Obsession (Eighteen Visions album)

Obsession is the fifth album by Eighteen Visions. The album was their most commercially successful to date, and featured three music videos. Some editions of this album come with a DVD that features a 'making of' the album. The album has sold over 200,000 copies in the US. The album peaked at #4 on the Heatseekers chart in the US. On July 3, 2004, the album peaked at #147 on the Billboard 200. The song "Guilty Pleasures," seemingly only available on the UK Pressing of Obsession, was confirmed by singer James Hart on Twitter to actually be "The Sun Falls Down." The title is incorrect on the Japan pressings and the single for "I Let Go."

Obsession
Studio album by Eighteen Visions
Released	June 15, 2004
Recorded	Maple St. Studio in Santa Ana, California, United States
Genre	Alternative metal metalcore
Length	35:47
Label	Trustkill Records (TK0052)
Producer	Andrew Murdock, Scott Gilman, Fred Archambault
Eighteen Visions chronology
Vanity (2002) Obsession (2004) Eighteen Visions (2006)
Singles from Obsession
"Waiting for the Heavens" Released: August 10, 2004 "I Let Go" Released: September 8, 2004 "Tower of Snakes" Released: April 12, 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The album was noted to be a starkly different sonic approach by comparison to the sound found on their earlier work, noted by AllMusic as "[a] shadowy realm [...] where the iron poles of heavy metal beat against hardcore spines, and hammer the resulting screams into melodies lanced with pain."

On 15 June, 2024, the 20th anniversary of the album's release, a fully re-recorded version of the album was released with accompanying reworked cover art. While "Said and Done", the closing song of the original record, is the only that does not appear on the 2024 version of the album, previously unreleased demos had been finished and released as new songs "Ghost Like Swayze" and "Monster". Additionally, two bonus tracks from the original record's limited release, "Sun Falls Down" and "The World Is Mine", were also included.

Track listings

US pressing

1. "Obsession" (2:03)
2. "I Let Go" (3:23)
3. "Crushed" (3:00)
4. "This Time" (3:05)
5. "Tower of Snakes" (3:41)
6. "I Should Tell You" (3:47)
7. "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:43)
8. "Lost in a Dream" (3:07)
9. "Bleed by Yourself" (3:20)
10. "A Long Way Home" (2:34)
11. "Said and Done" (4:00)

UK pressing

1. "Obsession" (2:03)
2. "I Let Go" (3:23)
3. "Crushed" (3:00)
4. "This Time" (3:05)
5. "Tower of Snakes" (3:38)
6. "I Should Tell You" (3:45)
7. "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:41)
8. "A Pretty Blue (Lost in a Dream)" (3:07)
9. "Guilty Pleasures (The Sun Falls Down)" (3:15)
10. "Bleed by Yourself" (3:18)
11. "The World Is Mine" (2:57)
12. "A Long Way Home" (2:34)
13. "Said and Done" (3:58)

Japanese pressing

1. "Obsession" (2:03)
2. "I Let Go" (3:23)
3. "Crushed" (3:00)
4. "This Time" (3:05)
5. "Tower of Snakes" (3:38)
6. "I Should Tell You" (3:45)
7. "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:41)
8. "Lost in a Dream" (3:07)
9. "Bleed by Yourself" (3:18)
10. "A Long Way Home" (2:34)
11. "Said and Done" (3:58)
12. "The World Is Mine" (2:57)
13. "Guilty Pleasures (The Sun Falls Down)" (3:15)

2024 Re-recording

1. "Obsession" (2:29)
2. "I Let Go" (3:18)
3. "Crushed" (3:18)
4. "This Time" (3:11)
5. "Tower of Snakes" (4:10)
6. "I Should Tell You" (3:38)
7. "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:54)
8. "Lost in a Dream" (3:06)
9. "Bleed by Yourself" (3:15)
10. "A Long Way Home" (2:32)
11. "Ghost Like Swayze" (3:11)
12. "Monster" (3:05)
13. "Sun Falls Down" (3:16)
14. "The World Is Mine" (2:55)

Personnel

• James Hart – lead vocals
• Keith Barney – lead and rhythm guitars, piano, lap steel, vocals
• Mick Morris – bass
• Ken Floyd – drums, percussion, keyboard, programming, guitars, vocals

Production

• Andrew Murdock – producer, engineering
• Fred Archambault – producer, engineering
• Scott Gliman – producer, engineering
• Ben Grosse – mixing
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Mark Wess – photography

External links

• Obsession Album Website
• Obsession on Trustkill Records