Sound Awake
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Perth, Western Australia | ||||
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Length | 72:10 | |||
Label | Cymatic | |||
Producer | Forrester Savell | |||
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Singles from Sound Awake | ||||
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Sound Awake is the second
At the 2010 West Australian Music Industry Awards, the album won Most Popular Album.
Recording
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The album follows a four-year gap since their debut studio album Themata in 2005. Sound Awake was produced by Forrester Savell (The Butterfly Effect, Dallas Frasca) and recorded at Perth's Blackbird and Kingdom Studios over several months. It was later mixed at Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios and mastered by Tom Coyne (DJ Shadow, The Roots) at Sterling Sounds in New York City.
Composition
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AllMusic wrote that "The core of alternative/nu metal that brought the group success on its debut album, Themata, still holds throughout the bulk of [Sound Awake], but there are little touches of something else."[1] The songs on Sound Awake are longer than those on Themata,[5] and more in common stylistically with progressive rock than any of the band's previous work.[3] In an interview, bassist Jon Stockman describes the differences between Sound Awake and the band's previous album, Themata:
The main difference would be that the bulk of Themata was written by Drew and arranged by a few of us whereas both the writing and arranging for Sound Awake was much more of a collaborative effort from everyone. In addition to that, a lot of Themata was written straight to a recording session before ever being played as a band, whereas we pretty much wrote most of the Sound Awake in a jam-room environment.
— Jon Stockman[6]
Release
The name of the album was conceived by Drew Goddard and the album cover artwork was undertaken by graphic designers, Joe Kapiteyn and Chris Frey.
We originally wanted a foldout design but found that the standard book worked better with the number of artwork pictures that we had in mind. In the end, the final cover was a mixture of input from all the band and Joe.
— Jon Stockman[6]
The album was released on 5 June 2009 through Cymatic Records and distributed by Sony Music Australia. The first single from the album, "Set Fire to the Hive", was released prior to it, on 28 April 2009, with a video being released on 8 May. The second single, "All I Know", was released on 9 November 2009, along with an accompanying music video.
Sound Awake was played as the 'feature album' on radio station
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Bloody Disgusting | [9] |
Kerrang! | [10] |
Sputnikmusic | [11] |
Adam Greenberg of
The album debuted at number two on the
Track listing
All tracks are written by Karnivool[14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Simple Boy" | 5:47 |
2. | "Goliath" | 4:37 |
3. | "New Day" | 8:20 |
4. | "Set Fire to the Hive" | 4:28 |
5. | "Umbra" | 7:50 |
6. | "All I Know" | 4:53 |
7. | "The Medicine Wears Off" | 1:49 |
8. | "The Caudal Lure" | 6:16 |
9. | "Illumine" | 5:12 |
10. | "Deadman" | 12:04 |
11. | "Change (Part 2)" | 10:47 |
Notes "Deadman" does not run until 12:04, it stops at 10:08, and after 4 seconds of silence, at minute 10:12 begins a hidden track: it is a re-recorded version of the closing song from Themata, "Change (Part 1)", which then segues into "Change (Part 2)". The re-recorded version of "Change (Part 1)" contains vibraphone instead of the ambience found on the Themata version, and only runs for 1:57, compared to the Themata version, which run to 3:28. It also contains slightly modified lyrics from the original.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[15]
- Band
- Drew Goddard – guitar, backing vocals
- Ian Kenny – vocals, acoustic guitar on "Change"
- Jon Stockman – bass
- Mark Hosking – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Judd – drums, percussion
- Additional musicians
- Grant McCulloch – additional vocals on"Deadman"
- Jason Bunn – viola on "Umbra"
- Javin Sun – additional vocals on "Goliath"
- Jessop Maticevski-Shumack – additional vocals on "Goliath"
- Jules Pacy-Cole – additional vocals on "Goliath"
- Louise Conray – additional percussion on "Simple Boy" and "Change"
- Prue Glenn – conductor
- Sam Pilot Kickett – didgeridoo on "Change"
- Talfryn Dawlings – additional vocals on "Goliath"
- Zak Hanyn – additional vocals on "Goliath"
- Production
- Chris Frey – concept and design
- Dave Parkin – mixing on "The Medicine Wears Off" and "The Caudal Lure"
- Forrester Savell – producer and mixing
- Karnivool – producer
- Nicole Norelli – photography
- Rick Mafferty – mix assistant
- Tom Coyne – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[18] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Karnivool - Sound Awake". Metal Storm. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ a b Upton, Dan. "Karnivool – Sound Awake Review". antiMusic.com. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "The J Award 2009". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Boelsen, Scott (16 June 2009). "Album Reviews : Karnivool – Sound Awake". Metal Obsession. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Karnovool". NZrock. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ "Feature Album – Sound Awake". Triple J. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "2009 J Award – Sound Awake". Triple J. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ a b Barkan, Jonathan (31 January 2010). "Album Review – KARNIVOOL's Sound Awake". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ Kerrang!. 3 October 2009 (p.48)
- ^ a b "Review: Karnivool – Sound Awake". Sputnikmusic. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Karnivool – Sound Awake". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "Jagermiester AIR Indie Label Albums Chart". Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR). Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- Australasian Performing Right Association(APRA). Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- Sony Music Entertainment. 2009.)
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- ^ "ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2009". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 December 2021.