The Art of Drowning is a hardcore punk album by AFI, released on September 19, 2000 (see 2000 in music). Widely considered the band's best LP and one of the highest-quality albums of late-1990s hardcore punk rock, The Art of Drowning chart success was surprising for an indie band.

Table of contents
1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions

Track listing

  1. Initiation - :39
  2. The Lost Souls - 2:42
  3. The Nephilim - 2:35
  4. Ever and a Day - 3:06
  5. Sacrifice Theory - 1:58
  6. Of Greetings and Goodbyes - 3:04
  7. Smile - 1:31
  8. A Story at Three - 3:53
  9. The Days of the Phoenix - 3:27
  10. Catch a Hot One - 2:54
  11. Wester - 3:01
  12. 6 to 8 - 4:21
  13. The Despair Factor - 3:54
  14. Morningstar - 3:18
  15. Battled - 1:03

Personnel

  • Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
  • Chuck Johnson - Producer, Engineer
  • A.F.I. - Vocals (bckgr), Producer
  • Andy Ernst - Mixing
  • Frank Rinella - Assistant Engineer
  • Davey Havok - Vocals
  • Jade Puget - Bass, Guitar
  • Darcy Vaughn - Viola
  • Adam Carson - Drums
  • Alan Forbes - Artwork
  • Thadd LaRue - Vocals (bckgr), Assistant
  • Jamie Reilly - Layout Design

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album 
2000	The Billboard 200	        No. 174
2000	Heatseekers	                No. 9
2002	Top Independent Albums	        No. 33