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The Fiction We Live

The Fiction We Live is the second studio album by the American post-hardcore band From Autumn to Ashes. It was released in September 9, 2003 through Vagrant Records. Melanie Wills of One True Thing makes a guest appearance once again, contributing to the vocals on "Autumns Monologue." This is the last album to feature Scott Gross and Mike Pilato. It peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard 200 charts.

Production
Following the release of ''Too Bad You're Beautiful, From Autumn to Ashes was approached by Island Records who showed interest in signing the band. The deal fell through after a disagreement between the band and label over the production of The Fiction We Live''. The band would eventually sign to Vagrant Records after months of speculation. ==Videos==
Videos
Three music videos were produced for The Fiction We Live: "The After Dinner Payback", "Lilacs & Lolita" and "Milligram Smile". They aired on Headbangers Ball upon release. ==Musical style==
Musical style
The album features more clean vocals than the previous album, ''Too Bad You're Beautiful'', with three songs having no screaming vocals. Frontman Benjamin Perri said the songs on The Fiction We Live were more structured compared to the band's debut, saying this was due to the band being together longer. ==Track listing==
Personnel
;From Autumn to Ashes • Benjamin Perri – unclean vocalsFrancis Markdrums, clean vocals, additional unclean vocals • Scott Grossrhythm guitar • Brian Deneeve – lead guitar • Mike Pilato – bass guitar ;Artwork • P.R. Brown – art Direction, photography, design ;Managerial • Cory Brennan – management • Irene Richter – managing assistant • Tim Borror – US booking agent • John Jackson – international booking agent ;Production • Garth Richardsonproducer • Dean Mahler – engineer • Christopher Shaw – mixing • Zach Blackstone – mixing assistant • Chris Crippen – drum technician • Ben Kaplan – digital Editing, engineer, programming • Misha Rajaratnam – mixing assistant • Lee Robertson & Gordon Sran – assistant engineers • Darryl Romphf – assistant engineer, production coordination • Howie Weinbergmastering ==Charts==
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