You Come Before You

You Come Before You is the third full-length album by American metalcore band Poison the Well. It was released on July 1, 2003. It is the band's only release on a major label (Atlantic Records). More than 115,500 copies of the album have been sold in the U.S. to date.[2]

You Come Before You
Studio album by Poison the Well
Released	July 1, 2003
Recorded	Sound City, Van Nuys, California and Tonteknik Recording Studios, Umeå, Sweden
Genre	Post-hardcore, experimental rock, metalcore[1]
Length	42:59
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Eskil Lövström, Pelle Henricsson
Poison the Well chronology
Tear from the Red (2002) You Come Before You (2003) Versions (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Ghostchant" – 3:33
2. "Loved Ones (Excerpts from Speeches of How Great You Were, and Will Never Be Again)" – 3:53
3. "For a Bandaged Iris" – 4:27
4. "Meeting Again for the First Time" – 4:18
5. "A) The View from Here Is... B) A Brick Wall" – 3:12
6. "The Realist" – 3:49
7. "Zombies Are Good for Your Health" – 2:24
8. "The Opinionated Are So Opinionated" – 1:34
9. "Apathy Is a Cold Body" – 5:00
10. "Sounds Like the End of the World" – 4:24
11. "Pleasant Bullet" – 3:35
12. "Crystal Lake" – 2:50

Personnel

Poison the Well

• Jeffrey Moreira – vocals
• Derek E. Miller – guitar
• Ryan Primack – guitar
• Geoff Bergman – bass
• Chris Hornbrook – drums

Others

• Don Clark – art direction, design for Asterik Studio, Seattle
• Pelle Henricsson –recording, mixing, mastering
• Eskil Lovstrom – recording, mixing, mastering

Legacy and influence

• Loudwire ranked the album No. 82 on their list of "The 100 Best Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 21st Century".[3]

Nominations, awards and accolades

Kerrang! 2003 Nomination for "Best International Newcomer".

References

1. Loftus, Johnny. "Poison the Well – You Come Before You". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
2. Poison The Well Are Back — And Fusing Metal With ... Country?
3. Loudwire 100 Best Rock + Metal