Elva (album)
Elva is the fourth album by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, released in 2002 by Interscope Records. With it the band moved away from their previously established punk rock formula and towards a more accessible hard rock sound. The band found success with the song "Seein' Red", which reached #1 on US modern rock charts it was their last studio album to feature founding drummer Wade Youman who left the band in 2003 though he return to the fold in 2013 and quit for second time in 2019
Elva features guest appearances by Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Josh Freese of The Vandals, and Neville Staple of The Specials. The two "Raleigh Soliloquy" tracks are recordings of the rants of Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Previous recordings of his rants numbered soliloquies I-III had appeared on the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood. After the closing track "Evolution" there is a phone message to singer Scott Russo from Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, a close friend of the band who had grown up with them in their home town of Poway.
Track listing
Personnel
;Unwritten Law- Scott Russo – Lead vocals
- Steve Morris – Lead guitar, Backing vocals
- Rob Brewer – Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals
- Pat "PK" Kim – Bass guitar
- Wade Youman – Drums
- Nicholas Wright – Guitar on "Elva"
- Josh Freese – drums on "Up All Night"
- John Shanks – additional guitar on "Sound Siren," slide guitar on "Actress, Model..."
- Miguel – upbeat guitar on "How You Feel," lead guitar on "Seein' Red"
- Marshall Goodman – percussion on "Up All Night" and "Hellborn"
- Michael Fisher – Indian percussion on "Babalon"
- The Allday Singers – group vocals on "Babalon"
- Tony Kanal – bass guitar on "Rest of My Life"
- Neville Staples – DJ vocal on "Evolution"
- Raleigh Theodore Sakers – spoken vocals on tracks 12 & 14
- Steven R. Gilmore – Sleeve design, layout, art direction, line drawings
- Wade Youman and Marc B. – Art direction
- Mark Baldswin – Cover paintings
- Dean Karr – Photography
- John Shanks and Miguel – Producers
- Josh Abraham – producer and mixing of "Rest of My Life"
- Mark DeSisto and Tobias Miller – engineers
- Dan Chase, Tal Herzberg, and Baraka – Pro Tools
- Eddie Ashworth – additional engineering
- Mike McMullen and Jerry Moss – assistant engineers
- David J. Holman – mixing
- Mixed at Cactus Studio Hollywwod
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Bill Silva, Les Borsai – Managers for Bill Silva Management
- Andy Somers, Val Wolfe & Melody King – Booking Agents for The Agency Group
- Mark Williams & Tom Whalley – A&R
- John Branca, Mitch Tenzer & Heather Hathwell-Ziffren – Legal for Britteham, Branca & Fischer, LLP
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 69 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 2002 | "Seein' Red" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 2002 | "Seein' Red" | Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 105 |
| 2002 | "Seein' Red" | Australian Singles Chart | 73 |
| 2002 | "Up All Night" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 14 |
| 2002 | "Up All Night" | Australian Singles Chart | 71 |