Saturate (Breaking Benjamin album)
Saturate is the debut studio album by American post-grunge/alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin. It was released on August 27, 2002 in North America, and on May 14, 2005 in Europe through Hollywood Records. The album features three singles, including "Polyamorous", "Skin", and "Medicate". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on September 15, 2015.[4]
Background
After the commercial success of the band's lead single "Polyamorous", there was a dispute between the band and the studio on deciding on which they wanted to release as singles. The band wished for their song "Medicate", while the studio insisted on releasing "Skin" as a single. Eventually, the band decided to go with "Skin", despite some negative feedback with the band and the fairly poor success it reached. The original release of Saturate contained "Forever" as a separate track, whereas the newer enhanced versions came with the "Polyamorous" music video and ultimately featured the song embedded with "Shallow Bay". The album title is derived from a lyric in the song, "Wish I May". On September 14, 2002, Saturate peaked on the US Billboard 200 and Heatseekers charts at number 136 and number 2, respectively.[5]
There were also plans for a European release of the album containing the song "Lady Bug" and the Depeche Mode cover of "Enjoy the Silence," but this version of Saturate was never released in Europe, and as a result, neither track was released for the album. "Lady Bug" later appeared on their So Cold EP, and on the deluxe edition of their greatest hits compilation album Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin. "Enjoy the Silence" appeared on the compilation in the same version. The album was eventually released in Europe in 2006, but these tracks still were not included.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Benjamin Burnley, all music composed by Breaking Benjamin.
| 1. |
"Wish I May" |
3:58 |
| 2. |
"Medicate" |
3:45 |
| 3. |
"Polyamorous" |
2:56 |
| 4. |
"Skin" |
3:20 |
| 5. |
"Natural Life" |
4:00 |
| 6. |
"Next to Nothing" |
3:43 |
| 7. |
"Water" |
4:12 |
| 8. |
"Home" |
3:37 |
| 9. |
"Phase" |
4:31 |
| 10. |
"No Games" |
3:35 |
| 11. |
"Sugarcoat" |
3:38 |
| 12. |
"Shallow Bay" |
4:05 |
| 13. |
"Forever" |
3:55 |
Total length: |
49:15 |
| 12. |
"Shallow Bay" (contains hidden track "Forever", starting at 4:06, immediately following Shallow Bay) |
8:00 |
Total length: |
49:15 |
Personnel
- Breaking Benjamin
- Additional Musicians
- Management
- Jason Jordan – A&R
- Larry Mazer & Tamra Feldman – Management for Entertainment Services
- Artwork
- T42Design – Art Direction and Album Design
- Matthew Welch – Band Photography
- Dr. Lukas Altwegg – Cell Images
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- Production
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Chart positions
- Album
- Singles
References
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- Chris Lightcap
- Nicholaus Hoover
- Jonathan Price
- Jeremy Hummel
- Aaron Fink
- Mark Klepaski
- Chad Szeliga
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