One Day as a Lion (EP)
| One Day as a Lion EP | ||||
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| EP by One Day as a Lion | ||||
| Released |  July 18, 2008 July 22, 2008 November 4, 2008 (vinyl) |
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| Genre | Rap rock | |||
| Length | 20:20 | |||
| Label | ANTI- | |||
| One Day as a Lion chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | (favourable)[2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| The Skinny | [5] |
One Day as a Lion is the eponymous debut EP by One Day as a Lion, the musical duo consisting of Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha on vocals/keyboard and Jon Theodore, formerly of The Mars Volta, on drums. The mixing for the album was done by Mario C.
On July 16 the track "Wild International" was made available to stream on the band's MySpace page [6]. It was also premiered by L.A. radio station KROQ as well as Australian radio station Triple J [7]. The EP was released on July 18, 2008 in Australia and July 22, 2008 in the US. It was also released on iTunes in iTunes Plus format and on Amazon.com's MP3 Download service.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Wild International" - 3:47
- "Ocean View" - 4:07
- "Last Letter" - 3:58
- "If You Fear Dying" - 3:57
- "One Day as a Lion" - 4:25
[edit] Chart performance
- Album
| Chart | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 28 |
| U.S. Top Independent Albums | 3 |
- Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US | US Mod [8] |
NOR [9] |
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| 2008 | "Wild International" | — | 20 | 6 | |||||
| "One Day as a Lion" | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||
[edit] Opening Week
One Day as a Lion's eponymous EP places the 28th album of the week selling 17,000 copies in its first week. This sold extremely well for a five track EP.
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Billboard review
- ^ Drowned in Sound review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ The Skinny review
- ^ "One Day as a Lion's MySpace Page". http://www.myspace.com/onedayasalion. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "One Day as a Lion's MySpace Page". http://www.myspace.com/onedayasalion. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "American singles chart". Billboard charts. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080822091848/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=377&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Modern+Rock+Tracks&ci=3098357&cdi=9856768&cid=08/09/2008. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ One Day as a Lion Norwegian charts portal Retrieved: 2009-07-29
[edit] External links
- One Day as a Lion official website
- One Day as a Lion on Myspace
