Back Burner

Back Burner is the third studio album by American metalcore band For the Fallen Dreams. It was released on May 24, 2011, through Rise Records and was produced by Tom Denney. Back Burner is the first album not to feature original drummer and primary songwriter Andrew Tkaczyk and final for Rise Records before their subsequent contractual release from the label.

Back Burner
Studio album by For the Fallen Dreams
Released	May 24, 2011 (2011-05-24)
Genre	Metalcore
Length	38:37
Label	Rise
Producer	Tom Denney
For the Fallen Dreams chronology
Relentless (2009) Back Burner (2011) Wasted Youth (2012)
Singles from Back Burner
"My Anthem-Like Symphony" Released: April 13, 2011 "Strange Faces" Released: July 12, 2011

Background

Following up from the band's previous record, Relentless, the group began writing for Back Burner by the ending months of 2010 and traveled out to Ocala, Florida to begin recording for it by the next year.^[1]

At the time of its recording, For the Fallen Dreams lacked a bassist, so the bass guitar parts were performed by the band's guitarists, Jim Hocking and Kalan Blehm.^[2]

Back Burner is the first release by the band to feature more consistent use of clean vocal passages; on most verses there is clean singing, and only two songs on the album don't feature clean vocals in the choruses ("Let Go" and "Fist Fight").^[3]

Release

It was released on May 24, 2011 through Rise Records, and was produced by Tom Denney, the former guitarist of A Day to Remember. A few days later, the band made an appearance at Bled Fest.^[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Reviews	[5]
Rockfreaks.net	[6]
Under the Gun Review	[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Say What You Will"	3:10
2.	"Deep Down Inside"	3:06
3.	"Complicate the Situation"	3:50
4.	"Only Unopened Arms"	3:07
5.	"My Anthem-Like Symphony"	2:47
6.	"The Big Empty"	3:52
7.	"Bottom Feeders"	2:42
8.	"Don't Give Up, Don't Give In"	3:13
9.	"The Human Collective"	3:06
10.	"Let Go"	3:02
11.	"Yellow" (featuring Mike Duce of Lower Than Atlantis)	3:19
12.	"Fist Fight"	3:23
Total length:		38:37

iTunes bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Strange Faces"	3:04
Total length:		41:41

Personnel

For the Fallen Dreams

• Dylan Richter – lead vocals
• Jim Hocking – lead guitar, backing vocals, bass
• Kalan Blehm – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, bass
• Will Weatherly – drums

Additional musicians

• Mike Duce of Lower Than Atlantis – guest vocals on track 11, "Yellow"

Additional personnel

• Tom Denney^[8] – production, engineering, mixing
• For the Fallen Dreams – engineering
• Landon Tewers of The Plot in You – production on bonus track "Strange Faces"
• Justin Reich – photography, layout

References

1. "The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
2. "For The Fallen Dreams Studio VLOG #2". YouTube. March 1, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
3. "Album of the Month: For The Fallen Dreams – Back Burner". Legends Arising. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
4. "Bled Fest releases full lineup". Alternative Press. Alternative Press. March 2, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
5. "For the Fallen Dreams Back Burner". Alternative Reviews. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
6. "For the Fallen Dreams Back Burner". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
7. "REVIEW: For The Fallen Dreams – Back Burner". Under the Gun Review. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
8. "New For The Fallen Dreams Song". Ultimate Metal. Retrieved January 26, 2012.