Hell or High Water (As Cities Burn album)

Hell or High Water
Studio album by As Cities Burn
Released April 21, 2009
Genre Indie rock
Length 36:23
Label Tooth & Nail
As Cities Burn chronology

Come Now Sleep
(2007)
Hell or High Water
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AbsolutePunk.net (88%) link
The Album Project link
Allmusic link
EastScene (10/10) link
Indie Vision Music (10/10) link
Jesus Freak Hideout link
Patrol Magazine (7.8/10) link
PunkDisasters link

Hell or High Water is the third and final full-length album by Christian indie rock band As Cities Burn. According to a MySpace post, frontman Cody Bonnette and a friend of the band, Tyler Orr, recorded the album almost entirely themselves, In the small town of Cleveland Tennessee, on first street. It was released on April 21, 2009, through Tooth & Nail Records.[1] The album has nine tracks with 'Gates' as an iTunes bonus track. This album also features guest vocals from original lead vocalist of As Cities Burn, T.J. Bonnette, on the songs "84 Sheepdog" and "Gates," as well as some from Robert Chisolm of Jonezetta and Micah Boyce from So Long Forgotten on the song "Capo." The album charted at No. 109 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. The hidden track in the pregap was uploaded on the MySpace page of singer Cody under the name "Aerial".[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
0. "Aerial" (hidden track) 1:37
1. "'84 Sheepdog"   3:08
2. "Errand Rum"   3:18
3. "Into the Sea"   4:32
4. "Made Too Pretty"   4:06
5. "Lady Blue"   6:21
6. "Petty"   3:40
7. "Daughter"   3:13
8. "Pirate Blues"   4:09
9. "Capo"   4:11
10. "Gates"   5:46
Total length:
36:23

References

  1. Release Info
  2. "Mikey Yay (Mikey) op Myspace". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.