music.wikisort.org - Composition
Prisoners is the third studio album by 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 | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Heavy Blog is Heavy | [6] |
| Sputnikmusic | [3] |
| Prisoners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by the Agonist | ||||
| Released | June 4, 2012 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 58:37 | |||
| Label | Century Media Records | |||
| Producer |
| |||
| The Agonist chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Prisoners | ||||
| ||||
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 AllMusic, critic reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia explained: "Although its explosively schizophrenic amalgam of disparate sounds, moods, and intensities might initially suggest otherwise, the Agonist's third album, Prisoners, is in fact an apt summation of that which came before it; a mature, calculated freakout representing the latest sprint in the Canadian band's aggressive evolutionary curve, well beyond the modest metalcore roots.[2] At 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Christian Donaldson – producer
- Tue Madsen – mixing
Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Heatseekers Albums[7] | 19 |
| Japanese Albums Chart[8] | 89 |
References
- Marsicano, Dan. "The Agonist Prisoners Review". Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Prisoners The Agonist Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards Allmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- 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
External links
| Authority control |
|
|---|
На других языках
- [en] Prisoners (album)
[ru] Prisoners
Prisoners — третий студийный альбом канадской метал-группы The Agonist, выпущен 4 июня 2012 года в Европе и 5 июня в Северной Америке на лейбле Century Media Records и был спродюсирован продюсером группы Кристианом Дональдсоном. «Ideomotor» стал первым синглом с альбома[5]. Альбом был продан тиражом в 1,400 копий в США в первую неделю релиза и дебютировал на 19 позиции в чарте «Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)»[6]. Это последний альбом, записанный при участии вокалистки Алиссы Уайт-Глаз, которая покинула группу в 2014 году, чтобы присоединиться к Arch Enemy.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии