Vanity (album)
| Vanity | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 13, 2002 (original) January 25, 2005 (re-issue) | |||
| Recorded | Dec. 2001 – Jan. 2002 | |||
| Studio | F1 Studios | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 60:00 | |||
| Label | Trustkill (TK0038) | |||
| Producer | Greg Koller | |||
| Eighteen Visions chronology | ||||
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| 2005 reissue cover | ||||
Vanity 2005 reissue cover. | ||||
| 2020 re-recorded cover | ||||
Vanity 2020 re-recorded cover. | ||||
| 2022 re-recorded cover | ||||
Vanity 2022 re-recorded cover. | ||||
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| AllMusic | |
Vanity is the fourth full-length studio album, and seventh overall release, by American metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It was their first album to feature a music video, which was for "You Broke Like Glass". It was the last album to feature guitarist Brandan Schieppati as he left immediately after the recording of the album to focus on Bleeding Through. The band toured for the album with a single guitarist, Keith Barney. As of 2007, the album has sold over 100,000 copies in the United States.
Most critics and fans consider Vanity to be their final metalcore album, the band moving towards a more melodic and accessible sound after this. It should however be noted that the band considered this change to have begun prior to this album, with the recording of "Motionless and White" which was featured on The Best of Eighteen Visions the year before. Hart's improved vocal style led the band to write more melodic song structure rather than their previous technical metalcore compositions.