Worlds Apart is the fourth studio album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. It was released on January 25, 2005 by Interscope Records and reached #92 on the UK Albums Chart. The album's first single, "The Rest Will Follow", was played on college radio and on some alternative stations throughout America. "Caterwaul" also received some airplay. Worlds Apart sold 13,000 copies in its first week of release in America, and went on to sell 56,000 albums in total, approximately half of what Source Tags & Codes sold in America. Production The album release was postponed from the winter of 2004 to January 2005 by Interscope to protect it from late-year releases by Eminem (also released on Interscope) and Destiny's Child., in effect giving a better selling market. Vocalist Conrad Keely commented: "I have constant anxiety that the record won't sell. We hope we appeal to not just people of this generation, but people of future generations. We're trying to do something that's timeless and timely. Something that's culturally significant. To have it overlooked would be, for me, a nightmare." Design In an interview with PopMatters, Keely described the development of the Worlds Apart cover art, stating that while he typically incorporates his free time drawings and paintings into the band's albums, this cover collage was more specifically designed. However, Interscope insisted that he cite and clear all sources of his art, much of which was found in museums around the world. Given the improbability of the task, illustrator Cyril Van der Haegen was hired to paint Keely's design and tweak various elements. Keely also summarized the theme of the collage: "I wanted an allegory depicting the history of human conflict. I wanted everybody to be fighting, like in Marvel Comics' Secret Wars, where all the superheroes are fighting each other. I actually wanted to sneak in one of the New Mutants." Reception The album so far has a score of 67 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". Filter gave the album a score of 92% and called it "the best album Trail of Dead has ever made." Neumu.net gave it nine stars out of ten and called it "a stunning showcase for AYWKUBTTOD's mature sound, full of unexpected subtleties, musical wild-cards and detours." E! Online gave it an A- and called it "killer stuff for any frame of mind." Billboard gave