Periphery (album)
Periphery is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Periphery, signed by Sumerian Records and released on April 20, 2010. Many songs on the track list had been written long before the release date but due to vocalist complications the debut album had been postponed on several occasions. Former vocalist Chris Barretto had nearly finished recording the album before he and the band parted ways months before its release. Rather than release the songs with Barretto's vocals, the band decided to rerecord Barretto's songs with Spencer Sotelo.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Insomnia" |
4:49 |
| 2. |
"The Walk" |
5:06 |
| 3. |
"Letter Experiment" |
6:51 |
| 4. |
"Jetpacks Was Yes!" |
3:57 |
| 5. |
"Light" |
5:50 |
| 6. |
"All New Materials" |
5:20 |
| 7. |
"Buttersnips" |
5:54 |
| 8. |
"Icarus Lives!" |
4:24 |
| 9. |
"Total Mad" |
4:00 |
| 10. |
"Ow My Feelings" |
6:06 |
| 11. |
"Zyglrox" |
5:06 |
| 12. |
"Racecar" |
15:23 |
| 13. |
"Captain On" |
3:13 |
| 14. |
"Ragtime Dandies" |
1:12 |
- As well as releasing two exclusive bonus tracks, instrumental versions of the original twelve songs of the album are also available in the iTunes store
- The iTunes bonus track "Ragtime Dandies" can also be found at the end of "Icarus Lives!" on the CD version of the album
Production
The album was recorded instrumentally in the summer of 2009 in the attempt for a 2009 fall release. In the time that vocalist Chris Barretto was fired from the band and current vocalist Spencer Sotelo was hired, Misha Mansoor had come across some new recording and mixing techniques and decided to re-record the instruments on the album to ensure it would sound as good and up to date as possible.
Personnel
All instruments produced, mixed and mastered by Misha Mansoor
All vocals recorded and produced by Matt Murphy at Illuminate Studios
All lyrics by Chris Barretto and Periphery except:
- "Icarus Lives!" Written by Periphery and Casey Sabol
- "Insomnia" Written by Periphery, Chris Barretto, and Casey Sabol
- "Letter Experiment" Written by Periphery, Chris Barretto, and Casey Sabol
- "Jetpacks Was Yes!" Written by Periphery and Matt Murphy
Guest Appearances:
- Adam 'Nolly' Getgood of Red Seas Fire — Guest guitar solo on Totla Mad [1]
- Jeff Loomis formerly of Nevermore — Guest guitar solo on Racecar
- Elliot Coleman of TesseracT — Guest vocals on Racecar
- Casey Sabol formerly of Periphery — Guest vocals on Racecar (although Sabol has repeatedly denied this: Jake Bowen later explained to a fan via his formspring account that the part was a one-off take done by Sabol that the band decided to keep on the final recording. This means that Sabol possibly had no idea that his vocals had been used.)[2]
Charts
Album
| Year |
Chart |
Peak |
| 2010 |
The Billboard 200 |
128 |
| 2010 |
Top Hard Rock Albums |
12 |
| 2010 |
Top Heatseekers |
2 |
| 2010 |
Top Independent Albums |
18 |
| 2010 |
Top Rock Albums |
39 |
[3]
External links
References
