Lovehatetragedy

Lovehatetragedy is the third overall and second major label studio album by the American rock band Papa Roach. It was released on June 18, 2002.^[4]

Lovehatetragedy
Studio album by Papa Roach
Released	June 18, 2002
Recorded	September – November 2001
Studio	Royaltone Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Nu metal[1][2] alternative metal[1][2]
Length	39:01
Label	DreamWorks
Producer	Brendan O'Brien
Papa Roach chronology
Infest (2000) Lovehatetragedy (2002) Getting Away with Murder (2004)
Singles from Lovehatetragedy
"She Loves Me Not" Released: June 4, 2002 "Time and Time Again" Released: October 15, 2002

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Blender	link
CANOE	link[usurped]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ link
The Guardian	link
Melodic.net	link
NME	link
PopMatters	link
Rolling Stone	link at the Wayback Machine (archived March 29, 2007)
Slant Magazine	link

Background

A re-recorded version of the song "M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)" was featured in the game Amplitude. The song "She Loves Me Not" was featured in the game NHL 2003.^[5] The songs "She Loves Me Not" and "Walking Thru Barbed Wire" were recorded in 1999, with the former appearing on the band's 1999 demo and the latter on the ...Let 'Em Know! EP.^[6]

In comparison to their prior album, Infest, the band aimed to incorporate less rapping, and more singing in Lovehatetragedy. Lovehatetragedy is Papa Roach's last album under DreamWorks Records, before signing to Geffen in 2003. Alongside with Infest, a debut vinyl edition of the album was released on September 8, 2017.^[7]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200^[8] by selling approximatively 136,000 copies in its first week, behind Eminem's The Eminem Show. Lovehatetragedy was mostly well received by music critics, gaining an average score of 75 on Metacritic.^[3]

Papa Roach toured on the second edition of the Anger Management Tour during the summer of 2002. They co-headlined with Eminem, who was also supported by Ludacris, Xzibit, X-Ecutioners, Bionic Jive during the tour. It was the last edition of Anger Management that had rock music being prominently featured, with Papa Roach's set occurring between Eminem and Ludacris's while Bionic Jive opened the concerts during the first half of the tour.

It achieved a gold certification in the U.S for exceeding 500,000 copies sold in the first two months.^[9] Despite peaking at higher positions on most international charts, "Lovehatetragedy" failed to catch the success of Infest both in lifetime sales and chartrun (15 weeks within the Billboard 200). It was also certified Gold in Canada and in the UK^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)"			2:27
2.	"Life Is a Bullet"			4:05
3.	"Time and Time Again"			2:59
4.	"Walking Thru Barbed Wire"			3:05
5.	"Decompression Period"	Shaddix Dave Buckner		3:59
6.	"Born with Nothing, Die with Everything"			3:50
7.	"She Loves Me Not"			3:30
8.	"Singular Indestructible Droid"	Shaddix Buckner	Esperance Jerry Horton	3:49
9.	"Black Clouds"	Shaddix Buckner		4:02
10.	"Code of Energy"	Shaddix Buckner		4:04
11.	"Lovehatetragedy"		Esperance Horton	3:11
Total length:				39:01

All lyrics are written by Jacoby Shaddix, except where noted; all music is composed by Tobin Esperance, except where noted.

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Gouge Away" (Pixies cover)	Black Francis	2:07
13.	"Never Said It"	Shaddix Esperance	3:05
14.	"Naked in Front of the Computer" (Faith No More cover)	Mike Patton	2:13

UK edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Gouge Away" (Pixies cover)	Black Francis	2:07
13.	"Never Said It"	Shaddix Esperance	3:05
14.	"Between Angels and Insects" (live from Germany; video)	Shaddix Esperance Buckner Horton	3:54
15.	"Last Resort" (live from Germany; video)	Shaddix Esperance Buckner Horton	3:20

Personnel

Papa Roach

• Jacoby Shaddix – lead vocals
• Jerry Horton – guitar, backing vocals
• Tobin Esperance – bass, backing vocals
• Dave Buckner – drums

Production

• Brendan O'Brien – producer, mixing
• Nick Didia – engineering
• Howard Karp – assistant engineering
• Adam Ayan – digital editing
• Jason Neto – design, Art direction
• Ron handler – A&R
• Ken Schles – photography
• Danny Clinch – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Lovehatetragedy Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 19 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 10 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 5 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 21 Europe (European Top 100 Albums)[18] 8 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[20] 34 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[22] 28 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 4 Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 37 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[25] 64 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 24 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27] 25 Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 25 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[31] 4 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[32] 1 US Billboard 200[33] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Lovehatetragedy Chart (2002) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34] 63 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[35] 127 Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[36] 40 Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[37] 19 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[38] 95 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 53 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 184 US Billboard 200[41] 153

Certifications

Certifications for Lovehatetragedy

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[42]	Gold	50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[43]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[45]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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