Editing Dead Letters (section)

{{Short description|2003 studio album by the Rasmus}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Dead Letters
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Rasmus]]
| cover      = DeadLettersCover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 21 March 2003 <small>(EU) <br /> See [[#Release history|release dates below]]</small>
| recorded   = June–December 2002
| venue      =
| studio     = Nord Studios in [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| genre      = [[alternative rock]], [[pop rock]]
| length     = 52:14
| label      = [[Playground Music Scandinavia|Playground Music]]
| producer   = {{flatlist |
* Martin Hansen
* Mikael Nord}}
| prev_title = [[Into (album)|Into]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = [[Hide from the Sun]]
| next_year  = 2005
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Dead Letters
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[In the Shadows (song)|In the Shadows]]
 | single1date = 3 February 2003
 | single2     = [[In My Life (The Rasmus song)|In My Life]]
 | single2date = 1 August 2003
 | single3     = [[First Day of My Life (The Rasmus song)|First Day of My Life]]
 | single3date = 15 October 2003
 | single4     = Funeral Song
 | single4date = 25 April 2004
 | single5     = [[Guilty (The Rasmus song)|Guilty]]
 | single5date = 4 August 2004
}}
{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = DeadLettersCoverUKUSA.png
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = UK/US cover
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r681442}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=1136|title=The Rasmus – Dead Letters|work=Melodic|author=Roth, Kaj|date=6 March 2003|accessdate=19 July 2017|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414083328/http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=1136|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''''Dead Letters''''' is the fifth album by Finnish band [[The Rasmus]] released in 2003. It was released later in 2004 in the US, UK and Australia. Their previous album, ''[[Into (album)|Into]]'', had seen some success in some parts of Europe, particularly Scandinavia and Germany, but ''Dead Letters'' signified the band's major break-through. The album received 8 Gold and 6 Platinum [[List of music recording certifications|music certification awards]]. Lead single "[[In the Shadows (song)|In the Shadows]]" received 6 gold and 2 platinum awards,<ref>[http://www.therasmus-hellofasite.it/en/therasmus-awards.htm Awards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515140941/http://www.therasmus-hellofasite.it/en/therasmus-awards.htm |date=15 May 2010 }}</ref> selling over 1 million copies and breaking the record for [[performance royalties]] received abroad on a Finnish composition (overtaking the works of [[Jean Sibelius]]).<ref>[http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Rock+piece+by+The+Rasmus+overtakes+Sibelius+in+foreign+music+royalties/1135219646427 I Rock piece by The Rasmus overtakes Sibelius in foreign music royalties] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225215126/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Rock+piece+by+The+Rasmus+overtakes+Sibelius+in+foreign+music+royalties/1135219646427 |date=25 February 2014}}</ref>