Chasing Ghosts (album)

This article is about the metalcore album. For the industrial rock album, see Stabbing Westward.

Chasing Ghosts
Studio album by
the Amity Affliction
Released7 September 2012
Genre
Length41:22
Label
ProducerMichael "Elvis" Baskette
The Amity Affliction chronology
Youngbloods
(2010) 		Chasing Ghosts
(2012) 		Let the Ocean Take Me
(2014)
Singles from Chasing Ghosts
  1. "Chasing Ghosts"
    Released: 10 August 2012
  2. "Open Letter"
    Released: 30 April 2013
  3. "Born to Die"
    Released: 11 September 2013

Chasing Ghosts is the third studio album by Australian post-hardcore band the Amity Affliction. It was released on 7 September 2012 worldwide.[1] Roadrunner Records handled the release worldwide. The theme of death and suicide is a centerpiece of the album. The album was influenced by Finch's What It Is to Burn (2002).[2] Chasing Ghosts debuted at No. 1 on the Australian albums chart with 12,911 first week sales,[3] becoming the band's first No. 1 on the chart and being one of the very few rock bands to achieve that position in Australia.[4] Chasing Ghosts was certified Gold by the ARIA for 35,000 shipments in 2013.[5] It is their only record to feature guitarist Imran Siddiqi and the first without keyboardist Trad Nathan.

The title-track and first single from Chasing Ghosts premiered on Alternative Press on 4 July 2012.[6] Commenting on the song, frontman Joel Birch stated, "I wrote Chasing Ghosts as a narrative based wholly around someone that has committed suicide and has passed onto the other side. It's a story that I hope people will see for what it is; an example in song of why you should turn to someone close and talk instead of taking that last fatal step towards death prematurely. I just want to reiterate to people that once you're gone, that's it. There's no ghosts. There's no heaven, no hell, just finality and the wreckage left behind in the wake of their decision."

  1. ^ "Chasing Ghosts by the Amity Affliction". iTunes. 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ Kelham 2013, p. 42
  3. ^ Social media helps Amity Affliction album debut at #1 Archived 20 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine news.com.au. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ^ The Amity Affliction new album debuts at #1 killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012
  5. ^ ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums Archived February 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine ARIA. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  6. ^ Colwell, Matthew (4 July 2012). "Song Premiere: The Amity Affliction, "Chasing Ghosts"". Alternative Press. Retrieved 4 July 2012.