Prisoners (album)

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.^[1] 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.^[2] This is the last album with original singer Alissa White-Gluz who left the band in 2014 to join Arch Enemy.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
Heavy Blog is Heavy	^[5]
Sputnikmusic	^[6]

Style

About.com's Dan Marsicano described the album as a "focused blend of straight-laced metalcore and technical craftsmanship that borders on the progressive front"^[3] and Sputnik Music wrote that the album is "oozing with inspiration from a plethora of genres, such as melodeath, thrash and progressive metal."^[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Agonist.

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
12.	"Jesters Rejoice Where Wise Men Weep" (Japan bonus track)	4:37
Total length:		1:03:04

Personnel

The Agonist

Alissa White-Gluz – lead vocals, lyrics
Danny Marino – guitars, additional acoustic guitar in "Dead Ocean"
Pascal "Paco" Jobin – guitars, additional acoustic guitar in "Dead Ocean"
Chris Kells – bass, backing vocals
Simon McKay – drums, percussions

Production

Christian Donaldson – producer
Tue Madsen – mixing

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Heatseekers Albums^[7]	19
Japanese Albums Chart^[8]	89

References

↑ "THE AGONIST To Release 'The Escape' EP – Aug. 25, 2011". blabbermouth.net. 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
↑ "THE AGONIST: Prisoners First-Week Sales Revealed". June 13, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
1 2 Marsicano, Dan. "The Agonist Prisoners Review". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Prisoners The Agonist Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards Allmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
↑ Tokgozoglu, Noyan (July 5, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners Heavy Blog is Heavy". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
1 2 Jacquibim (June 16, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners album review Sputnikmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/1496594/the+agonist/chart
↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/433346/ranking/cd_album/

External links

The Agonist

Vicky Psarakis Danny Marino Pascal "Paco" Jobin Chris Kells Simon McKay Alissa White-Gluz Andrew Tapley Chris Adolph

Studio albums	Once Only Imagined Lullabies For The Dormant Mind Prisoners Eye Of Providence

Singles	"Business Suits and Combat Boots" "...And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep" "Birds Elope With The Sun" "Thank You, Pain" "Ideomotor"

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