The Open Door CD
	CD Track Listing 1) Sweet Sacrifice 2) Call Me When You're Sober 3) Weight of the World 4) Lithium 5) Cloud Nine 6) Snow White Queen 7) Lacrymosa 8) Like You 9) Lose Control 10) The Only One 11) Your Star 12) All That I'm Living For 13) Good Enough 14) The Last Song I'm Wasting on You (Was Available from iTunes When Pre-Ordering the CD)	The Open Door Released October 2006 The long awaited follow up Album to Fallen.
Anywhere But Home CD/DVD
	CD Track Listing 1) Haunted 2) Going Under 3) Taking Over Me 4) Everybody's Fool 5) Thoughtless 6) My Last Breath 7) Farther Away 8) Missing 9) Breathe No More 10) My Immortal 11) Bring Me To Life 12) Tourniquet 13) Imaginary 14) Whisper	Anywhere But Home Released November 2004 DVD includes complete concert shot in paris, music videos Bring Me To Life, Going Under, My Immortal, Everybody's Fool, and behind the scenes footage.
Fallen 6X Platinum
	Track Listing 1) Going Under 2) Bring Me To Life 3) Everybody's Fool 4) My Immortal 5) Haunted 6) Tourniquet 7) Imaginary 8) Taking Over Me 9) Hello 10) My Last Breath 11) Whisper 12) My Immortal (Band Version)	Fallen 6x Platinum Released March 2003 Fallen is the first Evanescence album to achieve widespread release and has sold well over 12 million copies worldwide. Fallen has been certified 6x platinum and was nominated for the Grammy "Album of the Year" in 2004.
Origin
	Track Listing 1) Origin 2) Whisper 3) Imaginary 4) My Immortal 5) Where Will You Go 6) Field of Innocence 7) Even In Death 8) Anywhere 9) Lies 10) Away From Me 11) Eternal	Origin Released November 2000 It has been quoted that Amy Lee does not consider Origin an album, but rather a "collection of demos that they dressed up to send to different major labels." Only 2500 copies of the Origin Album were produced and sold out in February 2003. The Authentic Origin Album is extremely rare and hard to find.
Whisper / Sound Asleep EP
	Track Listing 1) Give Unto Me (Sound Asleep) 2) Whisper 3) Understanding (Sound Asleep Version) 4) Forgive Me 5) Understanding (Original Version) 6) Ascension of the Spirit	Whisper EP / Sound Asleep EP Released August, 1999 on CDR This CDR was released by the band themselves. The CD was distributed in a plain plastic case and had no artwork. Only 50 copies were made The version of the song "Whisper" is different that the version on the Origin and Fallen Albums.
Evanescence EP
	Track Listing 1) Where Will You Go 2) Solitude 3) Imaginary 4) Exodus 5) So Close 6) Understanding 7) The End (Outro)	Evanescence EP Released December, 1998 Only 100 copies of the EP were made in CDR format and were sold out after an early performance by the band in Little Rock Arkansas. This CD contains the first song ever written by Evanescence called "Solitude."

The Band
	Evanescence: To dissipate or disappear like vapor. Amy Lee - Vocals and Piano (co-founder) Terry Balsamo - Guitar Will Hunt - Drums Tim McCord - Bass Troy McLawhorn - Guitar Past Band members: John LeCompt - Guitar Rocky Gray - Drums William Boyd - Bass Ben Moody - Lead guitar (co-founder - left October 2003) David Hodges - Keyboards (co-founder - left December 2002)

History
	Originally considered by many to be part of the Christian rock scene — and for a short time promoted in Christian stores — the band has distanced itself from such categorization, even though Fallen (2003), their first major-label release, had some religious themes. "Tourniquet", for example, is about suicide and redemption, with lyrics like "Am I too lost to be saved? My God, my tourniquet, return to me salvation." It should be noted however, that the song was a cover, written Rocky Gray in his previous band, Soul Embraced. The initial labeling of the band as Christian stirred much controversy, until Christian stores eventually took Fallen off the shelves. The band's lead singer Amy Lee has insisted the band is not Christian and does not intend to send a Christian message, even though she is in fact a Christian herself. Evanescence's debut single "Bring Me to Life" was a global hit for the band and reached #5 on the American Billboard Hot 100. It was included in the soundtrack for the action movie Daredevil, along with their even more popular "My Immortal," and garnered recognition for the band at the Grammy Awards of 2004: The single was awarded Best Hard Rock Performance, and Evanescence was awarded Best New Artist. Their first record, Origin (released in 2000), is relatively unknown, and previously released EPs in 1998 and 1999 are even less known, though highly sought after by collectors. Not atypical, Origin and the EPs contain demo versions of some of the songs on their first major-label album. In fact, the recording of "My Immortal" found on Fallen can also be found on Origin, minus a handful of additional instrumental accompaniments. However, Lee herself does not consider the record to be an actual album; rather, she considers it merely a bundle of demo songs (some of which she says are not done properly) that was sent to record companies. Only 2500 copies of this record were ever made, and it is thus not generally available in record stores. In response, Lee encouraged fans to download the band's older songs from the internet during an interview. The group was founded by Lee and former lead guitarist Ben Moody. The two met at a youth camp in Arkansas, where Moody heard Lee playing "(I'd Do) Anything For Love" by Meat Loaf on the piano. They discovered they shared a love of Jimi Hendrix and Björk, and they began to write songs together. For some time they were unable to find other musicians to play with, and did not have the funds to pay for professional assistance, thus they were unable to play live shows. However, a song of theirs entitled "Understanding" found its way onto local music charts, and demand for a live show increased. When the band finally did make an appearance, they became one of the most popular acts in the area. In October 2003, Moody left the band abruptly in the middle of a European tour. To this day, he has not fully explained the reason for his leave. In an interview several months later, Lee said "we'd gotten to a point that if something didn't change, we wouldn't have been able to make a second record." Lee has said it was almost a relief that he left because of tensions. Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland had been mentioned as a replacement for Moody and Lee described him as a friend, suggesting they may write together on their next record. Eventually it was Terry Balsamo, from Cold who joined the band in Moody's place. Evanescence's newest album "The Open Door" was released October 3rd, 2006. In the Official Press Release dated 4/26/06, Amy Lee states: "The making of this record has been really intense, but I've come out feeling purified. I've grown so much since 'Fallen,' and Terry is the perfect writing partner -- I feel like I've been lifted up to a whole new level of inspiration and possibilities. After all the things we've seen over the past couple of years, beautiful and tragic, in the end I'm really grateful. It has made us create music I could not be more in love with."

The Band's Sound
	Evanescence fits roughly into the generic genre of rock, but in fact sounds quite different among its arsenal of songs. While there are the heavier songs it is generally known for, such as "Going Under," "Bring Me to Life" and "Whisper," they only really constitute a minority of all the songs by the band. More widely known softer songs include "My Immortal" and "Hello," which to an extent, can be categorized as pop. Many say that the band is goth rock, which is true in certain respects. Certainly, many of its songs focus on life's negative moments and darker themes such as lost love, loneliness and death. The piano plays a significant role in the majority of the band's music. Critics have accused Evanescence of being "wannabe" goth rockers, but really just pop. Lee, however, dismisses these claims as mere "labels" and refuses to categorize and (to paraphrase) put in a box the band's music since she believes Evanescence has a unique sound.

Quote by Amy Lee - 2003
	"There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience"

Awards & Accolades
	In February 2004 Evanescence won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Bring Me To Life") and Best New Artist, and were nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album (Fallen), Best Rock Song (songwriters: Lee and Moody). In November 2004 Evanescence was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Artist of the Year. Evanescence also released the CD/DVD Anywhere But Home and Fallen was certified 6x platinum. The Fallen album debuted at #7, week 12, 2003 on the Billboard Top 100 Album Chart and remained on the chart for nearly 100 weeks (non-consecutive). The Album remained in the top 10 for 43 weeks (non-consecutive) and peaked at number 3. In December 2004 Anywhere But Home was certified gold and Fallen was the 8th biggest-selling LP in the United States for the year with sales topping 2.7 million. In 2005 Evanescence was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the song "My Immortal". Evanescence has been nominated for the Best Hard Rock Performance 2008 Grammy Award for "Sweet Sacrifice."

Interesting Facts

Evanescence is also the name of a lesser-known album by a band called Scorn. Many confuse the Scorn album, with Evanescence’s works. Among the works of Scorn: Silver Rain Fell, Exodus, Night Tide and Falling. "Listen to the Rain" and "Demise" were originally reported as being hidden tracks on the Origin Album. However, they are actually bonus tracks added by bootleggers on the internet. These tracks were not included on the authentic Origin Album. Due to the band's recent popularity, pirated versions of the Origin Album are being produced in greater numbers and are showing up all over the internet. Examples of these bootlegs include "Le Nouveau Gothique", "Ultra Rare Trax Volumes 1, 2, & 3, etc", Origin 2003 Re-Release (made in the EU), and Not For Your Ears; A collection of the 2001-2002 demos and Amy Lee's You. The Underworld Connection Amy Lee is credited to having worked on the Underworld (Kate Beckinsdale) movie soundtrack and her name appears on the credits. Her voice was not used on the soundtrack, however, there were four songs that Amy worked on that were included on the Underworld soundtrack; The titles are "Now I Know", "Down in the Lab", "Death Dealer's Descent" and "Falling Through the Sky". Information Credit: Wikipedia.org & EV Board.