Liberation Transmission
Liberation Transmission is the third studio album by Welsh band Lostprophets. The album was released in June 2006 and became the first Lostprophets album to enter the UK album chart at number one (2 July for 1 week). The album peaked at number thirty three on the Billboard 200 album chart with 27,000 copies sold.[1] By August 2006, the album had sold over 75,000 copies in the US.[2] The album has gone Platinum in the UK and was the 94th best selling album of 2006, with sales over 210,000 units.
This is the first Lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed at the request of Bob Rock, but the band's first choice was Travis Barker. Ilan Rubin, also played drums for the songs "Everybody's Screaming!!!" and "For All These Times Son, for All These Times".
Reception
Initial critical response to Liberation Transmission was positive. At Metacritic the album received an average score of 73, based on 7 reviews. There were many positive reviews. NME said "Lostprophets are big and brash and brilliant. And this is rock'n'roll radio."[6] Drowned in Sound said "While Liberation Transmission may be a lyrical vacuum, it is also a musical masterclass in how to create 12 tracks of killer with almost no filler."[4] One of the mixed reviews was Entertainment Weekly who gave it a B− and said, "Around the world, 15-year-olds will fall for this band. Then they will turn 16 and move on",[5] while Observer Music Monthly followed saying "Lyrically absurd, musically turbo-fueled." [7]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Lostprophets.
| 1. |
"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" (music video) |
4:07 |
| 2. |
"Last Train Home" (music video) |
4:12 |
Release history
Charts
Personnel
- Lostprophets
- Additional musicians
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- Production
- Bob Rock – production, engineered
- Eric Helmkamp – engineered
- Randy Staub – mixing
- Zach Blackstone – assisted
- George Marino – mastered
- Q Prime Inc. – management
- Doug Mark – legal
- Martin Greene Ravden - business management
- Flood – business management
- Bumstead – business management
- McCready – business management
- McCarthy – business management
- Mike Dewdeney – booking
- Adrian Verne - security
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References
- ↑ "India.Arie Scores First Billboard #1; Dashboard Rack Up Second #2". blabbermouth.net. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-05.
- ↑ Pascarella, Tony (August 17, 2006). "Soundscan Results: Week Ending August 13th, 2006". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Liberation Transmission Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- 1 2 Drowned in Sound review
- 1 2 Entertainment Weekly review
- 1 2 NME review
- ↑ "Liberation Transmission Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ↑ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=375941
- ↑
- 1 2 3 4 5 charts.org.nz page on Liberation Transmission in various European charts, Cited 26 March 2008
- ↑ http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lostprophets&titel=Liberation+Transmission&cat=a
- ↑ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the European Top 100 Albums, Cited 26 March 2008
- ↑ http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Lostprophets/15492/?type=longplay
- ↑ http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lostprophets
- ↑
- ↑ UK Album Chart
- ↑ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the Top Rock Albums, Cited 26 March 2008
- ↑ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the billboard 200, Cited 26 March 2008
- ↑ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the Billboard Comprehensive Albums, Cited 26 March 2008
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