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An Ocean Between Us
Studio album by As I Lay Dying
Released	August 21, 2007 (2007-08-21)
Recorded	March 2007
Studio	Lambesis Studio, San Marcos, California
Genre	Melodic metalcore
Length	43:15
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Adam Dutkiewicz, As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying chronology
A Long March: The First Recordings (2006) An Ocean Between Us (2007) This Is Who We Are (2009)

An Ocean Between Us is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying, released on August 21, 2007, by Metal Blade Records. It debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, with sales close to 39,500. The album includes the singles "Nothing Left", "The Sound of Truth", "Within Destruction", "I Never Wanted" and "An Ocean Between Us", with music videos produced for all five. "Nothing Left" appears on the radio soundtrack of the 2008 video game Saints Row 2.

Musical style

An Ocean Between Us is a metalcore album that incorporates elements of heavy metal, thrash metal, hardcore punk, and melodic death metal. Guitarist Nick Hipa said of the album's style, "collectively we've all pushed ourselves, and we're all doing things that we weren't even capable of doing on the last record. And on top of just experimenting and trying different things, I think we just wrote some pretty sick jams, so I'm happy with it."

Vocalist Tim Lambesis said " spent some time listening to our last album and, just from being on tour, we became a little bit jaded by how the genre — as a whole — has sort of copied itself over and over again. We decided we wanted to be more diverse, even down to the point where we sort of felt like we should really focus on writing songs in different categories, and then pick the best songs from those categories and use them for the record."

Reception

Reviewers praised As I Lay Dying's progression in both musicianship and songwriting. Chad Bowar of About.com described the album as more accessible and diverse than its predecessor, saying "As I Lay Dying has always been a band with a lot of crossover appeal with both metal and hardcore fans. They are the type of group that has the fanbase to play both Ozzfest and Warped Tour."

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About
AllMusic
Blabbermouth
Cross Rhythms
Exclaim!	Mildly positive
HM Magazine	"best metal album this year"
PopMatters
Metal Underground
Imperiumi

The record was released on August 21, 2007, to generally positive acclaim, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tim Lambesis; all music is composed by As I Lay Dying

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

As I Lay Dying

• Tim Lambesis – lead vocals
• Nick Hipa – guitars, backing vocals on "Bury Us All"
• Phil Sgrosso – guitars, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
• Jordan Mancino – drums

Additional musicians

• Josh Gilbert – bass, clean vocals
• Chad Ackerman – backing vocals on "An Ocean Between Us", "Bury Us All"
• Tommy Garcia – backing vocals on "Forsaken"
• Duane Reed – backing vocals on "Forsaken"

Additional personnel

• Adam Dutkiewicz – production
• Daniel Castleman – assisting production, mixing on "Departed"
• Colin Richardson – mixing all tracks except "Departed"
• Matt Hyde – mix engineering
• Andy Sneap – guitar re-amping
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Jacob Bannon – artwork, layout

Charts

References

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v t e As I Lay Dying
Tim Lambesis Nick Hipa Josh Gilbert Jordan Mancino Phil Sgrosso
Studio albums	Beneath the Encasing of Ashes Frail Words Collapse Shadows Are Security An Ocean Between Us The Powerless Rise Awakened Shaped by Fire Through Storms Ahead
Compilations	A Long March: The First Recordings Decas
Videos	This Is Who We Are
Split albums	As I Lay Dying / American Tragedy
Songs	"My Own Grave"
Related articles	Discography
Category

• 2007 albums
• Albums produced by Adam Dutkiewicz
• Albums with cover art by Jacob Bannon
• As I Lay Dying (band) albums
• Metal Blade Records albums