| The City Sleeps in Flames | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Scary Kids Scaring Kids |
| Cover: | SKSK_CityFlames.jpg |
| Released: | June 28, 2005 |
| Recorded: | February - March 2005 |
| Genre: | Post-hardcore, emo |
| Length: | 40:14 |
| Label: | Immortal |
| Producer: | Brian McTernan |
| Prev Title: | After Dark |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Scary Kids Scaring Kids |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
The City Sleeps in Flames is the debut studio album by American post-hardcore band Scary Kids Scaring Kids, released through Immortal Records on June 28, 2005.[1] The album produced three music videos, for the songs "The Only Medicine", "My Darkest Hour" and the title track.[2] The cover recalls the final scene of the movie Fight Club.[4] The song "The World as We Know It" makes a reference to the movie 28 Days Later ("A virus known as Rage is brutally destroying and spreading all over the place").
Billboard described the album as "a cathartic tour de force of twin guitar leads and bleeding-heart lyricism", singling out "The Only Medicine" and "My Darkest Hour" as classics of the post-hardcore genre.[5] it reached number 50 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart.[6]