The Amalgamut

The Amalgamut
Studio album by Filter
Released July 30, 2002
Recorded 2001 - 2002
Genre Alternative rock, industrial rock, alternative metal
Length 57:35
Label Reprise
Producer Ben Grosse & Richard Patrick with Rae DiLeo & Geno Lenardo
Filter chronology
Title of Record
(1999)		 The Amalgamut
(2002)		 Anthems for the Damned
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 68%[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Alternative Press [1]
Blender [3]
Q [1]
Rolling Stone
Spin [1]

The Amalgamut is the third album of industrial rock band Filter released in 2002 by Reprise Records. It includes the hit single "Where Do We Go from Here". Sales of the album stalled at 90,000 copies upon lead singer Richard Patrick entering a rehab facility.

This was the last album to feature Geno Lenardo, Frank Cavanagh and Steve Gillis.[4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "You Walk Away" (Patrick/Lenardo) – 4:36
  2. "American Cliché" (Patrick) – 3:37
  3. "Where Do We Go from Here" (Patrick/Lenardo) – 5:34
  4. "Columind" (Patrick) – 3:36
  5. "The Missing" (Patrick) – 4:46
  6. "The Only Way (Is the Wrong Way)" (Patrick/Lenardo) – 5:13
  7. "My Long Walk to Jail" (Patrick/Lenardo) – 4:07
  8. "So I Quit" (Patrick/Lenardo/Cavanagh/Gillis) – 3:23
  9. "God Damn Me" (Patrick) – 4:15
  10. "It Can Never Be the Same" (Patrick/Lenardo/Cavanagh/Gillis) – 4:32
  11. "World Today" (Patrick/DiLeo) – 5:50
  12. "The 4th" (Patrick/DiLeo) – 8:07

Chart performance

Album

Charts (2002) Peak
position
Billboard 200[5] 32

Singles

Year Song Peak positions
US
[6]		 US
Main.
[6]		 US
Mod.
[6]		 US
Dance
[6]
2002 "Where Do We Go from Here" 94 12 11 21
"American Cliché" — 40 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ a b c d http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/filter/amalgamut
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r598440
  3. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=517
  4. ^ Nielsen SoundScan sales
  5. ^ The Amalgamut > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Retrieved on 16 April 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d The Amalgamut > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles. Allmusic. Retrieved on 16 April 2009.
Filter
Richard Patrick · Rob Patterson · Phil Buckman · Mika Fineo
Frank Cavanagh · Brian Liesegang · Matt Walker · Steve Gillis · Alan Bailey · Geno Lenardo  · Mitchell Marlow · John Spiker
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" · "Dose" · "Under" · "Jurassitol" · "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" · "One" · "Welcome to the Fold" · "Take a Picture" · "Captain Bligh" · "The Best Things" · "Where Do We Go from Here" · "American Cliché" · "Soldiers of Misfortune" · "What's Next" · "Kill the Day" · "I Keep Flowers Around (Love's Labour's Lost)" · "Happy Together" · "Fades Like a Photograph" · "The Inevitable Relapse" · "No Love" · "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
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