Full Circle (Drowning Pool album)

Full Circle
Studio album by Drowning Pool
Released August 7, 2007
Recorded Dallas, Texas, 2006—2007
Genre Post-grunge, alternative metal, heavy metal
Length 49:04
Label Eleven Seven
Producer Ben Schigel
Nikki Sixx
DJ Ashba
Drowning Pool chronology
Desensitized
(2004)
Full Circle
(2007)
Loudest Common Denominator
(2009)
Singles from Full Circle
  1. "Soldiers"
    Released: 2007
  2. "Enemy"
    Released: 2007
  3. "37 Stitches"
    Released: August 2008
  4. "Shame"
    Released: June 29, 2009
Professional ratings
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Full Circle is the third album from heavy metal band Drowning Pool, released on August 7, 2007. It is their first of two studio releases with Ryan McCombs, then former singer of SOiL, who joined the band after the departure of Jason 'Gong' Jones in 2005. The first single off the album, "Soldiers," is dedicated to the United States Army.

The album debuted at number 64 on the United States Billboard 200, selling about 10,000 copies in its first week.[3] As of September 12, 2007, the album has sold around 29,000 copies in the United States.[4]

Four singles were released to promote the album. The final single "Shame" was released June 29, 2009 almost two years after the album's release. The album wasn't very commercially successful, but was received positively by fans. Drowning Pool embarked on several tours to promote Full Circle.

Writing and recording

Full Circle is the only studio album by Drowning Pool with more than 11 tracks; it has 13. McCombs said that "Shame" was one of his favorite songs from the album. The entire band contributed to the album's writing process, as well as including an outside writer, Nikki Sixx who wrote a song for the band, entitled "Reason I'm Alive", which made it on the album. The album also includes a cover of Billy Idol's song "Rebel Yell".

The album was self funded. Ryan McCombs explains "Yeah, we fought for a while to get off of our former record label, Wind-Up. Nothing personal against them, just they came right out and even said they didn’t really want to be in the metal business anymore. They wanted Drowning Pool but they didn’t want us to sound like Drowning Pool. So, it was just time for us to split ways, and we fought to do that for a while. We also ended up splitting ways with our management, too. We just decided that we wanted to start over with a completely fresh, clean slate. So, by doing that we didn’t have any backing whatsoever. So we went into the studio and we cut the album ourselves. We’d go up and play a show here or there every weekend if possible to help fund it. Yeah, we funded the album ourselves, and then used it to go shopping."[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Full Circle"  Drowning Pool 3:18
2. "Enemy"  Drowning Pool 3:26
3. "Shame"  Drowning Pool 3:10
4. "Reborn"  Drowning Pool 4:09
5. "Reason I'm Alive"  Sixx 3:50
6. "Soldiers"  Drowning Pool 3:31
7. "Paralyzed"  Drowning Pool 3:42
8. "Upside Down"  Drowning Pool 4:18
9. "37 Stitches"  Drowning Pool 3:50
10. "No More"  Drowning Pool 4:35
11. "Love X2"  Drowning Pool 3:25
12. "Duet"  Drowning Pool 3:21
13. "Rebel Yell" (Billy Idol cover)Idol, Stevens 4:22
Total length:
49:04

Personnel

Drowning Pool

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2007 US Billboard 200 64
2007 US Independent Albums 7

Singles charts

Year Title Peak chart positions
US Mainstream Rock
2007 "Soldiers" 20
2007 "Enemy" 20
2008 "37 Stitches" 5
2009 "Shame" 26
Production

References

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