The Used is the debut full-length studio album by the eponymous American ro… Read Full Bio ↴The Used is the debut full-length studio album by the eponymous American rock band the Used It was released on June 25th, 2002 through Reprise Records.
The Used was recorded at Foxy Studios in Marina del Rey, California with Feldmann as the producer. The group recorded piano parts in London at Olympic Studios. Feldmann acted as an engineer with assistance from Mark Blewett and Donny Campion. Feldmann contributed backing vocals to "Bulimic" and "Greener with the Scenery", the latter of which also included additional backing vocals from Carmen Daye. String arrangements on "Greener with the Scenery" and "On My Own" were done by Nick Ingman. Feldmann mixed the recordings, while Joe Gastwirt mastered them at Ocean View Digital Mastering. Steineckert said that, " one thing we all took from ... to not lose yourself through everything."
The album's sound has been described as emo and post-hardcore. "The Taste of Ink" is "pretty much about being frustrated and maybe biting on a pen," according to McCracken. McCracken said "Buried Myself Alive" was, "about a girl. It's about drugs. It's about loss. It's about being alive, about living." "A Box Full of Sharp Objects" was inspired in part by McCracken's past experiences with drugs. He said it was about, "drugs and alcohol and loss and love ... and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing." "Blue and Yellow" is about McCracken and Allman's friendship, as the latter explains: "When the band started to really pick up ... we were almost not being friends anymore because we were focusing so much time on the band and not on each other."
The Used was recorded at Foxy Studios in Marina del Rey, California with Feldmann as the producer. The group recorded piano parts in London at Olympic Studios. Feldmann acted as an engineer with assistance from Mark Blewett and Donny Campion. Feldmann contributed backing vocals to "Bulimic" and "Greener with the Scenery", the latter of which also included additional backing vocals from Carmen Daye. String arrangements on "Greener with the Scenery" and "On My Own" were done by Nick Ingman. Feldmann mixed the recordings, while Joe Gastwirt mastered them at Ocean View Digital Mastering. Steineckert said that, " one thing we all took from ... to not lose yourself through everything."
The album's sound has been described as emo and post-hardcore. "The Taste of Ink" is "pretty much about being frustrated and maybe biting on a pen," according to McCracken. McCracken said "Buried Myself Alive" was, "about a girl. It's about drugs. It's about loss. It's about being alive, about living." "A Box Full of Sharp Objects" was inspired in part by McCracken's past experiences with drugs. He said it was about, "drugs and alcohol and loss and love ... and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing." "Blue and Yellow" is about McCracken and Allman's friendship, as the latter explains: "When the band started to really pick up ... we were almost not being friends anymore because we were focusing so much time on the band and not on each other."
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The Used Lyrics
A Box Full of Sharp Objects It's our time to shine through the down Glorified by what…
Blue and Yellow And it's all in how you mix the two And it…
Bulimic From the way that you acted To the way that I…
Buried Myself Alive You almost always pick the best times to drop the…
Greener With the Scenery You took it back How could you go and do something…
Maybe Memories As we trudge along through the mud And we tried to…
Noise and Kisses Look in my eyes I'm jaded now whatever that means By…
On My Own See all those people on the ground, wasting time I try…
Pieces Mended Being faced with what I'm faced with I feel Like I…
Poetic Tragedy The cup is not half empty as pessimists say As far…
Say Days Ago I still remember a year ago The times we spent I think…
The Taste of Ink Is it worth the can you even hear me Standing with…