Hide from the Sun

Hide from the Sun
Studio album by The Rasmus
Released	12 September 2005 (See release history)
Recorded	2005 in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Alternative rock Hard rock Gothic rock Alternative metal
Length	44:47 (Original version) 48:48 (UK version)
Label	Playground Music (Europe) DRT Entertainment (United States)
Producer	Martin Hansen Mikael Nord
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The Rasmus chronology
Dead Letters (2003) Hide from the Sun (2005) Black Roses (2008)
Singles from Hide From The Sun
"No Fear" Released: 29 August 2005 "Sail Away" Released: 25 October 2005 "Shot" Released: 30 March 2006

Hide from the Sun is the sixth studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released in mainland Europe, the UK, Scandinavia and Japan on 12 September 2005. It received Platinum status in Finland^[1] and sold more than 15,000 in the UK alone.^[2] All in all Hide from the Sun sold 400,000 copies worldwide.^[3]

It was released in the U.S. on 10 October 2006, and featured a selection of B-side remixes and special edition bonus tracks. The U.S. edition also included the previously unseen video for "Immortal".

The name "Hide from the Sun" is a quotation from the song "Dead Promises".

Track listings

All songs are written by The Rasmus and composed by Lauri Ylönen.

Original version

Released on 12 September 2005 by Playground Music

1. "Shot" – 4:18
2. "Night after Night (Out of the Shadows)" – 3:44
3. "No Fear" – 4:07
4. "Lucifer's Angel" – 4:01
5. "Last Generation" – 4:03
6. "Dead Promises" – 3:39
7. "Immortal" – 4:57
8. "Sail Away" – 3:49
9. "Keep Your Heart Broken" – 3:56
10. "Heart of Misery" – 3:27
11. "Don't Let Go" – 4:42

Limited Edition

Released on 12 September 2005 by Playground Music

1. "Shot" – 4:18
2. "Night after Night (Out of the Shadows)" – 3:44
3. "No Fear" – 4:07
4. "Lucifer's Angel" – 4:01
5. "Last Generation" – 4:03
6. "Dead Promises" – 3:39
7. "Immortal" – 4:57
8. "Sail Away" – 3:49
9. "Keep Your Heart Broken" – 3:55
10. "Heart of Misery" – 3:27
11. "Don't Let Go" – 4:51
12. "Dancer in the Dark" – 3:28

UK Edition

Released on 12 September 2005 by Island Records

1. "Shot" – 4:18
2. "Night after Night (Out of the Shadows)" – 3:44
3. "No Fear" – 4:07
4. "Lucifer's Angel" – 4:01
5. "Last Generation" – 4:03
6. "Dead Promises" – 3:39
7. "Immortal" – 4:57
8. "Sail Away" – 3:49
9. "Keep Your Heart Broken" – 3:55
10. "Heart of Misery" – 3:27
11. "Don't Let Go" – 4:51
12. "Open My Eyes" – 3:48

Japan Edition

Released on 12 September 2005 by Island Records

1. "Shot" – 4:18
2. "Night after Night (Out of the Shadows)" – 3:44
3. "No Fear" – 4:07
4. "Lucifer's Angel" – 4:01
5. "Last Generation" – 4:03
6. "Dead Promises" – 3:39
7. "Immortal" – 4:57
8. "Sail Away" – 3:49
9. "Keep Your Heart Broken" – 3:55
10. "Heart of Misery" – 3:27
11. "Don't Let Go" – 4:51
12. "Trigger" – 3:21
13. "No Fear (Chris Vrenna Remix)" – 3:40

Bonus DVD

• Making Of No Fear (Video) - 8:00
• No Fear (Video) - 3:41

U.S. Edition

Released on 10 October 2006 by DRT Entertainment

1. "Shot" – 4:18
2. "Night after Night (Out of the Shadows)" – 3:44
3. "No Fear" – 4:07
4. "Lucifer's Angel" – 4:01
5. "Last Generation" – 4:03
6. "Dead Promises" – 3:39
7. "Immortal" – 4:57
8. "Sail Away" – 3:49
9. "Keep Your Heart Broken" – 3:55
10. "Heart of Misery" – 3:27
11. "Don't Let Go" – 4:51
12. "Dancer in the Dark" – 3:28
13. "Open My Eyes" (Acoustic) – 3:21
14. "Trigger" – 3:21
15. "No Fear" (Chris Vrenna Remix) – 3:40
16. "Sail Away" (Benztown Mixdown) – 7:29
17. "Lucifer's Angel" (Acoustic) – 3:47

• Plus Immortal music video as MPEG

Mexico Edition

1. "Shot" - 4:18
2. "Night After Night (Out Of The Shadows)" - 3:44
3. "No Fear" - 4:07
4. "Lucifer's Angel" - 4:01
5. "Last Generation" - 4:03
6. "Dead Promises" - 3:39
7. "Immortal" - 4:57
8. "Sail Away" - 3:49
9. "Keep Your Heart Broken" - 3:55
10. "Heart Of Misery" - 3:27
11. "Don't Let Go" - 4:51

• Bonus Track - Recorded And Mixed Live At Mexico City, April 6, 2006

1. "Keep Your Heart Broken" - 4:04
2. "Heart Of Misery" - 3:37
3. "Sail Away" - 3:50
4. "No Fear" - 3:59
5. "In The Shadows" - 4:43

A special tour edition was released in Mexico containing 5 live tracks recorded at Mexico City on April 6, 2006

Release history

Country	Date
Europe	12 September 2005
United States	10 October 2006

Singles

• The first single, named "No Fear" was released on 5 September 2005.
• The second single, "Sail Away", was released on 14 November 2005.
• The third single from the album was "Shot". Unfortunately, due to poor sales ever since Dead Letters and "In the Shadows", this single is only available by download in the UK. It was released on April 24, 2006.

All singles (except for "Shot") are also available as maxi singles, with different track listings and covers. The maxi singles features the PC-software "The Rasmus Player" with photos and videos etc.

A video has also been made for "Immortal", but no single released.

Music videos

The video for "No Fear" includes a girl who The Rasmus 'feel for' by singing about her life and how she feels. The girl has an obsession with butterflies and follows them out of her small dark bedroom as she sleep-walks. Unaware of her sleep-walking she accidentally steps on broken glass on top of a roof and falls through to where the band is playing. But has she died? She appears to end up in a beautiful garden with a bed randomly placed in the middle, surrounded by butterflies and flowers. However, she also stays in her dingy bedroom, gloomily looking up at the framed butterfly picture on her wall. The effect is added to at the end by reusing several of the shots seen at the beginning of the video.

In the video for "Sail Away" some black butterflies fly away to the sea after singer Lauri is shown walking slowly down a cold-looking beach, singing. He sees a man coming up onto the shore carrying an empty bird-cage and he carries on walking. He sees that man again, digging a grave and a woman standing near him. The woman jerks her head in Lauri's direction to him. Lauri also sees more odd happenings, such as two children dancing around a wood sculpture (possibly a pyre) in gas masks. The pyre has dolls in coffins hung on it. Lauri enters a shack, lucky enough to walk in just in time as a sand-storm occurs and seeps into the shack. Aki (drummer) and Eero (bassist) both turn into sand-figures. At the end of the video, Aki's head and Eero's arms both fall off.

In the video for "Shot" the band seems to be in outer space, singing on a desert-like planet. The video consists of mainly alternating between close-ups of each band member and different angles of the whole band. Fast zooms and camera angle changes are used in parts of the video. At one point, there is a close-up of singer Lauri's eye and a comet flickers across his iris. This is very similar to a part of the video for "First Day of My Life", in which a close up of Lauri's eye is seen with a reflection of a racing track.

The video for "Immortal" is pieced together from various live performances of the song. It was directed by Eero Heinonen and some of his friends.

Chart positions

The album

List of chart positions of Hide from the Sun

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Finland Album Chart	1
	France Albums Chart	29
	Sweden Albums Chart	16

Singles

List of chart positions of singles from Hide from the Sun

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"No Fear"	Finland Singles Chart	1
		France Singles Chart	41
		Sweden Singles Chart	23
	"Sail Away"	Finland Singles Chart	2
		Sweden Singles Chart	58
2006	"Shot"	Finland Singles Chart	6

Trivia

• The album cover was painted by guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi.
• "No Fear" was the theme songs for Australia's Foxtel Movie One channel for their Summer 2006 line-up.

Credits

The Rasmus

• Lauri Ylönen – vocals
• Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar
• Eero Heinonen – bass
• Aki Hakala – drums

Additional musicians

• Apocalyptica – cellos on "Dead Promises"
• Jesper Nordenström and performed by Jakob Ruthberg, Anna S Wallgren, Roland Kress and Christian Bergqvist – strings on "Lucifer's Angel" and "Sail Away"

Additional personnel

• Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen – producing, recording and mixing
• Mastered by Christofer Stannow, Cosmos Mastering
• Re-mastered by Roger Lian at Masterdisk, New York, NY
• Sleeve & photos by Walse/Undén

References

1. ^ Awards
2. ^ Sells
3. ^ Sells