Lead Sails Paper Anchor

Lead Sails Paper Anchor
Studio album by
Atreyu
ReleasedAugust 28, 2007
RecordedSan Simeon
Genre
Length41:11
53:25 (re-release)
Label
ProducerJohn Feldmann
Atreyu chronology
The Best Of... Atreyu
(2007) 		Lead Sails Paper Anchor
(2007) 		Congregation of the Damned
(2009)
Alternative cover
Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0
Singles from Lead Sails Paper Anchor
  1. "Becoming the Bull"
    Released: July 24, 2007
  2. "Doomsday"
    Released: November 26, 2007
  3. "Falling Down"
    Released: January 29, 2008
  4. "Slow Burn"
    Released: June 17, 2008

Lead Sails Paper Anchor is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu. It is the band's first release with Hollywood Records, and the album had a significantly different sound to it than their previous albums, moving away from a metalcore-type sound, for the most part. The album was released on August 28, 2007. The first single was "Becoming the Bull".

A single for "Becoming the Bull" was released exclusively in Hot Topic on July 24 and it included a demo of the song "Can't Happen Here".

Lead Sails Paper Anchor was Atreyu's most commercially successful album, debuting at number 8 on the Billboard 200[2] and topping the Hard Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. "Doomsday" was released as the second single only in the UK. "Falling Down" was released as the third single and second in the US. "Slow Burn" was released as the album's third single. On May 14, 2009, a video for "Blow" was released.

On April 22, 2008, the album was re-released as Lead Sails Paper Anchor 2.0, which included updated artwork and a new song titled "The Squeeze" recorded exclusively for the re-release, plus the two bonus tracks "Epic" and "Clean Sheets". It was formatted in the CDVU+ format, featuring exclusive videos, live performances, behind the scenes tour clips, and a digital guitar lesson.

The song "Doomsday" is featured in the background of the current X-Games TV commercial.[3][4]

The Japanese version of the album includes the acoustic version of the song "Lead Sails (And a Paper Anchor)".

  1. ^ Discogs. "Atreyu – Lead Sails Paper Anchor". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  2. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "'High School Musical 2' Starts Third Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, September 5, 2007.
  3. ^ "roadrunnerecord.com". Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  4. ^ Dave Gibson (2008-07-08). Darkmane TV - Brian Deegan. Retrieved 2024-05-24 – via YouTube.