Broken Valley

Broken Valley is the fourth studio album and sole major label release by New York-based alternative metal band Life of Agony. It was released in 2005 through Epic Records.

Broken Valley
Studio album by
Life of Agony
ReleasedMay 30, 2005 (Europe)
June 14, 2005 (USA)
October 17, 2005 (UK)
GenreAlternative metal, hard rock
Length43:41
LabelEpic
ProducerGreg Fidelman
Life of Agony chronology
Soul Searching Sun
(1997)		 Broken Valley
(2005)		 A Place Where There's No More Pain
(2017)
Singles from Broken Valley
  1. "Love to Let You Down"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All songs by Alan Robert.

  1. "Love to Let You Down" – 3:40
  2. "Last Cigarette" – 2:56
  3. "Wicked Ways" – 4:02
  4. "Don't Bother" – 3:30
  5. "Strung Out" – 3:59
  6. "Junk Sick" – 3:18
  7. "The Calm That Disturbs You" – 3:15
  8. "No One Survives" – 1:34
  9. "Justified" – 6:21
  10. "The Day He Died" – 3:23
  11. "Broken Valley" – 5:17
  12. "Room 244" – 4:54
  13. "DNR" – 2:17 (UK Exclusive "Limited Edition" Bonus Track)

Extended Copy Protection on the initial US edition

In November 2005 Sony was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. In addition to preventing the CDs contents from being copied, it also exposed the computer to malicious attacks that exploited insecure features of the rootkit software. Just the initial US edition of the album (US Catalog-Nr. EK93515) shipped the rootkit and was recalled by Sony on November 18 of 2005 after the details of the copy protection had been unveiled in the press. Editions from other parts of the world and later US editions of the album had not shipped the malicious software from the beginning.[2] Since the copy protection is mentioned on the CD jewel case and the back of the CD itself, everybody can check if their US edition is affected or not.[3]

Bonus DVD

Several versions of the album were accompanied by a DVD, in which the band discussed their break-up and why they got back together.

The DVD includes several 'easter eggs' such as a studio rehearsal of 'Junk Sick' and backstage footage.

Personnel
Life of Agony
Additional
  • Greg Fidelman – producer
  • Tony Zeller – engineer
  • Johnny Fairfax – engineer
  • Kevin Dean – engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography

Footnotes
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "CD’s Containing XCP Content Protection Technology", MusikWoche web site. Retrieved September 06, 2010.
  3. "Are You Affected By Sony-BMG's Rootkit?", Electronic Frontier Foundation web site. Retrieved September 06, 2010.


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