Prisoners (album)
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| Released | June 4, 2012 | |||
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| Length | 58:37 | |||
| Label | Century Media Records | |||
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Prisoners is the third
Canadian metal band the Agonist. It was released on June 4 in Europe and June 5, 2012 in North America via Century Media records and was produced by the band's longtime producer Christian Donaldson. "Ideomotor" has been confirmed as the first single.[4] The album sold 1,400 copies in the United States in the first week of its release and debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.[5] This is the last album with original singer Alissa White-Gluz before she joined Arch Enemy
in 2014.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |   [2] |
| Heavy Blog is Heavy |  [6] |
| Sputnikmusic | [3] |
Style
About.com's Dan Marsicano described the album as a "focused blend of strait-laced metalcore and technical craftsmanship that borders on the progressive front"[1] and Sputnik Music wrote that the album is "oozing with inspiration from a plethora of genres, such as melodeath, thrash and progressive metal."[3]
Critical reception
In a review for
About.com, Dan Marsicano wrote: "Prisoners is a much tamer album than Lullabies for the Dormant Mind, with less additional instrumentation, but is just a smidgen better due to the combined effort of each member."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You're Coming with Me" | 5:35 |
| 2. | "The Escape" | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Predator & Prayer" | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Anxious Darwinians" | 5:23 |
| 5. | "Panophobia" | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Ideomotor" | 8:07 |
| 7. | "Lonely Solipsist" | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Dead Ocean" | 6:19 |
| 9. | "The Mass of the Earth" | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Everybody Wants You (Dead)" | 5:00 |
| 11. | "Revenge of the Dadaists" | 6:42 |
| Total length: | 58:37 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Jesters Rejoice Where Wise Men Weep" | 4:37 |
| Total length: | 63:04 | |
Personnel
The Agonist
- Alissa White-Gluz – lead vocals, lyrics
- Danny Marino – lead guitar, additional acoustic guitar in "Dead Ocean"
- Pascal "Paco" Jobin – rhythm guitar, additional acoustic guitar in "Dead Ocean"
- Chris Kells – bass, backing vocals
- Simon McKay – drums, percussion
Production
Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| Heatseekers Albums[7] | 19 |
| Japanese Albums Chart[8] | 89 |
References
- ^ a b c d Marsicano, Dan. "The Agonist Prisoners Review". Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Prisoners The Agonist Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards Allmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c Jacquibim (June 16, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners album review Sputnikmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ "THE AGONIST To Release 'The Escape' EP – Aug. 25, 2011". blabbermouth.net. 2011-08-15. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ "THE AGONIST: Prisoners First-Week Sales Revealed". June 13, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ Tokgozoglu, Noyan (July 5, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners Heavy Blog is Heavy". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-agonist/chart-history/
- ^ The Agonistのアルバム売上ランキング | ORICON STYLE
