the most savage, bad-ass

record we could write," adds frontman Jacoby Shaddix, "but when

we got there, the house had a spirit about it that was bigger

than us. We knew we were onto something the second we went into

our jam sessions, because we?d never stepped into a room and

played for six or seven hours straight, just being creative."



The results of that creative energy ? whether channeled by the

band, or the product of a mysterious, more elusive energy ? are

The Paramour Sessions, the fifth full-length Papa Roach release

of the past decade, and second for Geffen Records. "Living in

the house together was the best thing we could have done for

ourselves," says guitarist Jerry Horton. "It brought new life

to our writing process and helped us reconnect musically and

spiritually. The Paramour brought another level to our creative

flow and that had a major influence on the songs, as well as

how we?ll write music in the future." Details Shaddix: "There

was something about the ballroom we recorded in that made us

want to write bigger, with more open chords. Something happened

there that we wanted everyone to experience with us, and we

wanted the songs to feel as grand and over-the-top as our

experience there was."



"Every album we?ve made is a reflection of our states, both

personally and musically, and this album is no different,"

explains Buckner. "The whole property was completely fucking

haunted, and I saw it as a sanctioned opportunity for me to

lose my mind?And I did exactly that. I was visited by

inter-dimensional beings, had out-of-body sex with spirits from

old Hollywood, learned how to see specters, and now know what

it feels like to have a ghost walk through me. It?s a very

enlightening and inspiring experience, and something to check

off the list."



"There were times that I was just lyrically stuck, and I would

go down to Daisy?s grave ? she was buried on the property ? and

just write whatever came to me," recalls Shaddix. "I wrote

?Forever? down there, and also ?My Heart Is A Fist.? I?d just

walk around the property and find the lyrics ? I?d look under

rocks, I?d trip out, I?d meditate. "Ultimately, we all needed

to face whatever our fears were on this record," the singer

continues. "We also need to be able to face the fans, face the

world, and be able to be proud of who we are and what we do.

After making this record, we couldn?t ask for anything more

than what we accomplished." "It was a pretty crazy, intense

time, and you can hear it throughout the record," sums

Esperance. "It?s a very honest and direct record, which is the

same thing that Papa Roach strive to be as a band." "In the

early days, I would obsess and worry about making our mark on

rock music, but not anymore," concludes Buckner. "In fact, I?m

not sure that?s even a worthy concern? We rock today, and

that?s what?s cool."