Editing Bitterness the Star

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{{Infobox album|
| name         = Bitterness the Star
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[36 Crazyfists]]
| cover        = BitternessTheStar.jpg
| border       = yes
| alt          = 
| released     = April 4, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Bitterness the Star''|author=Jason D. Taylor|publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref>
| recorded     = May 1–June 17, 2001
| venue        = 
| studio       = Millbrook Studios ([[Millbrook, New York]])<br />Red Clay Studios ([[Suffern, New York]])
| genre        = [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web|author = Deviant|title= Review: 36 Crazyfists — Bitterness the Star|website= Sputnikmusic |date= 29 December 2009 |access-date= 3 July 2022 |url= https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/34195/36-Crazyfists-Bitterness-the-Star/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharpe-Young |first1=Garry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |location=New Plymouth, New Zealand |publisher=Zonda Books Limited |date=1 November 2005 |isbn=978-0958268400 |access-date=10 July 2022 }}</ref>
| length       = 46:35
| label        = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| producer     = [[Eddie Wohl]], [[Rob Caggiano]], Steve Regina
| prev_title   = Demo '99
| prev_year    = 1999
| next_title   = [[A Snow Capped Romance]]
| next_year    = 2004
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580537/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Bitterness the Star''|author=Jason D. Taylor|publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev2Score = Favorable<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jason |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/36crazyfists-bitterness |title=36 Crazyfists: Bitterness the Star < PopMatters |publisher=Popmatters.com |date= |accessdate=January 16, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017095344/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/36crazyfists-bitterness }}</ref>
}}

'''''Bitterness the Star''''' is the debut major label album by American [[metalcore]] band [[36 Crazyfists]].<ref name="Exclaim!">{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/36_crazyfists-bitterness_star|date=June 1, 2002|title=Bitterness the Star review|publisher=Exclaim!|author=Amber Authier|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> It was released on April 4, 2002 through [[Roadrunner Records]], and was produced by [[Eddie Wohl]]. "Slit Wrist Theory" was released as a single and is often censored to "Wrist Theory" on music channels to eliminate the self-harm reference. This is the only 36 Crazyfists album to bear a [[Parental Advisory]] sticker.

Singer Brock Lindow has stated that this release is his favorite 36 Crazyfists studio album. In an interview with the music magazine ''[[Kerrang!]]'' in 2007, he declared, "''Bitterness'' will always remain my favourite album, no matter what".{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

==Background and recording==
The majority of the songs were written in 1997–98, immediately after the release of the band's independent demo ''In the Skin''.<ref>[http://themoshzone.com/2018/03/17/the-mosh-zone-episode-9-brock-of-36-crazyfists/ Lidow, Brock (March 2018)]</ref> In April 2001, 36 Crazyfists entered Millbrook Studios in Milbrook, New York with Eddie Wohl, Rob Caggiano and Steve Regina, all of Scrap 60 Productions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2001-04-27 |title=Archive News Apr 27, 2001 |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/archive-news-apr-27-2001/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> Recording commenced on May 1, 2001.<ref name=":0" /> On June 1, 2001, [[Skinlab]] vocalist Steev Esquivel flew up to Millbrook to record a guest appearance on "Bury Me Where I Fall".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2001-06-01 |title=Archive News Jun 01, 2001 |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/archive-news-jun-01-2001/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=June 18, 2001 |title=A Guest of Our Own |url=http://roadrun.com/artists/36Crazyfists/news.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827143548/http://roadrun.com/artists/36Crazyfists/news.asp |archive-date=2001-08-27 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=roadrun.com}}</ref> Three days later, the band left Millbrook and travelled to Red Clay Studios in Suffern, New York.<ref name=":1" /> The band finished recording on June 17, 2001.<ref name=":2" />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length = 46:35
| all_lyrics = Brock Lindow
| all_music = [[36 Crazyfists]]
| title1 = Turns to Ashes
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = One More Word
| length2 = 3:39
| note2 = feat. Carl Severson of [[NORA (band)|Nora]]
| title3 = An Agreement Called Forever
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = Eightminutesupsidedown
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = Slit Wrist Theory
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Bury Me Where I Fall
| length6 = 3:35
| note6 = feat. Steev Esquivel of [[Skinlab]]
| title7 = Dislocate
| length7 = 3:46
| title8 = Two Months from a Year
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = Chalk White
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = All I Am
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Ceramic
| length11 = 3:03
| title12 = Circle the Drain
| length12 = 3:42
| title13 = Left Hand Charity
| length13 = 2:15
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition
| title14 = Crutch
| length14 = 5:28
| title15 = Circle the Drain
| note15 = Demo
| length15 = 3:38
| title16 = Chalk White
| note16 = Demo
| length16 = 3:18
| title17 = Disarray
| note17 = Demo
| length17 = 3:00
}}

*Tracks 15, 16 and 17 of the special edition are originally recorded on the '99 Demo.

== Personnel ==
=== 36 Crazyfists ===
*Brock Lindow – vocals
*Steve Holt – guitar, backing vocals
*Mick Whitney – bass
*Thomas Noonan – drums

=== Guests ===
*Carl Severson – additional vocals on "One More Word"
*Steev Esquivel – additional vocals on "Bury Me Where I Fall"

=== Production ===
*[[Eddie Wohl]] – producer, engineer, mixing
*[[Rob Caggiano]] – producer, engineer, mixing
*Steve Regina – producer, engineer, mixing
*Paul Orofino – engineer
*Ted Jensen – mastering
*Tom Simpson – media
*[[Monte Conner]] – A&R
*Daniel Moss – photography
*Brooke Fasani – live photos

==References==
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