Obsession is the fifth album by Eighteen Visions. The album was their most commercially successful to date, and featured three music videos. Some editions of this album come with a DVD that features a 'making of' the album. The album has sold over 200,000 copies in the US. The album peaked at #4 on the Heatseekers chart in the US. On July 3, 2004, the album peaked at #147 on the Billboard 200. The song "Guilty Pleasures," seemingly only available on the UK Pressing of Obsession, was confirmed by singer James Hart on Twitter to actually be "The Sun Falls Down." The title is incorrect on the Japan pressings and the single for "I Let Go."

The album was noted to be a starkly different sonic approach by comparison to the sound found on their earlier work, noted by AllMusic as "[a] shadowy realm [...] where the iron poles of heavy metal beat against hardcore spines, and hammer the resulting screams into melodies lanced with pain."

Obsession (Eighteen Visions album)

Track listings

US pressing

"Obsession" (2:03) "I Let Go" (3:23) "Crushed" (3:00) "This Time" (3:05) "Tower of Snakes" (3:41) "I Should Tell You" (3:47) "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:43) "Lost in a Dream" (3:07) "Bleed by Yourself" (3:20) "A Long Way Home" (2:34) "Said and Done" (4:00)

Obsession (Eighteen Visions album)

UK pressing

"Obsession" (2:03) "I Let Go" (3:23) "Crushed" (3:00) "This Time" (3:05) "Tower of Snakes" (3:38) "I Should Tell You" (3:45) "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:41) "A Pretty Blue (Lost in a Dream)" (3:07) "Guilty Pleasures (The Sun Falls Down)" (3:15) "Bleed by Yourself" (3:18) "The World Is Mine" (2:57) "A Long Way Home" (2:34) "Said and Done" (3:58)

Obsession (Eighteen Visions album)

Japanese pressing

"Obsession" (2:03) "I Let Go" (3:23) "Crushed" (3:00) "This Time" (3:05) "Tower of Snakes" (3:38) "I Should Tell You" (3:45) "Waiting for the Heavens" (3:41) "Lost in a Dream" (3:07) "Bleed by Yourself" (3:18) "A Long Way Home" (2:34) "Said and Done" (3:58) "The World Is Mine" (2:57) "Guilty Pleasures (The Sun Falls Down)" (3:15)

Personnel

James Hart – lead vocals

Keith Barney – lead and rhythm guitars, piano, lap steel, vocals

Mick Morris – bass

Ken Floyd – drums, percussion, keyboard, programming, guitars, vocals

Production

Andrew Murdock – producer, engineering

Fred Archambault – producer, engineering

Scott Gliman – producer, engineering

Ben Grosse – mixing

Brian Gardner – mastering

Mark Wess – photography

References

External links

Obsession Album Website

Obsession on Trustkill Records

Eighteen Visions albums

2004 albums

Trustkill Records albums