Redeemer (Norma Jean album)

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Redeemer
Redeemer cover
Studio album by Norma Jean
Released September 12, 2006
Recorded April/May 2006 Radiostar Studio
Genre Metalcore
Length 41:44
Label Solid State Records (U.S.)
Century Media (Europe)
Producer Ross Robinson
Professional reviews
Norma Jean chronology
O God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) The Anti Mother (2008)

Redeemer is Norma Jean's third studio album. It was released on September 12th, 2006 in the United States, and on October 3rd, 2006 in Canada. The album sold more than 21,000 records in its first week.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Grand Scene For A Color Film" – 3:24
  2. "Blueprints For Future Homes" – 2:49 *
  3. "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest" – 4:59
  4. "A Temperamental Widower" – 2:46
  5. "The End Of All Things Will Be Televised" – 5:11
  6. "Songs Sound Much Sadder" – 3:04 *
  7. "The Longest Lasting Statement" – 2:47
  8. "Amnesty Please" – 4:14
  9. "Like Swimming Circles" – 3:04
  10. "Cemetery Like A Stage" – 4:26
  11. "No Passenger: No Parasite" – 4:58
  • All songs written by Norma Jean except "Songs Sound Much Sadder" written by Norma Jean & Timothy McTague (Underoath)
  • An asterisk indicates a music video has been filmed for the track.

[edit] Personnel

  • Cory Brandan Putman - Vocals
  • Scottie Henry - Guitar
  • Chris Day - Guitar
  • Jake Schultz - Bass
  • Daniel Davison - Drums

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Matthew Putman - Percussion & additional drums
  • Ross Robinson - Mixing
  • Ryan Boesch - Engineering & Mixing
  • Kate Holms - Assistant Engineer
  • Asterik Studio - Art Direction & Design
  • Shannon Crawford - Album Art Paintings

[edit] Notes

  • The song "Blueprints For Future Homes" was the first song to be "released" on their MySpace and Purevolume pages on 7/25/06 at 12:01 AM EST.
  • The song "The End Of All Things Will Be Televised" was the second song to be "released" on their MySpace and Purevolume pages on 8/4/06 at 12:01 AM EST.
  • The song "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest" was the third song to be released on their Purevolume and MySpace.
  • The song "No Passenger: No Parasite" seems to have derived its title and the majority of lyrics from the book "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, in which Lewis describes a fully Christian society as having "no passengers or parasites"[1].

[edit] Single(s)

  1. "Blueprints For Future Homes" (Video Released 11/4/06)[1]
  2. "Songs Sound Much Sadder" (Video Released 5/26/07)[2]

*The band shot two videos in Sweden with Popcore film in early September"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lewis, C. S. (2001). Mere Christianity: a revised and amplified edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, Broadcast talks, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality. [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-065292-6. “no passengers or parasites” 

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The Almighty Norma Jean Vinyl Boxset
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