One Day Remains


One Day Remains is the debut album by American rock band Alter Bridge, released on August 10, 2004, on Wind-up Records. The album was produced by Ben Grosse, making it the band's only album to not be produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette. It has been certified Gold in the United States as of November 2004, with worldwide sales reaching 750,000.

Track listing

All melodies and lyrics are written by Mark Tremonti, except where noted; all music is composed by Mark Tremonti.

Track information

"Metalingus"

Although never released as a single, "Metalingus" is one of Alter Bridge's most popular songs and is a live staple. The song has been used by professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Adam "Edge" Copeland as his entrance theme in WWE from 2004 onward. From March to June 2022, he changed his entrance theme to another Alter Bridge song, "The Other Side", which would later be the entrance music for The Judgment Day stable after Edge was removed from the group. He continued to use "Metalingus" once more after returning at SummerSlam 2022 and after joining All Elite Wrestling in October 2023.

"In Loving Memory"

Like "Metalingus", "In Loving Memory" was never released as a single, though it is one of the band's most popular songs among fans. On November 5, 2008 in Glasgow, an electric version of the song was performed for the first time, and has since become a regular feature in their live shows.
Mark Tremonti wrote the song about the death of his mother, Mary Elizabeth Tremonti, who died in 2002. In an interview he said: "There are a lot of themes on this record that are very personal, for example 'In Loving Memory' is about my mother who recently passed away. In terms of purely personal significance, you cannot get any deeper than that. It is definitely a sad song."

Personnel

Alter Bridge
Additional personnel
  • Ben Grosse – production, recording, mixing
  • Alter Bridge – co-production, arrangements
  • Blumpy – digital engineering and editing, keyboards and programming
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards and programming
  • Adam Barber – digital engineering and editing
  • Shilpa Patel – additional editing and tech support
  • Jack Odom and Shaun Evans – recording assistants
  • Paul Pavao and Chuck Bailey – mixing and additional recording assistants
  • David Campbell – string arrangements on "In Loving Memory" and "The End Is Here"
  • Tony Adams – drum tech
  • Ernie Hudson – guitar tech
  • Tom Baker – mastering at Precision Mastering, Hollywood, CA
;Management
  • Diana Meltzer – A&R
  • Gregg Wattenberg – A&R-Wind-up production supervision
  • Chipper – A&R administration
  • Jeff Hanson, Jeff Cameron and Randy Dease – management
  • Ken Fermaglich and Neil Warnock – booking agents
  • Garry Whitfield and Dave Johnson – business management
  • Jim Zumwalt and Orville Almon and Mark Passler – legal representation
  • Lisa C. Socransky and Brian McClain – additional legal representation
  • Andrew Weiss – management
  • Thom Trumbo – producer management and coordination
;Artwork
  • Daniel Tremonti – art direction and design, photography
  • Pat Costa – photography
  • Pamela Littky – band photography