A City by the Light Divided

Thursday's third album and first since major label debut War All the Time was released on September 15, 2003. Following its release, keyboardist Andrew Everding, who had performed on the album, became a full-time member of the band. The group subsequently embarked on an exhaustive touring schedule with performances in the UK, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. As a result of this touring, personal problems between members began to occur, The band wanted the record to have "a very live sound," and selected producer Dave Fridmann because of his work with such bands as the Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, and Mogwai. In September, early demos leaked, ==Release==

On February 5, 2006, A City by the Light Divided was announced for release in May. In mid-February, the group were working on ideas for a music video for "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" with production companies Refused TV and Artificial Army. From mid March to the beginning of April, the band went on the first leg of the Shirts for a Cure tour, with support from Minus the Bear, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, and We're All Broken. On March 29, "At This Velocity" was made available for streaming via Alternative Press. For most of April, the band went on the 2006 edition of the Taste of Chaos tour. However, on April 13, Rickly became ill, resulting in the band dropping off the tour. On April 18, A City by the Light Divided was made available for streaming via the band's Myspace profile, and "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" was released to radio. From late April to late May, the band went on the second leg of the Shirts for a Cure tour, with support from Minus the Bear, mewithoutYou and We're All Broken. In May and June, the group went on a UK tour. In between dates on this tour, the band went on a co-headlining tour with Rise Against. In January and February 2007, the band went on a tour of the U.S. with support from Fear Before the March of Flames, Murder by Death and Heavy Heavy Low Low. ==Reception==

Critical response The album so far has a score of 75 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". Blender gave it a score of four stars out of five and called it "A widescreen goth-punk stunner." Commercial performance It reached #20 on the Billboard 200. A month after its release, the album had sold over 81,000 copies. By July, it had sold 90,000 copies. By April 2007, it had sold 132,000 copies. ==Track listing==

All music by Thursday, all lyrics by Geoff Rickly. ;Bonus tracks ==Personnel==

Personnel per booklet. Thursday • Geoff Rickly – lead vocals • Tom Keeley – lead guitar • Steve Pedulla – rhythm guitar • Tim Payne – bass guitar • Tucker Rule – drums • Andrew Everding – keyboards Additional musicians • Amanda Tannen – additional vocals on "We Will Overcome" • Mary Fridmann – additional vocals on "We Will Overcome" Production • Dave Fridmann – producer, mixing, engineer • Tom Coyne – mastering • Tim Gilles – pre-production • Melissa Cross – vocal coach • Louis Marino – art direction, illustration, design • Ken Schless – Photography ==Charts==