Wet from Birth
Studio album by The Faint
Released	September 14, 2004
Recorded	Presto! Recording Studios,The Orifice
Length	34:24
Label	Saddle Creek
Producer	Mike Mogis,The Faint
The Faint chronology
Danse Macabre Remixes (2003) Wet from Birth (2004) Fasciinatiion (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	5.5/10[3]
Playlouder	[4]
PopMatters	(favorable)[5]
Stylus Magazine	B−[6]

Wet from Birth is the fourth studio album by the American bandThe Faint, released on September 14, 2004.

The U.S. release usesHDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.^[7]

• The instrumental bridge from "How Could I Forget?" is used during a chase scene in thepilot episode of the short-livedNBC drama,The Black Donnellys.
• The song "I Disappear" is featured in the video gamesSSX On Tour andTony Hawk's American Wasteland.
• The song "Birth" is featured in the part ofSteve Berra, in the skateboarding video Skate More, byDVS.
• The violin solo at the beginning of "Desperate Guys" is the introduction toNiccolò Paganini'sCaprice No. 5.
• Desperate Guys was also featured in the 2012Rock & Republic commercial.
• The song "Dropkick the Punks" appears inEA's 2007 racing gameNeed for Speed: ProStreet.
• The song "Symptom Finger" appears inBillabong's 'Still Filthy' film.

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