Love Gone Mad is the debut studio album by American

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 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band Stars Go Dim

Stars Go Dim

Stars Go Dim is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma that formed in late 2007. The band consists of Chris Cleveland , Joey Avalos , Michael Wittig , and Lester Estelle II . They released their first self-titled EP in October 2008...

. The album was released on August 4, 2009.The band also filmed a music video for songs Come Around and Get Over It.

Conception

While discussing the album, Avalos stated, "After the first three song demo came together, I basically wrote the rest of the album in two weeks. The theme just came together organically - it’s not like I was thinking about it. I probably wrote 20 songs in roughly two weeks and this is what came out of it."

Track listing

Personnel

Performance credits

• Vocals: Chris Cleveland
• Background Vocals: Lester Estelle
• Drums: Lester Estelle
• Acoustic Guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  : Joey Avalos, Kevin Rogers, Luke Sullivant
• Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  : Michael Wittig
• Electric Guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  : Joey Avalos, Kevin Rogers, Luke Sullivant

• Keyboard: Lester Estelle
• Lyrics
  Lyrics
  Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
  
  : Chris Cleveland, Joey Avalos
• Percussion: Lester Estelle
• Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  : Chris Cleveland, Jay Pfeifer
• String Arrangements: Jay Pfeifer

Technical credits

• Producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  : Lester Estelle
• Engineers: Lester Estelle, Robert Venable
  Robert Venable
  Robert Venable is a GMA Dove Award-winning producer, mixer, and engineer, currently based in Nashville, TN.-Biography:Growing up in Springdale, AR, Robert Venable performed in several bands and eventually made the decision that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He attended the Conservatory of...
  
  , Travis Wyrick
  Travis Wyrick
  Travis Wyrick is a Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated music producer and owner of Lakeside Studios in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is particularly known for his work with bands such as P.O.D., Pillar, 10 Years, and Disciple, and artists such as TobyMac and Dolly Parton...
  
  
• Mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
  : Larry Gann, Lester Estelle, Mike Dearing, Tony Palacios
• Mastering: Larry Gann
• Editing
  Editing
  Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
  
  : Lester Estelle

• Drum Programming: Lester Estelle
• Vocal Producer: Travis Wyrick
  Travis Wyrick
  Travis Wyrick is a Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated music producer and owner of Lakeside Studios in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is particularly known for his work with bands such as P.O.D., Pillar, 10 Years, and Disciple, and artists such as TobyMac and Dolly Parton...
  
  
• Design
  Design
  Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
  
  : Dustin Adams, Scott Craig
• Layout Photography: Dustin Adams