Rise (A Skylit Drive album)

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Rise
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2013
RecordedJune 2013, at Chango Studios, Lake Mary, Florida and Crushtone Studios, Cleveland, Ohio
GenrePost-hardcore
Length40:49
LabelTragic Hero
ProducerCameron Mizell
A Skylit Drive chronology
Identity on Fire
(2011)
Rise
(2013)
ASD
(2015)
Singles from Rise
  1. "Rise"
    Released: July 31, 2013

Rise is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive. The album was released on September 24, 2013, through Tragic Hero Records.[1] The first single and title track of the album, "Rise", was released on July 31, 2013.[2] The full track listing was revealed on August 14, 2013.[3] Rise peaked at 41 on the Billboard 200.[4] A lyric video for the track "Unbreakable" was released on September 6, 2013. On February 21, 2014, the music video for the song "Crazy" was released as well.[5] On June 26, 2014, an acoustic performance video for the song "Rise" was released.[6] It's the first album without guitarist Joey Wilson and the last to feature bassist and unclean vocalist, Brian White, and founding drummer and backing vocalist, Cory La Quay, who both left the band in 2014.

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics written by Michael Jagmin and Nick Miller.

No.TitleLength
1."Save Me Tragedy"3:12
2."Unbreakable"3:31
3."Crash Down"3:15
4."Rise"3:15
5."Crazy"2:59
6."Said & Done"3:40
7."Just Stay"4:16
8."Pendulum"3:20
9."I, Enemy"3:01
10."Wide Awake"3:23
11."Shadows"3:40
12."Dreaming in Blue"3:09
Total length:40:49
iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Fallen"3:26
14."Rise" (Demo)3:15
15."Just Stay" (Demo)4:22
16."Crazy" (Demo)3:04

On the physical Deluxe Edition of the album, only 3 bonus tracks were included. The only one that never went to the physical release was the demo version of Crazy.

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 41
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 4
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[9] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] 12

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A SKYLIT DRIVE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND TOUR". Tragic Hero Records. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  2. ^ Bird, Michele (August 1, 2013). "A Skylit Drive stream new song, "Rise"". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "A SKYLIT DRIVE ANNOUNCE THIRD SET OF TOUR DATES AND THE TRACK LISTING FOR "RISE"". Tragic Hero Records. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  4. ^ "A Skylit Drive - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: A SKYLIT DRIVE - Crazy (Official Music Video). YouTube.
  6. ^ YouTube, a Google company. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2014-07-01.
  7. ^ "A Skylit Drive Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  8. ^ "A Skylit Drive Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  9. ^ "A Skylit Drive Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  10. ^ "A Skylit Drive Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-13.