Rude Awakening (Prong album)

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Rude Awakening
Studio album by
Prong
ReleasedMay 14, 1996
Recorded1995
Genre
Length45:50
LabelEpic
ProducerTerry Date, Tommy Victor
Prong chronology
Cleansing
(1994) 		Rude Awakening
(1996) 		100% Live
(2002)

Rude Awakening is the fifth studio album by American metal band

digipak version, featuring four remixes of the "Rude Awakening" single and a new booklet.[1]

Rude Awakening entered the Billboard charts at No. 107[2] and sold 10,000 units in the United States in its first week.[3] It is the last Prong album to feature Ted Parsons and Paul Raven, as well as the band's last album on Epic Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[5]

Reviewing the title track,

CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album is heavier and angrier than Cleansing, blending thrash metal and industrial music.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Prong except "Controller" (Prong and Scott Albert) and "Slicing" (Prong and Joe Bishara Kebbe).[8]

  1. "Controller" – 3:39
  2. "Caprice" – 2:47
  3. "Rude Awakening" – 4:18
  4. "Unfortunately" – 3:08
  5. "Face Value" – 4:09
  6. "Avenue of the Finest" – 3:37
  7. "Slicing" – 3:29
  8. "Without Hope" – 3:13
  9. "Mansruin" – 3:29
  10. "Innocence Gone" – 3:11
  11. "Dark Signs" – 3:22
  12. "Close the Door" – 4:05
  13. "Proud Division" – 5:46

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 107

References

  1. ^ "SPV/Steamhammer Reissues METAL CHURCH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PRONG, BONHAM Titles In Europe". Blabbermouth.net. November 12, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Prong". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Interview with Tommy Victor of Prong | The Midlands Rocks". themidlandsrocks.com. April 22, 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  4. ^ "Rude Awakening - Prong". AllMusic.
  5. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9
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  6. ^ "Reviews & Previews: Singles: Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 20. May 18, 1996. p. 70.
  7. CMJ New Music Monthly
    . No. 32. p. 28.
  8. ^ "Images for Prong - Rude Awakening". Discogs.

External links

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