Out of the Vein

Out of the Vein is the third studio album by American rock band Third Eye Blind. Released on May 13, 2003, Out of the Vein is the band's first album with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who replaced longtime guitarist Kevin Cadogan in 2000. It would also be Third Eye Blind's final album with Elektra Records as well as their final album with bassist Arion Salazar.

Out of the Vein
Studio album by
Third Eye Blind
ReleasedMay 13, 2003
Recorded2002–2003
StudioSkywalker Sound[1]
Mourning Wood Studios[1]
Genre
Length61:08
LabelElektra
Producer
Third Eye Blind chronology
Blue
(1999)		 Out of the Vein
(2003)		 A Collection
(2006)
Singles from Out of The Vein
  1. "Blinded"
    Released: March 24, 2003[2]

Out of the Vein was recorded at the group's own Mourning Wood Studios in downtown San Francisco and at Skywalker Sound. Frontman Stephan Jenkins wanted the album to be called Crystal Baller, but was changed as the other members hated the original name.[3]

Background

Out of the Vein was originally scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2002, but was delayed several times.[4][5] According to Jenkins, some of the reasons for the delay stemmed from a self-imposed pressure to live up to Third Eye Blind's previous successes, leading him to rewrite lyrics.[4][5] By the time the album was released, Elektra Records was in the midst of being absorbed into Atlantic Records, and Jenkins contends the group was not a priority: "Our record company ceased to exist the month the record was released," "Elektra Records imploded. It was just letterhead."[6]

Jenkins felt that Out of the Vein would mark "a new period for the band",[4] and added that "The first two albums were like two parts of the same piece. We've had a hiatus. This is a new beginning. We're developing a songbook that's getting richer."[7]

The album cover is by photographer Mick Rock, and according to Jenkins screams "rock joy". The photo was originally offered to Mott The Hoople for their album All the Young Dudes (1972) according to Mike Allred in his book "Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams".[4] The first 100,000 copies of the CD included a DVD documenting the making of the album.[4] The DVD also contains footage of the band practicing songs off the album (such as "Faster") in the studio and plays clips of a song that has yet to be released titled Invisible.

The vinyl version of the album, released in 2013 for the first time, includes different mixes of many songs from the original album.

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [9]
Entertainment Weekly(B) [10]
Rolling Stone [11]

The album had a strong debut at #12 on the Billboard 200 with 63,000 copies sold in its first week.[12] While Out of the Vein has yet to be certified by the RIAA, the album has sold about 500,000 copies as of March 2007.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Faster"Stephan Jenkins3:32
2."Blinded"Jenkins · Arion Salazar · Tony Fredianelli4:22
3."Forget Myself"Jenkins · Salazar4:11
4."Danger"Jenkins · Salazar · Fredianelli · Brad Hargreaves3:12
5."Crystal Baller"Jenkins4:15
6."My Hit and Run"Jenkins · Fredianelli4:21
7."Misfits"Jenkins4:19
8."Can't Get Away"Jenkins · Salazar3:44
9."Wake for Young Souls"Jenkins4:38
10."Palm Reader"Jenkins · Fredianelli4:53
11."Self Righteous"Jenkins · Salazar6:18
12."Company"Jenkins · Fredianelli3:53
13."Good Man" / "Another Life" (hidden track)Jenkins9:22
Total length:01:00:53
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."My Time in Exile"Jenkins · Cadogan3:17
Total length:01:04:10

Personnel

References
  1. Selvin, Joel. "Commercial Recording Studios Going the Way of the 8-track". San Francisco Chronicle. May 6, 2003.
  2. "FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Nielsen Ratings, Music News and more!". 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  3. Reyes, Kimberly. "He's So 'Vein'?". Entertainment Weekly. May 9, 2003.
  4. Guthrie, Julian. "He Can See Clearly Now". San Francisco Chronicle. April 20, 2003.
  5. Author unknown. "Third Eye Blind Not 'Blinded' to Success". Yahoo! News. May 9, 2003.
  6. Uhelszki, Jaan. "Third Eye Blind’s Second Coming". San Francisco Chronicle. March 11, 2007.
  7. Hot Product. "You're So 'Vein'". billboard.com. May 12, 2003.
  8. "Out Of The Vein by Third Eye Blind" – via www.metacritic.com.
  9. Out of the Vein at AllMusic
  10. "Out of the Vein".
  11. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2012-06-13.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. Hasty, Katey. "Marilyn Manson Posts 'Grotesque' At No. 1". billboard.com. May 21, 2003.
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