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Sing the Sorrow by AFI
Sing the Sorrow is an album by AFI, released in 2003. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 55 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Girls Not Grey”, on 29 lists with a best position of #7.
Sing the Sorrow, AFI's sixth album and their first for a major label, DreamWorks, was cut at Cello Studios in Los Angeles across 2002 and 2003 with Jerry Finn and Butch Vig producing. The band from Ukiah, California had started out as hardcore punks and taken a horror-punk turn around the century's end; here Davey Havok, Adam Carson, Hunter Burgan and Jade Puget went for something bigger and darker.
It's a dramatic post-hardcore record with emo's heart on its sleeve: Havok swooping from croon to howl, Puget's guitars stacked into walls, and punk urgency folded into arena-sized choruses. Critics praised the melodies, the playing and how grown-up it sounded next to the old stuff. "Girl's Not Grey", "Silver and Cold" and "The Leaving Song Pt. II" were the singles, it moved 96,000 copies out of the gate, and it became AFI's best-selling release, certified platinum in the US and Canada.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sing the Sorrow on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girls Not Grey | 29 | #7 | – | 2003–2024 | |
| 2 | Silver and Cold | 24 | #16 | – | 2003–2008 | |
| 3 | Bleed Black | 1 | #96 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Dancing through Sunday | 1 | #82 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.