Lovehatetragedy

Lovehatetragedy
A baby wearing headphones on a red background.
Studio album by
Papa Roach
ReleasedJune 18, 2002
RecordedSeptember – November 2001
StudioRoyaltone Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length39:01
LabelDreamWorks
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Papa Roach chronology
Infest
(2000) 		Lovehatetragedy
(2002) 		Getting Away with Murder
(2004)
Singles from Lovehatetragedy
  1. "She Loves Me Not"
    Released: June 4, 2002
  2. "Time and Time Again"
    Released: October 15, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Blender link
CANOElink[usurped]
Entertainment WeeklyC+ link
The Guardian link
Melodic.net link
NME link
PopMatterslink
Rolling Stone link at the Wayback Machine (archived March 29, 2007)
Slant Magazine link

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]

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, Switzerland and in the UK[10]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
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
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

Bonus tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Gouge Away" (Pixies cover)Black Francis2:07
13."Never Said It"
  • Shaddix
  • Esperance
3:05
14."Naked in Front of the Computer" (Faith No More cover)Mike Patton2:13

UK edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Gouge Away" (Pixies cover)Black Francis2:07
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

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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