The Art of Drowning

The Art of Drowning is a hardcore punk album by AFI, released on September 19, 2000 (see 2000 in music). Widely considered the band's best LP and one of the highest-quality albums of late-1990s hardcore punk rock, The Art of Drowning chart success was surprising for an indie band.

Table of contents

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions

Track listing

Initiation - :39
The Lost Souls - 2:42
The Nephilim - 2:35
Ever and a Day - 3:06
Sacrifice Theory - 1:58
Of Greetings and Goodbyes - 3:04
Smile - 1:31
A Story at Three - 3:53
The Days of the Phoenix - 3:27
Catch a Hot One - 2:54
Wester - 3:01
6 to 8 - 4:21
The Despair Factor - 3:54
Morningstar - 3:18
Battled - 1:03

Personnel

Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
Chuck Johnson - Producer, Engineer
A.F.I. - Vocals (bckgr), Producer
Andy Ernst - Mixing
Frank Rinella - Assistant Engineer
Davey Havok - Vocals
Jade Puget - Bass, Guitar
Darcy Vaughn - Viola
Adam Carson - Drums
Alan Forbes - Artwork
Thadd LaRue - Vocals (bckgr), Assistant
Jamie Reilly - Layout Design

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

2000	The Billboard 200	        No. 174
2000	Heatseekers	                No. 9
2002	Top Independent Albums	        No. 33