Fallen is the debut studio album by the rock band Evanescence, released on March 4, 2003, through Wind-up Records. Co-founders singer and pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody began writing and recording songs as Evanescence in 1994, and after independently releasing two EPs and a demo CD, they signed to Wind-up in January 2001. Several of the songs from their earlier independent releases feature on Fallen. The album was recorded between August and December 2002 in several studios in California. It is Evanescence‘s only studio album to feature Moody, who left the band in October 2003.
The album yielded four singles: “Bring Me to Life“, “Going Under“, “My Immortal“, and “Everybody’s Fool“. “Bring Me to Life” and “My Immortal” charted in thetop 10 of over 10 countries, including the US, UK and Australia. Fallen isEvanescence‘s most commercially successful album to date, selling 10 million copies in the US and over 17 million copies worldwide, making it the sixth best-selling album of the 21st century. It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 141,000 copies sold in its first week, peaking at number three in June 2003. The album topped the charts in more than 10 countries. It was certifiedDiamond by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November 2022.
Tracklist:
- Going Under
- Bring Me to Life (featuring Paul McCoy)
- Everybody’s Fool
- My Immortal (Moody, Lee)
- Haunted
- Tourniquet (cover of Soul Embraced’s “My Tourniquet”) (Moody, Lee, Hodges, Rocky Gray)
- Imaginary (Moody, Lee)
- Taking Over Me” (Moody, Lee, Hodges, John LeCompt)
- Hello
- My Last Breath
- Whisper” (Moody, Lee)
Credits:
Evanescence
Amy Lee: vocals, choral arrangements
Ben Moody: guitars, tribal percussion, programming
Additional musicians
David Hodges: piano, keyboards, additional programming; string arrangements (tracks 1–3, 5–11)
Francesco DiCosmo: bass
Josh Freese: drums
David Campbell: string arrangements (tracks 1–3, 5–11)
Graeme Revell: string arrangements (track 4)
Zac Baird: additional programming
Chris Johnson: additional programming
Millenium choir: background choir: Beverly Allen, Geri Allen, Eric Castro, Melanie Jackson, Karen Matranga, Joanne Paratore, Lesley Paton, Dwight Stone, Rick Stubbs, Talaya Trigueros, Susan Youngblood (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)
Paul McCoy: guest vocals (track 2)
Technical
Dave Fortman: production (tracks 1–3, 5–11); mixing (tracks 1, 3–11)
Jay Baumgardner: mixing (track 2)
Ben Moody: production (track 4); additional Pro Tools engineering
Jeremy Parker: engineering
Ted Jensen: mastering
Jason Cupp: engineering assistance
Dean Nelson: engineering assistance
Ai Fujisaki: engineering assistance
Sergio Chavez: engineering assistance
Sam Storey: engineering assistance
Mark Curry: strings recording, strings mixing
John Rodd: strings recording
Bill Talbott: strings engineering
Artwork
Ed Sherman: art direction
Frank Veronsky: photography
