Awakened (album)
Appearance
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Metal Blade | ||||
Producer | Bill Stevenson, As I Lay Dying, Jason Livermore | |||
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Singles from Awakened | ||||
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Awakened is the sixth studio album by American
Rockstar Mayhem Festival
tour of 2012.
The band has released clips of the album via SoundCloud, prior to the release date, and on September 11 the music video for "A Greater Foundation" was released.
Although this album does not have a title track, the word "Awakened" is used in the lyrics of the song "Tear Out My Eyes".
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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Exclaim! | Positive[5] |
Metal Forces | 10/10[6] |
Overall reception towards the album has been positive.
Mark Fisher of Metal Forces gave the album an impressive 10/10.[6]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Tim Lambesis; all music is composed by As I Lay Dying
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Cauterize" | 3:37 |
2. | "A Greater Foundation" | 3:46 |
3. | "Resilience" | 4:07 |
4. | "Wasted Words" | 4:20 |
5. | "Whispering Silence" | 4:30 |
6. | "Overcome" | 4:36 |
7. | "No Lungs to Breathe" | 4:04 |
8. | "Defender" | 4:04 |
9. | "Washed Away" (instrumental) | 1:00 |
10. | "My Only Home" | 4:05 |
11. | "Tear Out My Eyes" | 4:37 |
Total length: | 42:46 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Unwound" (B-Side demo) | 3:58 |
13. | "A Greater Foundation" (extended demo version) | 3:58 |
Total length: | 50:42 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Nothing Left" (Live Bonus Track) | |
13. | "Sound of Truth" (Live Bonus Track) |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Making of Awakened" | |
2. | "I Never Wanted" (music video) | |
3. | "Parallels" (music video) | |
4. | "Anodyne Sea" (music video) | |
5. | "Behind the scenes of "Anodyne Sea" video shoot" | |
6. | "Electric Eye" (Judas Priest cover, music video) | |
7. | "Paralyzed" (lyric video) | |
8. | "Cauterize" (lyric video) |
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
As I Lay Dying[9]
- Tim Lambesis – lead vocals
- Nick Hipa – guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Sgrosso – guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards on "Wasted Words"
- Josh Gilbert – bass, clean vocals
- Jordan Mancino – drums, backing vocals
Additional
- Joey Bradford – additional backing vocals, gang vocals
- Loniel Robinson – gang vocals
- Matt JR – gang vocals
- Lore JR – gang vocals
- Joey St. Lucas – gang vocals
- Amanda Dubord – gang vocals
- Vince Bifano – gang vocals
- Robert Pine – gang vocals
- Willow – gang vocals
- Matt Geise – gang vocals
Production
- engineering, gang vocals
- Jason Livermore – production, engineering
- Andrew Berlin – engineering
- Daniel Castleman – assisting engineering
- Chris Beeble – assisting engineering
- Colin Richardson – mixing
- Carl Bown – mix engineer
- mastering
- metastazis.com – artwork, layout
- Tiffanie Uldry – artwork, layout
- Ty Watkins – photography
Studios
- The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado – drums, guitars
- Lambesis Studios, San Diego– bass, vocals
- Echelon Studios – additional vocals
- Treehouse Studios, Derbyshire, UK – mixing
- Sterling Sound – mastering
Charts
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 26 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 147 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 122 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] | 12 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] | 21 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] | 98 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 52 |
UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 134 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18] | 19 |
10 | |
US Billboard 200[20] | 11 |
US | 14 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] | 3 |
US | 1 |
US | 6 |
US | 3 |
References
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- Metal Sucks. June 25, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ "Reviews for Awakened by As I Lay Dying – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Lyons, Todd. "As I Lay Dying – Awakened Review". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Zorgdrager, Bradley (September 24, 2012). "As I Lay Dying - Awakened • Metal Reviews • exclaim.ca". exclaim.ca. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ a b Fisher, Mark. "AS I LAY DYING – Awakened (2012)". www.metalforcesmagazine.com. Metal Forces Magazine. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ "Details Revealed For Deluxe Edition Of As I Lay Dying's New Album "Awakened"". theprp.com. August 10, 2012.
- ^ "Awakened AS I LAY DYING CD Album". CDJapan.
- ^ (2012), Bosso, Joe: https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-as-i-lay-dyings-nick-hipa-talks-new-album-awakened-561421, Retrieved September 19, 2021
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- ^ "Ultratop.be – As I Lay Dying – Awakened" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – As I Lay Dying – Awakened" (in French). Hung Medien.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
- GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ "アズ・アイ・レイ・ダイイングのCDアルバムランキング、アズ・アイ・レイ・ダイイングのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – As I Lay Dying – Awakened". Hung Medien.
- ^ Chart Log UK: "{{{title}}}". UK Albums Chart. Zobbel.de.
- ^ 6, 2012/131/ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Digital Albums)".[dead link] Billboard.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "As I Lay Dying Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.