Black Sails in the Sunset

Black Sails in the Sunset
Studio album by AFI
Released	May 18, 1999
Recorded	1998-1999
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	46:13
Label	Nitro
Producer	AFI
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AFI chronology
Black Sails EP (1999) Black Sails in the Sunset (1999) All Hallow's EP (1999)

Black Sails in the Sunset is the fourth album by American rock band AFI. This is the first full-length album with Jade Puget as a full time member of the band.

Track listing

The track listing for this album differs between the formats it is available in.

1. "Strength Through Wounding" – 1:33
2. "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda" – 2:07
3. "Exsanguination" – 2:48
4. "Malleus Maleficarum" – 4:01
5. "Narrative of Soul Against Soul" – 2:29
6. "Clove Smoke Catharsis" – 4:38
7. "The Prayer Position" – 3:27
8. "No Poetic Device" – 2:16
9. "The Last Kiss"* – 3:02
10. "Weathered Tome"* – 2:12
11. "At a Glance" – 4:00
12. "God Called In Sick Today" – 13:31

    "Midnight Sun" (hidden track) - 10:28

• Due to a misprint, tracks 9 and 10 were mislabeled with their titles switched. Shown here is the correct track listing.

Bonus tracks, B-sides, unreleased tracks, etc.

All tracks recorded during the Black Sails sessions unless otherwise noted.

• "Lower It" is featured as track 7 of the vinyl edition of the album. It was later re-released on the AFI retrospective compilation.
• "Who Knew?" was first featured on the Black Sails EP. It can also be found in place of "Midnight Sun" as a hidden track on the Japanese edition of the album.
• "Transference" was released on the No Time to Kill compilation. This is the only known instance in AFI's catalogue when Hunter has had a lead vocal, which can be heard during the chorus of the song.
• "The Chicken Song" is featured as a hidden track on the No Time to Kill compilation. This song features Hunter on piano and Davey and Jade sharing lead vocal duties. The band often jokingly denies the existence of this song.
• "Weight of Words" was recorded during the Black Sails sessions but has yet to be released.

Chart positions

Notes

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• The CD case lists track 2 as "Porphyria," whilst the sleeve names it "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda." The song's title references the skin disease that results in an acute sensitivity to sunlight.
• Track titles 9 and 10 (tracks 10 and 11 on the list above) were switched on the CD face and on the back of the packaging. The correct order is listed here.
• "God Called in Sick Today" is featured regularly in AFI's setlist. It was generally used to conclude the show, although following the release of Decemberunderground it was usually followed by "Miss Murder." (See I Heard a Voice) In recent years, however, it has all but fallen off their setlist.
• "Midnight Sun" is a hidden track on the CD edition of the album, found on the same track as "God Called in Sick Today," 10 minutes and 28 seconds into the track. It was influenced by poet Charles Baudelaire, who wrote the poem "De Profundis Clamavi." Havok can be heard whispering the poem during the bridge of the song.
• "Strength Through Wounding" contains the chant "Through our bleeding, we are one." Fans have been known to chant this before the band comes on stage or during pauses between songs.

The hidden message.

• The song "Malleus Maleficarum" references the famous treatise on the prosecution of witches. In an interview for the I Heard a Voice DVD, guitarist Jade Puget states that "Malleus Maleficarum" was the first song he wrote as a part of AFI.
• The inner-edge of the CD case reveals a hidden message: "Beyond and To All Time I Stand". This is a lyric from "Midnight Sun". Such hidden messages are present on many of AFI's releases on Nitro Records. The phrase is also from the Inferno part of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, It is uttered by an unnamed demon.
• Dexter Holland, singer from The Offspring and owner of AFI's label (at the time), Nitro Records, made a guest vocal appearance on this album in the songs "Clove Smoke Catharsis" and "The Prayer Position".

Personnel

• Davey Havok - Vocals
• Jade Puget - Guitar, backing vocals
• Hunter Burgan - Bass, backing vocals
• Adam Carson - Drums

• Dexter Holland - Guest backing vocals
• AFI - Producer
• Andy Ernst - Engineer, Mixing
• Mike Fasano - Drum Technician
• Thadd LaRue - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Alan Forbes - Illustrations
• Gabe Morford - Photography
• Jamie Reilly - Layout Design

References

External links

• http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/22p02.html