Elva (album)

Elva
Studio album by Unwritten Law
Released January 29, 2002
Recorded 2001 at Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre
Length 50:13
Label Interscope
Producer
Unwritten Law chronology
Unwritten Law
(1998)
Elva
(2002)
Here's to the Mourning
(2005)

Elva is the fourth album by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, released in 2002 by Interscope Records. With it the band moved away from their previously established punk rock formula and towards a more accessible hard rock sound. The band found success with the song "Seein' Red", which reached #1 on US modern rock charts.

Elva was the band's first album with bassist Pat "PK" Kim. It features guest appearances by Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Josh Freese of The Vandals, and Neville Staple of The Specials. The two "Raleigh Soliloquy" tracks are recordings of the rants of Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Previous recordings of his rants numbered soliloquies I-III had appeared on the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood. After the closing track "Evolution" there is a phone message to singer Scott Russo from Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, a close friend of the band who had grown up with them in their home town of Poway.

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Track listing

All lyrics written by Scott Russo, except where noted. 

No. TitleMusicProducer Length
1. "Mean Girl" (lyrics: Ben Rosen, Russo)Ben RosenJohn Shanks 3:06
2. "Up All Night"  Scott RussoMichael Happoldt, Unwritten Law 3:03
3. "Sound Siren"  RussoShanks 2:50
4. "How You Feel"  RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law 2:45
5. "Blame It on Me"  Rob Brewer, Russo, Wade YoumanShanks 2:36
6. "Seein' Red"  RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law 3:47
7. "Nick and Phil" (no music; spoken word by Nicholas Wright and Phil Jamieson)   0:38
8. "Hellborn"  Youman, RussoShanks 3:19
9. "Geronimo"  Russo, Steve Morris, Youman, Brewer, Pat KimShanks 3:29
10. "Rescue Me"  RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law 4:01
11. "Actress, Model..." (lyrics: John Brinton Hogan, Russo)John Brinton HoganShanks 3:09
12. "Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. V)" (no music; spoken word by Raleigh Theodore Sakers)   0:14
13. "Babalon"  RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law 4:08
14. "Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. VI)" (no music; spoken word by Sakers)   0:42
15. "Rest of My Life"  RussoJosh Abraham 2:43
16. "Elva"  Russo, Nicholas Wright, Phil JamiesonHappoldt, Unwritten Law 4:08
17. "Evolution"  Russo, Morris, Youman, Brewer, KimShanks 5:35
Total length:
50:13

Personnel

Unwritten Law
Additional musicians
  • Nicholas Wright - Guitar on "Elva"
  • Josh Freese - drums on "Up All Night"
  • John Shanks - additional guitar on "Sound Siren," slide guitar on "Actress, Model..."
  • Miguel - upbeat guitar on "How You Feel," lead guitar on "Seein' Red"
  • Marshall Goodman - percussion on "Up All Night" and "Hellborn"
  • Michael Fisher - Indian percussion on "Babalon"
  • The Allday Singers - group vocals on "Babalon"
  • Tony Kanal - bass guitar on "Rest of My Life"
  • Neville Staples - DJ vocal on "Evolution"
  • Raleigh Theodore Sakers - spoken vocals on tracks 12 & 14
Artwork
  • Steven R. Gilmore – Sleeve design, layout, art direction, line drawings (based on original drawings by Wade Youman)
  • Wade Youman and Marc B. – Art direction
  • Mark Baldswin – Cover paintings
  • Dean Karr – Photography

Production
  • John Shanks and MiguelProducers
  • Josh Abraham – producer and mixing of "Rest of My Life"
  • Mark DeSisto and Tobias Miller – engineers
  • Dan Chase, Tal Herzberg, and Baraka – Pro Tools
  • Eddie Ashworth – additional engineering
  • Mike McMullen and Jerry Moss – assistant engineers
  • David J. Holman – mixing
  • Mixed at Cactus Studio Hollywwod
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
Management
  • Bill Silva, Les Borsai – Managers for Bill Silva Management
  • Andy Somers, Val Wolfe & Melody King – Booking Agents for The Agency Group
  • Mark Williams & Tom Whalley – A&R
  • John Branca, Mitch Tenzer & Heather Hathwell-Ziffren – Legal for Britteham, Branca & Fischer, LLP

Charts

Album
Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[1] 69

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2002 "Seein' Red" US Modern Rock Tracks 1
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 105
Australian Singles Chart 73
"Up All Night" US Modern Rock Tracks 14
Australian Singles Chart 71

References

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