The Six Releases Behind Our Release List Design
One of our designs is nothing but words: the titles of six Fightstar releases, stacked one under the other in the order they came out. Here's what each line on that back design stands for.
What are the six titles?
- They Liked You Better When You Were Dead (2005): our mini-album, released on 28 February 2005. The first record with our name on it.
- Grand Unification (2006): our debut studio album, out on 13 March 2006 on Island Records. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 28.
- One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours (2007): the album that followed, a year later.
- Alternate Endings (2008): a collection of B-sides, released on 11 August 2008.
- Be Human (2009): out on 20 April 2009. We funded it ourselves, co-produced it and brought in orchestral and choral parts. It reached number 20 in the UK.
- Behind the Devil's Back (2015): released on 16 October 2015, with electronic elements added to the sound.
Why put them all on one design?
Because together they're the whole story so far. Read from top to bottom, the list runs from 2005 to 2015: a mini-album, four studio albums and a B-sides collection. It's the simplest way we know to wear the band's history.
How does the design look?
Type only: tall, condensed capitals, black on light, stacked edge to edge on the back. No pictures: the titles do all the work. Front stays clean: so the back design gets the attention.
Which one should you listen to first?
Start at the top of the list and work down: it's the order the records came out, and you can hear the sound change from one line to the next.
Every Fightstar design, including the release list, is in the shop.