Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason

Tracklist

The Impossibility Of Reason
1-01	Cleansation
1-02	The Impossibility Of Reason
1-03	Pictures In The Gold Room
1-04	Power Trip
1-05	Down Again
1-06	Pure Hatred
1-07	The Dehumanizing Process
1-08	Crawl
1-09	Stigmurder
1-10	Eyes Of A Criminal
1-11	Overlooked
1-12	Implement Of Destruction
1-13	Army Of Me (Bonus)
1-Video	Down Again
Reasoning The Impossible
2-01	Indifferent To Suffering
2-02	Without Mortal Restraint
2-03	Fascination Street
2-04	Let Go (Demo)
2-05	Pass Out Of Existence (Demo)
2-06	Severed (Demo)
2-07	Forced Life (Demo)
2-08	Dead Inside (Demo)
2-09	Power Trip (Live)
2-10	Cleansation (Live)
2-Video1	Pure Hatred
2-Video2	Sp Lit

Companies, etc.

• Licensed To – Roadrunner Records
• Licensed From – The All Blacks B.V.
• Manufactured For – Optimal Media Production – A380716
• Manufactured By – Optimal Media Production – A395089
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The All Blacks B.V.
• Copyright (c) – The All Blacks B.V.
• Published By – Fritz McGaven Music
• Published By – Izcoobro Music
• Published By – Talib Casio Music
• Published By – Musique Française d'Aujourd'hui
• Published By – Clevostyle Music
• Published By – Mattfetzer Music
• Recorded At – Spider Studios
• Mixed At – Chapel Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Designed At – Techtronic Rocket Society

Credits

• Artwork, Design – Garett Zunt
• Bass – Jim LaMarca
• Co-producer – Mark Hunter (tracks: 2-01), Rob Arnold (tracks: 2-01)
• Co-producer, Lead Guitar – Rob Arnold
• Co-producer, Lead Vocals, Lyrics By, Art Direction, Concept By [Blood Logo] – Mark Hunter
• Concept By [Blood Logo] – Matt Polen
• Design [Web] – Sensor Studios
• Drums – Andols Herrick
• Electronics – Chris Spicuzza
• Engineer [Assistant] – Tony Gammalo
• Lead Guitar – Matt Devries
• Management – Scott Koenig
• Management [Assistant] – Michael ''Stick''Shefrin*
• Management [Business] – Sharon Chambers, Tony Sanchez
• Mastered By – Ted Jensen
• Mixed By – Colin Richardson, Tom Kubik (tracks: 2-09, 2-10)
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Will Bartle
• Music By – Mark Hunter (tracks: 1-01, 1-03 to 1-08, 1-10, 1-12), Matt Devries (tracks: 1-01, 1-06 to 1-08), Rob Arnold (tracks: 1-01 to 1-03, 1-06 to 1-12)
• Orchestrated By, Performer – Strongsville Orchestra Conducted (tracks: 1-05, 1-12)
• Photography – Todd Bell
• Producer, Engineer – Ben Schigel
• Producer, Mixed By – Ben Schigel (tracks: 2-01, 2-04 to 2-08), Mudrock (tracks: 2-02, 2-03)
• Rhythm Guitar – Jason Hager (tracks: 2-02 to 2-08)
• Supervised By – Kevin Estrada, Monte Conner
• Written-By – Boris Williams (tracks: 2-03), Chimaira (tracks: 2-01 to 2-08), Laurence Tolhurst (tracks: 2-03), Paul Thompson (tracks: 2-03), Robert Smith (tracks: 2-03), Roger O'Donnell (tracks: 2-03), Simon Gallup (tracks: 2-03)

Notes

Special Limited Edition Enhanced 2CD

Disc I "The Impossibility Of Reason" includes the video for ''Down Again'' and a behind-the-scene featurette on the making of The Impossibility Of Reason.

Disc II "Reasoning The Impossible" includes the videos ''Pure Hatred'' and ''Sp Lit''.

Disc II:
- Track 1 taken from the pre-production sessions for The Impossibility Of Reason (November 2002)
- Tracks 2-3 are out-takes from the Pass Out Of Existence album sessions (April 2001)
- Tracks 4-8 taken from various pre-production sessions for Pass Out Of Existence (March 2000 - February 2001)
- Tracks 9-10 recorded live off the board at The Glass House, Pomona, CA, December 7, 2003

Original Chimaira rhythm guitarist, Jason Hager, plays on tracks 2-02 - 2-08

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 16861 83978 9
• Rights Society (Disc I & Disc II): STEMRA
• Label Code (Disc I & Disc II): LC 09231
• Matrix / Runout (Disc I Variant 1): manufactured by optimal media production A380716-01
• Matrix / Runout (Disc II Variant 1): manufactured by optimal media production A395089-02
• Mastering SID Code (Disc I & Disc II Variant 1): ifpi L572
• Mould SID Code (Disc I & Disc II Variant 1): IFPI 9702
• Matrix / Runout (Disc I Variant 2): manufactured by optimal media production A380716-01
• Mastering SID Code (Disc I Variant 2): ifpi L572
• Mould SID Code (Disc I Variant 2): IFPI 9714
• Matrix / Runout (Disc II Varian2): manufactured by optimal media production A395089-02
• Mastering SID Code (Disc II Varian2): ifpi L572
• Mould SID Code (Disc II Varian2): IFPI 9714

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
168 618 397-2	Chimaira	The Impossibility Of Reason ‎(CD, Enh)	Roadrunner Records	168 618 397-2	US	2003
RDRF 10055-2	Chimaira	The Impossibility Of Reason ‎(CD, Pro)	Roadrunner Records	RDRF 10055-2	US	2003
MASS CD 0921	Chimaira	The Impossibility Of Reason ‎(CD, Enh)	Metal Mind Records	MASS CD 0921	Poland	2003
168 618 397-2, MR 2322-2	Chimaira	The Impossibility Of Reason ‎(CD, Enh)	Roadrunner Records, Moon Records	168 618 397-2, MR 2322-2	Ukraine	2007
RR 8397-2	Chimaira	The Impossibility Of Reason ‎(CD, Album, Enh)	Roadrunner Records	RR 8397-2	Netherlands	2003

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