Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us Explained

Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
Type:	studio
Artist:	Paradise Lost
Cover:	Faith-divides-us-death-unites-us-cover.jpg
Released:	25 September 2009
Recorded:	^[1]
Length:	46:02
Label:	Century Media Records
Producer:	Jens Bogren
Prev Title:	Drown in Darkness – The Early Demos
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Tragic Idol
Next Year:	2012

Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us is the twelfth studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost, released through Century Media in September 2009. The album cover is based upon the Danse Macabre – "The Abbot" woodcut, first published in 1538.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Austria^[2]	54
Belgium (Flanders)^[3]	66
Belgium (Wallonia)^[4]	63
Dutch Albums Chart^[5]	84
Finnish Albums Chart^[6] ^[7]	22
Hungarian Albums Chart^[8]	39
Japanese Albums Chart^[9]	281
Sweden^[10]	29
Switzerland^[11]	52
UK Albums Chart^[12]	122

Personnel

Paradise Lost

• Nick Holmes – vocals, lyrics
• Gregor Mackintosh – lead guitar; keyboards, music composition
• Aaron Aedy – rhythm guitar
• Steve Edmondson – bass
• Peter Damin – session drums^[13]

Orchestral

• • • Florian Magnus Maier – arrangements Lucie Svehlova – concertmaster Miriam Nemcova – conductor
• City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestration on the "Prague Mixes"
• Ronny Milanowicz – orchestration (8)

Production

• • • Jens Bogren – audio mixing HL (Heino Leja) – vinyl cut mastering Jan Holzner – recording engineering
• Johan Ornborg – engineer

Album design

• Chiaki Nozu – photography
• Stefan Wibbeke – layout, artwork
• Takehiko Maeda (前田岳彦 (Maeda Takehiko)) – liner notes

Management

• Andy Farrow – management
• Vicky Langham – assistant management
• Peter Button – legal management
• Colin Young – accountancy
• Paul Bolton – agent
• James Fitzpatrick – contractor

Other credits

• Published by Element Music Publishing
• Mixed, Mastered and Produced at Fascination Street Studios
• Additional Mastering at Optimal Media Production – B979423 & B979424
• Pressed by Arvato Digital Services – 53798176

Notes and References

1. Web site: PARADISE LOST - Lost in Prague Orchestra Mixes (Trailer). YouTube.
2. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Paradise+Lost&titel=Faith+Divides+Us+-+Death+Unites+Us&cat=a Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us – austriancharts.at
3. https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/1cbc4/Paradise-Lost-Faith-Divides-Us-Death-Unites-Us ultratop.be – Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
4. https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/1cbc4/Paradise-Lost-Faith-Divides-Us-Death-Unites-Us ultratop.be – Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
5. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Paradise+Lost&titel=Faith+Divides+Us+-+Death+Unites+Us&cat=a dutchcharts.nl – Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
6. http://pop.yle.fi/lista/tuote?id=9619 Suomen virallinen lista
7. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Paradise+Lost&titel=Faith+Divides+Us+-+Death+Unites+Us&cat=a finnishcharts.com – Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
8. Web site: 2009/40 heti Album Top 40 slágerlista. MAHASZ. hu. 2021-11-28.
9. cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/329073/ranking/cd_album/|title=パラダイス・ロストのCDアルバムランキング、パラダイス・ロストのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE |publisher=Oricon.co.jp |language=Japanese |date= |accessdate=1 January 2014
10. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Paradise+Lost&titel=Faith+Divides+Us+-+Death+Unites+Us&cat=a swedishcharts.com – Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
11. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Paradise+Lost&titel=Faith+Divides+Us+-+Death+Unites+Us&cat=a Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us – hitparade.ch
12. http://zobbel.de/cluk/091010cluk.txt CHART LOG UK: CLUK Update 10.10.2009 (wk40)
13. https://archive.today/20120912032922/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=114034 Paradise Lost Begins Recording New Album; Video Available