One Cold Night

by Seether

Overview

Grape Street, the Philadelphia venue where One Cold Night was recorded on February 22, 2006, is also the location of the chance encounter between guitarist Pat Callahan, singer Shaun Morgan, and bassist Dale Stewart. Callahan was given a chance to audition for the band after Morgan saw him play at Grape Street. But the venue was chosen as the album site for a sense of homecoming and comfort for the entire band -- not just Callahan. Yet even this feeling of homecoming can't save One Cold Night from its generic glumness. Seether never stray much from the rules and confines of post-grunge and alternative metal, but their grittier attitude and less self-righteous lyrics make them seem more down to earth than Creed or Nickelback. In fact, about the only surprising aspect about the album is that it doesn't sound like a live album at all. What should have been an emotional return ends up sounding more like a chore than a celebration. Other than a few cheers before and after songs (someone yells the drummer's name), the album sounds like it was recorded in a studio. There is absolutely nothing raw or imperfect about it, which is usually the charm of live albums. If One Cold Night wasn't marketed as being a live album, listeners could very well have no clue that it is. Not only did the crowd not seem to be having a very good time, but the band didn't either, offering almost no interaction with audience members. Most of the songs chosen for the live performance are brooding, somber, and self-deprecating. Actually, it's kind of depressing. The album's perpetual gloomy state flows so generically from one song to the next that you're not sure if the album is, in fact, just one long song. One Cold Night doesn't offer Seether fans anything that the band's in-studio recordings don't. All but two of the songs are hits from the band's certified gold albums, Disclaimer, Disclaimer II, and Karma and Effect. Unlike most live albums, this one lacks a sense of catharsis, fun, or general attentiveness. If this release was geared toward developing a new fan base, it's unlikely to achieve its goal. It doesn't stand out, neither from the band's other albums, nor from those of Seether's peers. On the other hand, for die-hard Seether fans, One Cold Night could work as just a mellower version of the band's previous albums and will hold some appeal for that reason. ~ Megan Frye

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2012
Label:	Universal
UPC:	0887254449720

Tracks

1. Gasoline
2. Driven Under
3. Diseased
4. Truth
5. Immortality
6. Tied My Hands
7. Sympathetic
8. Fine Again
9. Broken
10. The Gift
11. Remedy
12. Plastic Man
13. The Gift

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Seether   Primary Artist
Pat Callahan   Guitar
John Humphrey   Drums
Dave Gutt   Director
Shaun Morgan   Guitar,Vocals
Dale Stewart   Bass

Technical Credits

Dale Stewart   Composer,Group Member
Pat Callahan   Group Member
Scott Sokol   Representation
Joe Cahill   Photography,Executive Producer
Scott Weiner   Photography
Marc Stecker   Project Manager
Darren Majewski   A&R,Coordination
Bennett Chandler   Engineer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Pearl Jam   Composer
Gregg Wattenberg   A&R,Production Supervisor
Diana Meltzer   A&R
Curtis Clyde   Drum Technician
Bryce Brashears   Crew
Ed Sherman   Design,Art Direction
Scott Allee   Lighting Technician
Sevan Minassian   Crew
Pete Peloquin   Engineer
John Humphrey   Group Member
Aaron Medick   Camera Operator
Andy Kasprzak   Camera Operator
Annette Narciso   Producer
Billy Sideman   Project Development
Christopher J. Valenti   Lighting
Eugene Welgemoed   Bass Technician
Fred Salkind   Design,Creative Director
Jeff Stiefel   Technician
Josh Hurley   Crew
Michael "Monk" Shear   Monitors
Mike Gutt   Camera Operator
Mike Dewdney   Representation
Edwin U. Camacho   Management,Project Manager
Justin Amash   Production Assistant
Pierre Robert   Interviewer
Mike Nack   Authoring
Gareth Botha   Illustrations
Bob Delia   Technician
Steve Karas   Executive Producer
Pat Burke   Video Engineer
Barb Adams   Audio Production
James Reeder   Lighting,Set Design
Dave Gutt   Editing
Nick Ray   Camera Operator
Rebecca Wilde   Camera Operator
Rick Smith   Management
Ron Schock   Photography
Scott Dachroeder   Guitar Technician
Stephanie Masarsky   Executive Producer
Steve Voytac   Technician
Travis Vautour   Camera Operator
William Geigert   Production Assistant
Eddie Vedder   Composer
Jeff Ament   Composer
Mark Price   Assistant
Randy Staub   Mixing
Mike McCready   Composer
Dave Abbruzzese   Composer
Stone Gossard   Composer
Seether   Composer
Shaun Morgan   Composer,Group Member