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Black Sails in the Sunset

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Black Sails in the Sunset is a 1999 hardcore punk album by AFI. This is the first full-length album with Jade Puget as a full time member of the band.

Untitled

Dexter Holland, singer from The Offspring and owner of AFI's label Nitro Records, makes a guest vocal appearance on this album.

Track listing

The track listing for this album differs across the formats it is available in. The listing below is for the CD version.

  1. "Strength Through Wounding" – 1:33
  2. "Porphyria"[1] – 2:07
  3. "Exsanguination" – 2:48
  4. "Malleus Maleficarum" – 4:01
  5. "Narrative of Soul Against Soul" – 2:29
  6. "Clove Smoke Catharsis" – 4:38
  7. "The Prayer Position" – 3:27
  8. "No Poetic Device" – 2:16
  9. "The Last Kiss" – 3:02
  10. "Weathered Tome"[2] – 2:12
  11. "At a Glance" – 4:00
  12. "God Called In Sick Today[3]" – 3:21
  • "Lower It"[4] – 2:20
  • "Midnight Sun"[5] – 3:03


  • ^ The CD case lists track 2 as Porphyria, whilst the sleeve names it Porphyria Cutanea Tarda.
  • ^ Lower It is a special track which was available only on the 12" vinyl version of the album. It occupied track 7.
  • ^ Track titles 9 and 10 were switched on the CD face and on the back of the packaging. The correct order is listed here.
  • ^ God Called In Sick Today is a consistently played song during live performances, generally used to conclude the set list.
  • ^ Midnight Sun is a hidden song which is found on the same track as God Called In Sick Today, 10 minutes and 28 seconds in on the CD version.

Personnel

  • Dexter Holland - Backing vocals
  • A.F.I. - Producer
  • Andy Ernst - Engineer, Mixing
  • Mike Fasano - Drum Technician
  • Thadd LaRue - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
  • Alan Forbes - Illustrations
  • Gabe Morford - Photography
  • Jamie Reilly - Layout Design

Miscellanea

 
Hidden message

On the inner-edge of the CD case is a hidden message:

Beyond and To All Time I Stand

This is a lyric from the hidden track[6], Midnight Sun. Influenced by poet Charles Baudelaire who wrote the poem "De Profundis Clamavi". Such hidden messages are present on many of AFI's releases on Nitro Records.

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