Lost Whispers

Lost Whispers is a compilation album by American rock band Evanescence. It was released on December 9, 2016 on digital music platforms, and included in the six-LP vinyl box set The Ultimate Collection released on February 17, 2017, by The Bicycle Music Company. The album is a collection of B-sides, outtakes, bonus tracks, and two new recordings: "Lost Whispers", a 2009 tour intro, and a re-recording of "Even in Death", originally on their 2000 demo album, Origin.

Lost Whispers
Compilation album by Evanescence
Released	December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
Recorded	2002–2016
Studio	MSR, New York City[a]
Length	42:16[2]
Label	The Bicycle Music Company
Producer	Various
Evanescence chronology
Evanescence (2011) Lost Whispers (2016) Synthesis (2017)

Background and release

After the world tour for their 2011 self-titled third studio album, Evanescence took a hiatus from November 2012 to April 2015, during which the members pursued their own projects.^[7] During that period, Evanescence also parted ways with their long-term record label Wind-up Records.^[8][9] Amy Lee stated that she was working on solo projects, and there were no current plans for new Evanescence music yet, but the band would continue to tour.^[12] In February 2016, Lee said the band was working on a vinyl box set.^[13]

On October 11, 2016, the band announced the six-LP vinyl box set The Ultimate Collection.^[14][15] It includes all three Evanescence studio albums—Fallen (2003), The Open Door (2006), and Evanescence (2011)—the previously-unreleased 2000 demo CD Origin, the compilation album Lost Whispers, a studio version of the tour intro "Lost Whispers", a studio recording of the song "Even In Death", as well as a 52-page casebound book with art, handwritten lyrics, photos and rarities.^[14][16][17] On December 9, 2016, Lost Whispers was independently made available for streaming and download on several music platforms, including the iTunes Store, Spotify and Anghami.^[18][19][20] It includes a recording of the intro "Lost Whispers", originally performed in a 2009 concert; the re-recorded and reworked "Even in Death"; the song "Missing" from their first live album Anywhere but Home (2004); and B-sides, outtakes, and bonus tracks from all three of their studio albums. The six-LP box set was released on February 17, 2017, by The Bicycle Music Company.^[16]

A song from 1996,^[21] "Even in Death" was a "rough demo" that Lee wanted to re-record and include on Fallen.^[22][23] Lee said re-recording it felt "like that song was truly redeemed because the early recording we have is not an enjoyable recording, but I really love that song. It was a beautiful experience to be able to take that and live in it now and give it the treatment I would give to any one of our songs with the ability I have now. Now I'm in love with that song again."^[24][25] The recording of "Even in Death" was uploaded on the band's official YouTube account on February 16, 2017.^[16]

Craft Recordings released a stand-alone re-issue of Lost Whispers on blue translucent vinyl for Record Store Day on April 21, 2018, limited to 2,500 copies.^[26][27]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost Whispers" (intro)	Amy Lee	0:59
2.	"Even in Death" (2016 version)	Lee Ben Moody David Hodges	4:22
3.	"Missing" (from Anywhere but Home)	Lee Moody Hodges	4:16
4.	"Farther Away" (Fallen outtake)	Lee Moody Hodges	3:59
5.	"Breathe No More" (from Anywhere but Home)	Lee	3:49
6.	"If You Don't Mind" (The Open Door outtake)	Lee Will Boyd Terry Balsamo	2:57
7.	"Together Again" (The Open Door outtake)	Lee	3:19
8.	"The Last Song I'm Wasting on You" (The Open Door outtake)	Lee	4:07
9.	"A New Way to Bleed" (from Evanescence)	Lee Balsamo	3:46
10.	"Say You Will" (from Evanescence)	Lee Tim McCord Balsamo	3:41
11.	"Disappear" (from Evanescence)	Lee Balsamo McCord Will Hunt Troy McLawhorn	3:06
12.	"Secret Door" (from Evanescence)	Lee William B. Hunt	3:54
Total length:			42:16

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	December 9, 2016	Digital download	The Bicycle Music Company	[20]
	February 17, 2017	LP (as part of The Ultimate Collection)		[16]
United States	April 21, 2018	LP	Craft Recordings	[27]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lost Whispers.^[1]

• Amy Lee – performer (1, 2), production (1, 2), mixing (1, 2), engineering (1)
• Dave Eggar – performer (2)
• Dave Fortman – production (3–8)
• Nick Raskulinecz – production (9–12)
• Derik Lee – engineering (2)
• Ryan Dorn – mastering (1, 2)

Notes

1. Track 2^[1]