IV (Godsmack album)

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IV
Studio album by Godsmack
Released	April 25, 2006
Recorded	October - December 2005 at Spiral Recording Studio in Hollywood, California
Genre	Post-grunge Hard rock
Length	52:42
Label	Republic/Universal
Producer(s)	Sully Erna Andy Johns
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link RockReviews [8.0/10] link
Godsmack chronology
The Other Side (2004)	IV (2006)

IV is Godsmack's fourth studio album (not counting the acoustic EP release The Other Side). It was released on April 25, 2006. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, and as of early November, the album has sold 640,000 copies.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Bonus tracks 3 Other information 4 Chart positions 5 Interviews

[edit] Track listing

1. "Livin' In Sin" 4:39
2. "Speak" 3:57
3. "The Enemy" 4:07
4. "Shine Down" 5:01
5. "Hollow" 4:32
6. "No Rest For The Wicked" 4:38
7. "Bleeding Me" 3:37
8. "Voodoo Too" 5:26
9. "Temptation" 4:06
10. "Mama" 5:14
11. "One Rainy Day" 7:22

[edit] Bonus tracks

• 12. "Safe and Sound" – 4:18 (Available exclusively through Best Buy)
• 12. "I Thought" – 4:12 (Available exclusively through Target)

[edit] Other information

• Best Buy and Target carry exclusive versions of the CD.

• The track "The Enemy" is featured on the soundtrack to the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007

• "The Enemy" was also the theme for WWE Summerslam 2006.

• Godsmack IV CD's purchased at Best Buy include the bonus track: Safe and Sound

• Godsmack IV CD's purchased at Target include the bonus track: I Thought

• Some Circuit Cities carried "IV" along with a free T-shirt.

• This album was leaked onto file sharing networks on April 15, 2006.

[edit] Chart positions

Album U.S. sales as of January 2007: 730,000, world sales: over 1 million - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2006	"Speak"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
2006	"Speak"	Modern Rock Tracks	10
2006	"Speak"	Pop 100	93
2006	"Speak"	The Billboard Hot 100	85
2006	"Shine Down"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
2006	"Shine Down"	Modern Rock Tracks	31
2007	"The Enemy"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	4

[edit] Interviews

• Shannon Larkin of Godsmack on IV

Godsmack

Sully Erna - Robbie Merrill - Tony Rombola - Shannon Larkin

Lee Richards - Tommy Stewart - Joe D'arco

Discography

Studio albums: All Wound Up - Godsmack - Awake - Faceless - The Other Side - IV

Singles

Whatever - Keep Away - Voodoo - Bad Religon - Awake - Bad Magick- Greed - I Stand Alone - Straight Out of Line - Serenity - Re-Align - Running Blind - Speak - Shine Down - The Enemy -

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Preceded by Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts

Billboard 200 Number 1 Album May 13, 2006 - May 19, 2006

Succeeded by 10,000 Days by Tool