| Breaking Benjamin | ||||
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| EP by Breaking Benjamin | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 17:41 | |||
| Producer | "DJ Freddie" Fabbri | |||
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Breaking Benjamin is Breaking Benjamin's first and only release before being signed to the Hollywood Records label. The EP was released in and around the band's home town of Wilkes-Barre, PA, where all 2,000 copies sold out in the weeks following its release.[1]
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Recorded at Saturation Acres in Danville, PA, the Breaking Benjamin EP is rock group Breaking Benjamin's first and only independent release before being signed to a record label. It was here that the band had recorded, and released 2,000 copies of their self titled EP, as well as putting their first single "Polyamorous" into heavy rotation at local rock station 97.9 X. All copies of the EP promptly sold out, and the band was soon signed to Hollywood Records.[2]
The EP contains versions of songs which were re-recorded for Breaking Benjamin's first major label release Saturate. Some tracks contain only minor alterations to their Saturate counterparts, such as the chorus in "Medicate". Likewise, the vocal tracks for both "Shallow Bay" & "Water", featured on the EP, are in fact the same vocal tracks as heard on the Saturate counterparts. Another alteration to the Saturate counterpart is that the 5 songs featured on the EP are slightly heavier.
As this was a starting point in the band's career, they did not have much funds for high end studio equipment or studio time and it was in fact 'DJ Freddie' Fabbri who supplied funds for studio time and funds for the manufacturing of the CD itself. It was these gestures and Freddie's enthusiasm towards the bands single "Polyamorous" and the career of the band, which lead to the band hiring Freddie as their manager.[3]
The EP is the only CD released by Breaking Benjamin as a 3-piece band. This is due to the EP being recorded before Aaron Fink and Mark James left Lifer.
Today the EP can mostly be found on online markets and in pawn shops around the area the EP was first distributed.
The track, "Water" has been remixed and added to the compilation album, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin.[4] The album was released on August 16, 2011.[5]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Home" | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Medicate" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Polyamorous" | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Water" | 4:01 |
| 5. | "Shallow Bay" | 4:03 |
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Total length:
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17:41 | |
Information retrieved from Shallowbay.com [6]
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