Wet from Birth
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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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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
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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Track listing
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.