Wet from Birth

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Wet from Birth | type = Album | artist = The Faint | cover = The Faint Wet From Birth.jpg | alt = | released = September 14, 2004 | recorded = Presto! Recording Studios, The Orifice | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 34:24 | label = Saddle Creek | producer = Mike Mogis, The Faint | prev_title = Danse Macabre Remixes | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Fasciinatiion | next_year = 2008 }}

{{Music ratings | MC = 72/100<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/wet-from-birth/the-faint |title = Wet From Birth by The Faint Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic| website=Metacritic }}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r706931}}</ref> | rev2 = Pitchfork Media | rev2Score = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2952-wet-from-birth/ |title = The Faint: Wet from Birth Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork| website=Pitchfork }}</ref> | rev3 = Playlouder | rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+wetfrombirth/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028100319/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+wetfrombirth/ |archive-date=2004-10-28 |title=PLAYLOUDER {{!}} review - Wet From Birth}}</ref> | rev4 = PopMatters | rev4Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/faint-wetfrombirth.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041113001528/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/faint-wetfrombirth.shtml |archive-date=2004-11-13 |title=The Faint: Wet from Birth - PopMatters Music Review}}</ref> | rev5 = Stylus Magazine | rev5Score = B−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2341 |title = Stylus Magazine}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}

'''''Wet from Birth''''' is the fourth studio album by the American band The Faint, released on September 14, 2004 by Saddle Creek Records.<ref name=AllMusic/> The United States release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.<ref name="hdcd">{{cite web|title=List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs|url=http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=List_of_HDCD-encoded_Compact_Discs|website=Hydrogenaudio|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> It received generally favorable reviews, earning a Metacritic score of 72 out of 100.<ref name=Metacritic/> A twentieth anniversary deluxe edition with additional demos and remixes was released on March 14, 2025.<ref name="bandcamp_deluxe"/>

==Track listing== ===Original release=== {{track listing | title1 = Desperate Guys | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = How Could I Forget? | length2 = 3:17 | title3 = I Disappear | length3 = 4:07 | title4 = Southern Belles in London Sing | length4 = 3:31 | title5 = Erection | length5 = 2:45 | title6 = Paranoiattack | length6 = 4:16 | title7 = Dropkick the Punks | length7 = 2:28 | title8 = Phone Call | length8 = 4:03 | title9 = Symptom Finger | length9 = 3:27 | title10 = Birth | length10 = 3:17 }}

===Deluxe edition=== The twentieth anniversary deluxe reissue was released on March 14, 2025 and collects the remastered album along with archive recordings and remixes.<ref name="bandcamp_deluxe">{{cite web|title=Wet From Birth (Deluxe Edition)|url=https://thefaint.bandcamp.com/album/wet-from-birth-deluxe-edition|website=Bandcamp|publisher=The Faint|date=March 14, 2025|access-date=June 16, 2025}}</ref> {{track listing | title1 = Desperate Guys | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = How Could I Forget? | length2 = 3:17 | title3 = I Disappear | length3 = 4:11 | title4 = Southern Belles in London Sing | length4 = 3:27 | title5 = Erection | length5 = 2:45 | title6 = Paranoiattack | length6 = 4:16 | title7 = Dropkick the Punks | length7 = 2:28 | title8 = Phone Call | length8 = 4:03 | title9 = Symptom Finger | length9 = 3:28 | title10 = Birth | length10 = 3:12 | title11 = Zealots (Unrealized) | length11 = 3:21 | title12 = Mister (Unrealized) | length12 = 2:42 | title13 = Birth (Thailand Demo) | length13 = 3:06 | title14 = Desperate Guys (Demo) | length14 = 3:01 | title15 = Symptom Finger (Demo) | length15 = 4:12 | title16 = Paranoiattack (Demo) | length16 = 4:15 | title17 = Hypnotised | length17 = 2:49 | title18 = I Disappear (FC Kahuna Remix) | length18 = 6:04 }}

==In popular culture== *The instrumental bridge from "How Could I Forget?" is used during a chase scene in the pilot episode of the short-lived NBC drama, ''The Black Donnellys''. *The song "I Disappear" is featured in the video games ''SSX On Tour'' and ''Tony Hawk's American Wasteland''. *The song "Birth" is featured in the part of Steve Berra, in the skateboarding video Skate More, by DVS. *The violin solo at the beginning of "Desperate Guys" is the introduction to Niccolò Paganini's Caprice No. 5. *Desperate Guys was also featured in the 2012 Rock & Republic commercial. *The song "Dropkick the Punks" appears in EA's 2007 racing game ''Need for Speed: ProStreet''. *The song "Symptom Finger" appears in Billabong's 'Still Filthy' film.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.thefaint.com The Faint official website] *[http://www.saddle-creek.com Saddle Creek Records]

Category:2004 albums Category:The Faint albums Category:Saddle Creek Records albums Category:Albums produced by Mike Mogis