The Chronicles of Life and Death is the third studio album by American rock band Good Charlotte. It was released on October 5, 2004 through Daylight Records / Epic Records Following the release of The Young and the Hopeless (2002), the group spent two years touring. By the second half of 2003, they had begun writing for the next album. With producer Eric Valentine, the band recorded at Barefoot Studios in Hollywood, California, between March and June 2004. Over half of the album's material was written by Benji and Joel Madden, with the remainder being co-written with Valentine, Goldfinger frontman Read more on Last.fm.