The Opposite of December

The Opposite Of December
Studio album by Poison the Well
Released	December 14, 1999
Recorded	Pompano Beach, Florida
Genre	Metalcore
Length	28:15
Label	Trustkill
Producer	Jeremy Staska, Poison the Well
Poison the Well chronology
Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1998) The Opposite of December (1999) Tear from the Red (2002)

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The Opposite of December is the first full-length album by experimental hardcore band Poison the Well. Very influential in the early popularization of metalcore around the turn of the century, and now considered a landmark in the genre the album was the band's first on Trustkill Records and was released on December 14, 1999. A remastered edition was released on November 20, 2012 on Rise Records.

Track listing

1. "12/23/93" – 3:07
2. "A Wish for Wings That Work" – 3:33
3. "Artist's Rendering of Me" – 3:20
4. "Slice Paper Wrists" – 3:56
5. "Nerdy" – 2:44
6. "To Mandate Heaven" – 2:40
7. "Not Within Arms Length" – 2:27
8. "Mid Air Love Message" – 3:09
9. "My Mirror No Longer Reflects" – 3:19

Credits

• Jeffrey Moreira - vocals
• Derek E. Miller - guitar
• Ryan Primack - guitar
• Alan Landsman - bass guitar
• Chris Hornbrook - drums

Technical

• RJ - band photography
• Jacob Bannon - art direction, design

Vinyl

The Opposite of December was pressed on vinyl three times, the latter being a 2008 double LP with Tear from the Red.

1st press (Good life recordings):

• ? copies – black
• 300 copies – blue
• 3 copies – blue / greenish vinyl ("misprint")
• 1 copy – blue / black mix ("misprint")

2nd press (Good life recordings):

• 300 copies – navy blue (darker than 1st press)

2008 (Trustkill records):

• 661 copies – pink & white
• 336 copies – white & yellow
• 331 copies – blue & red
• 4 copies – test press