Anberlin's fifth studio album. Produced by the legendary Brendan O'Brien who has produced classics for everyone from Pearl Jam to Bruce Springsteen. The album was recorded over the course of five weeks in Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN. According to lead singer Stephen "He (Brendan) gave us the tools and showed us how to tighten everything up. For us it was just a different caliber and I think we rose to the occasion."

The band found themselves in a new headspace, recharged with creativity following their touring cycle for the album previous to this, New Surrender. The resulting album is 10 tracks that resound with a newfound sense of self and an assurance of identity.

Artist: Anberlin Album: Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place Label: Universal Republic Playtime: 41:05 min Genre: Rock URL: Rip date: 2010-09-03 Street date: 2010-09-07 Size: 66.60 MB Type: Normal Quality: 216 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

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Anberlin is an American alternative rock band from Winter Haven, Florida, formed in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, bassist Deon Rexroat, lead guitarist Joseph Milligan, drummer Nathan Young and rhythm guitarist Christian McAlhaney. Members of Anberlin originally formed a band under the name SaGoh 24/7 in the late 1990s, releasing two studio albums before disbanding, with the members having a change in musical direction and name. Anberlin was formed in 2002, within a year of forming they had signed with semi-independent record label Tooth & Nail Records and released their debut album, Blueprints for the Black Market. In 2005, the band released their second album, Never Take Friendship Personal, selling in excess of 150,000 copies.

Anberlin continued its rise to prominence while enjoying a loyal MySpace following and averaging well over 200 live shows per year. The band's third album – Cities – was released in 2007, and became their first album to reach the top 20 of the Billboard 200, selling 34,000 copies in its debut week.

After three studio albums and five years with Tooth & Nail Records, Anberlin announced their signing with major label Universal Republic Records in August 2007. The band's first album on the major label was released in 2008, titled New Surrender. The album peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200, with the first single, "Feel Good Drag", claiming number one on the Alternative Songs chart, after 29 weeks in the chart. Prior to the release of their fifth studio album, Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place, Anberlin had sold over 700,000 albums.

In 2010, they released their new album Dark is the Way, Light is the Place.

• Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -

1. We Owe This To Ourselves ( 3:12)
2. Impossible ( 4:03)
3. Take Me (As You Found Me) ( 4:12)
4. Closer ( 3:46)
5. You Belong Here ( 4:22)
6. Pray Tell ( 3:47)
7. Art Of War ( 4:43)
8. To The Wolves ( 3:31)
9. Down ( 4:05)
10. Depraved ( 5:24)