Once upon a Shattered Life

{{Infobox album | name = Once Upon a Shattered Life | type = studio | artist = [[Seventh Day Slumber]] | cover = File:Once_Upon_a_Shattered_Life.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2005|02|01}} | studio = Compound Recording | genre = [[Christian rock]] | label = BEC Recordings | producer = [[Aaron Sprinkle]] | prev_title = [[Picking up the Pieces (Seventh Day Slumber album)|Picking up the Pieces]] | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = [[Picking up the Pieces (Seventh Day Slumber album)|Picking up the Pieces]] | next_year = 2005 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Jesus Freak Hideout | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Josh|title=Seventh Day Slumber, "Once Upon a Shattered Life" Review|date=February 1, 2005|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/OnceUponAShatteredLife.asp}}</ref> | rev2 = New Release Today |rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=New Release Today|title=Once Upon a Shattered Life by Seventh Day Slumber|date=August 9, 2007|url=https://www.newreleasetoday.com/albumdetail.php?album_id=349}}</ref> | rev3 = Cross Rhythms | rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Cummings|first=Tony|title=Review: Once Upon a Shattered Life - Seventh Day Slumber|date=November 29, 2005|url=https://crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Seventh_Day_Slumber/Once_Upon_A_Shattered_Life/12920/}}</ref> }} '''''Once Upon a Shattered Life''''' is the fourth studio album by American Christian rock band [[Seventh Day Slumber]]. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Once Upon a Shattered Life by Seventh Day Slumber |url=https://genius.com/albums/Seventh-day-slumber/Once-upon-a-shattered-life |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref> and released on February 1, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seventh Day Slumber Releases 'Once Upon a Shattered Life' |url=https://cbn.com/article/not-selected/seventh-day-slumber-releases-once-upon-shattered-life |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=CBN |language=en}}</ref> It is the only album by the band to feature drummer Juan Alvarez. It sold more copies than its predecessor album,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=YouthWorker |date=2007-12-20 |title=Seventh Day Slumber |url=https://www.youthworker.com/seventh-day-slumber/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=YouthWorker |language=en-US}}</ref> and is considered to be the band's breakthrough into the mainstream Christian industry, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death By Admiration: An Interview with Seventh Day Slumber |url=https://www.newreleasetoday.com/article.php?article_id=3459 |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=www.newreleasetoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=writer |first=B. J. Lisko Repository staff |title=Cocaine to Christ: Seventh Day Slumber frontman talks music, salvation ahead of Rock the Park |url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/09/06/cocaine-to-christ-seventh-day/18884151007/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Canton Repository |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = | all_lyrics = Joseph Rojas | all_music = Seventh Day Slumber | title1 = Break Me | length1 = 3:18 | title2 = Shattered Life | length2 = 3:29 | title3 = Caroline | length3 = 4:07 | title4 = Make Believe | length4 = 2:58 | title5 = I Believe | length5 = 4:08 | title6 = Back in Time | length6 = 3:26 | title7 = Brand New Man | length7 = 4:08 | title8 = Chris' Letter | length8 = 3:20 | title9 = Masquerade | length9 = 3:39 | title10 = Oceans from the Rain | length10 = 4:09 | total_length = 36:42 }}

==Personnel==

Credits adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{Citation |title=Seventh Day Slumber - Once Upon A Shattered Life |date=2005 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1013860-Seventh-Day-Slumber-Once-Upon-A-Shattered-Life |access-date=2025-06-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj2ZW-9cLMs |title=Shattered Life |date=2015-07-04 |last=Seventh Day Slumber - Topic |access-date=2025-06-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Once Upon a Shattered Life - Seventh Day Slumb... {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/once-upon-a-shattered-life-mw0000368712 |access-date=2025-06-14 |language=en}}</ref>

;Seventh Day Slumber * Joseph Rojas – vocals, guitar * Jeremy Holderfield – guitar * Joshua Schwartz – bass * Juan Alvarez – drums

;Additional Personnel * [[Aaron Sprinkle]] – production, backing vocals, guitar * JR McNeely – mixing * Brian Gardner – mastering * Brynn Sanchez – backing vocals * Zach Hodges – engineering * Austin Thomason – engineering

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Seventh Day Slumber albums]] [[Category:BEC Recordings albums]] [[Category:2005 albums]]