Screamworks: Love in Theory & Practice (Limited Edition 2XCD) [Limited Edition]

HIM

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Sire / Wea
• ASIN: B0030BOCEG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,307 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. In Venere Veritas

2. Scared To Death

3. Heartkiller

4. Dying Song

5. Disarm Me [With Your Loneliness]

6. Love, The Hardest Way

7. Katherine Wheel

8. In The Arms Of Rain

9. Ode To Solitude

10. Shatter Me With Hope

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. In Venere Veritas

2. Scared To Death

3. Heartkiller

4. Dying Song

5. Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)

6. Love, The Hardest Way

7. Katherine Wheel

8. In The Arms Of Rain

9. Ode To Solitude

10. Shatter Me With Hope

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

SCREAMWORKS: LOVE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE is HIM's seventh studio album and the follow-up to 2007's Venus Doom, which debuted at No. 12 in the U.S. This limited edition features 2 CD's in a 6 panel digipak with 8 page booklet. Disc 2 features bonus acoustic tracks recorded by Ville.

After conquering the rest of the world with chart-topping albums and sold-out tours, Finland's HIM won over the States with its 2005 U.S. debut, the Top 20 Dark Light. In 2007, Venus Doom elevated the band's summer-of-love-gone-goth to even harder and heavier heights.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pleasently suprised, February 11, 2010

By	Sarah Brozzo (Ironwood< MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice (MP3 Download)

I have noticed alot of the older HIM fans like myself, are not enjoying the tracks, and I will admit to being taken off Guard. BUT I LOVED IT!! and for the ones saying its not him, ville sounds different and so on, he is! He sobered up, and put his self out there in this album alot more that the others, and i give him major credit for it. It is painful to be so raw and to expose yourself like that. To the people who are criticizing the direction the band has taken: have you never made a change in your life? Have you ever shown a side of your personality that people usually dont see? I bet you have. I adore this album, and I cant wait to see them live in april! <3 HIM

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feelings, February 14, 2010

By	C. Grosiak "Crystal" (NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Screamworks: Love in Theory & Practice (Audio CD)

I have been a huge HIM fan for years, so much i have the heartagram tattood on me to show my devotion. i have everything from the begginning demos until now. so like many people who love the old HIM sound like myself, i can see why no one is really digging this album.

im surprised no one has mentioned the song "in the arms of rain" that is deffinatly the best track off the album in my opinion, lots of synth and pretty sounds as simple as i can put it. that song has been on repeat. and the last track on the cd i think is great too, very melodic. "like st valentine" is a catchy track that is also one of my favorites off the album. i dont think the album is terrible, yes it does get a little boring after a while cause most the songs sound the same. but i do prefur this over dark light, theres only 2 songs that i enjoyed off dark light. but im sure screamworks will grow on me overtime. but of course, nothing can compare to the early him, its crazy to hear how different their sound is from greatest love songs till now. but all bands go through a phase of changing their sounds, and usually when people are not happy with it, they come back with an amazing album next time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They have come a long way..., February 19, 2010

By	Richard K. Kostoff "karmarich" (columbus, oh) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Screamworks: Love in Theory & Practice (Audio CD)

This record is like fine red wine. It needs to breathe awhile, and then all of its notes unfold. It took about 10 listens before I could write an honest review. Not as hard as Venus Doom or commercially appealing as Dark Light, its more of an exploration of the pain of love. HIM always implys these themes, yet this time they have taken it all the way. My best way to describe it is a big, dark, scary fortress with a 1000 rooms of horrors. These horrors are something we love to watch, like an old gothic flick on late night TV.

Each track is driving. Electronic beats finally make an appearance. Rich production values deliver that classic HIM sound. The songs have familiar camp, yet serious lyrics abound. Love is painful, yet its rewards are worth it. Katherine Wheel stands out as a big concert anthem rocker. The rest of the album drives us to a happy ending-well sort of. The Forboding Sense of Impending Happiness shimmers and leaves us with promise that the dark canyons of human emotion are worth exploring. Indeed, for those lovelorn goths, this album becons them to enter the vast fortress and get lost in it.