Elva (album)

Elva is the fourth album by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, released in 2002 by Interscope Records. With it the band moved away from their previously established punk rock formula and towards a more accessible hard rock sound. The band found success with the song "Seein' Red", which reached #1 on US modern rock charts it was their last studio album to feature founding drummer Wade Youman who left the band in 2003 though he return to the fold in 2013 and quit for second time in 2019

Elva
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2002
Recorded2001 at Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre
Length50:13
LabelInterscope
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Unwritten Law chronology
Unwritten Law
(1998)
Elva
(2002)
Here's to the Mourning
(2005)

Elva features guest appearances by Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Josh Freese of The Vandals, and Neville Staple of The Specials. The two "Raleigh Soliloquy" tracks are recordings of the rants of Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Previous recordings of his rants numbered soliloquies I-III had appeared on the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood. After the closing track "Evolution" there is a phone message to singer Scott Russo from Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, a close friend of the band who had grown up with them in their home town of Poway.

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Track listing

All lyrics are written by Scott Russo, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicProducerLength
1."Mean Girl" (lyrics: Ben Rosen, Russo)Ben RosenJohn Shanks3:06
2."Up All Night"Scott RussoMichael Happoldt, Unwritten Law3:03
3."Sound Siren"RussoShanks2:50
4."How You Feel"RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law2:45
5."Blame It on Me"Rob Brewer, Russo, Wade YoumanShanks2:36
6."Seein' Red"RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law3:47
7."Nick and Phil" (no music; spoken word by Nicholas Wright and Phil Jamieson)  0:38
8."Hellborn"Youman, RussoShanks3:19
9."Geronimo"Russo, Steve Morris, Youman, Brewer, Pat KimShanks3:29
10."Rescue Me"RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law4:01
11."Actress, Model..." (lyrics: John Brinton Hogan, Russo)John Brinton HoganShanks3:09
12."Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. V)" (no music; spoken word by Raleigh Theodore Sakers)  0:14
13."Babalon"RussoHappoldt, Unwritten Law4:08
14."Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. VI)" (no music; spoken word by Sakers)  0:42
15."Rest of My Life"RussoJosh Abraham2:43
16."Elva"Russo, Nicholas Wright, Phil JamiesonHappoldt, Unwritten Law4:08
17."Evolution"Russo, Morris, Youman, Brewer, KimShanks5:35
Total length:50:13

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