Recording took place at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California, with producer Jerry Finn between November 2004 and January 2005.

It kind of gave us more time to re-work some stuff that we thought could have been a little better but were a little stumped on, as Jerry had good ideas for the songs.

The quotation near the end of the song is a quote from Susan's testimony which is spoken by Heather Gabel, the band's merchandise and artwork creator.

The song "Prevent This Tragedy" refers to the West Memphis Three, whose trial and conviction for triple homicide in 1993 is considered controversial.

So yeah, I think it was just a fresh start and it just had a different kind of feel and sort of set the tone for Crimson, not that there is other songs like it on the record.

That was one that we spent a lot of time on actually, making that groove that we wanted that's there now, almost a ballad [like] kind of song.

[7]The album's cover art features the band's former drummer Derek Grant and Matt Skiba's then-fiancée (and now ex-wife), Monica.

He was toying with these different ideas with just a small portion of her face in the picture and then, lo and behold, she's our cover star.

"[10]On March 16, 2005, Crimson was announced for release the following month; in the same post, the album's track listing was revealed.

[12] "Time to Waste" premiered through AOL Music on April 16, 2005, before it was released as a Hot Topic-exclusive single (with "We Can Never Break Up" as its B-side) in early May 2005.

[13][14] Following this, Alkaline Trio appeared at The Bamboozle festival and went on a short series of East Coast dates with support from Colossal and Mike Park.

[13] In June and July 2005, they went on an Midwest and West Cast tour with Death by Stereo, Rise Against, Rufio and Thieves Like Us.

[19][20] Following this, the band went on a European tour in August and September, which included appearances at the Pukkelpop, Indoor and Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The second disc features demo recordings, acoustic versions of songs on the album and music videos.

[27] Around its release, the band performed at the FNX Throws a Holiday Show, Next Big Thing, and The Night The Buzz Stole Christmas radio festivals.

[29] Remixes by Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Test Icles were posted online a few days prior to promote it.

[30] Alkaline Trio went on a brief tour of Europe to promote the single in February 2006, before appearing at the Independence-D festival in Japan.