Your History Is Mine: 2002–2009 cover

Your History Is Mine: 2002–2009

Funeral for a Friend · 2009

135 min · 36 tracks · post-hardcore · emo · melodic hardcore

An expansive collection that captures the emotive rawness and melodic intensity of a band at their peak.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic journey with emotional peaks
  • reflective moments for introspective listeners
  • engaging variety across many tracks
  • for nostalgic late nights
  • intense catharsis in quiet spaces

Maybe skip if you want

  • seek immediate gratification
  • prefer single-track listening

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2009, 'Your History Is Mine: 2002–2009' serves as Funeral for a Friend's retrospective compilation after their breakthrough album 'Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation' (2003). This album highlights their evolution through pivotal moments in their career, showcasing both studio tracks and rare demos while marking a time of resurgence following lineup changes.
Stylistic neighbors
Thursday· The Used· Taking Back Sunday

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 10.45 Amsterdam Conversations 3:40
  • 2 This Year’s Most Open Heartbreak 2:43
  • 3 Juneau 3:36
  • 4 She Drove Me to Daytime Television 3:35
  • 5 Escape Artists Never Die 5:17
  • 6 Red Is the New Black 5:12
  • 7 Streetcar 3:37
  • 8 Roses for the Dead 4:04
  • 9 History 4:06
  • 10 Into Oblivion (Reunion) 4:22
  • 11 Walk Away 3:45
  • 12 Kicking and Screaming 3:22
  • 13 No Honour Among Thieves 2:45
  • 14 Built to Last 4:20
  • 15 Wrench 2:30
  • 16 Captains of Industry 3:43

Disc 2

  • 1 The Getaway Plan 4:16
  • 2 The System (Zane Lowe Radio One session) 2:07
  • 3 You Want Romance? 2:51
  • 4 10 Scene Points to the Winner 2:37
  • 5 Lazarus (In the Wilderness) 2:49
  • 6 I Am the Arsonist 4:48
  • 7 This Letter 3:45
  • 8 Babylon’s Burning 2:31
  • 9 Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:23
  • 10 The Boys Are Back in Town 4:19
  • 11 Pirate Song 3:46
  • 12 The Rise and Fall 3:29
  • 13 Crash and Burn (demo) 3:55
  • 14 In a Manner of Sleep (home demo) 4:31
  • 15 Africa (home demo) 3:24
  • 16 Faster 3:49
  • 17 Join Us 3:48
  • 18 Drive (acoustic Tiscali session) 5:14
  • 19 The Art of American Football (acoustic Tiscali session) 3:21
  • 20 Into Oblivion (Haunts remix) 4:55

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