Heroine (From First to Last album)
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| Released | March 21, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
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| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Ross Robinson | |||
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Heroine is the second studio album by the American post-hardcore band From First to Last, released on March 21, 2006 through Epitaph Records. The album was recorded in late 2005 by producer Ross Robinson in Weed and Venice, California. Wes Borland played bass on the album in place of Jon Weisberg, who left the band shortly before recording. A darker and more serious album compared to From First to Last's debut album Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount (2004), Heroine is a post-hardcore, screamo and nu metal album utilizing complex arragments and incorporating elements from various genres. It was From First to Last's final album with vocalist Sonny Moore prior to his departure in November 2006, though he would later reunite with the band between 2017 and 2019.
Heroine received positive reviews from critics, who highlighted From First to Last's growth and Robinson's production, though some found it inconsistent and unoriginal. It sold 33,000 copies within its first week to debut at number 25 on the US Billboard 200, giving the band their first and only top forty album. Throughout 2006, From First to Last toured North America and Europe with Story of the Year, Every Time I Die, Fall Out Boy, the All-American Rejects and Hawthorne Heights. The band's tours later in the year, on the Warped Tour and with Atreyu, were marred by issues with Moore's vocals that resulted in them leaving both prematurely.