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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Rock Sound9/10[3]
The TimesConfused/10[4]

Megalithic Symphony is the debut studio album by American electronic rock band Awolnation, released on March 15, 2011 through Red Bull Records. The album is the band's first full-length release, following the release of the extended play Back from Earth (2010). Megalithic Symphony has since peaked at number 84 on the United States Billboard 200 and at number 57 on the Austrian Albums Chart. As of March 2015, the album sold 581,000 copies in the United States.[5]

On December 18, 2014, the RIAA has certified Megalithic Symphony Gold.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Bruno, except where noted

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Megalithic Symphony"0:58
2."Some Sort of Creature"0:27
3."Soul Wars" (Bruno, Eric Stenman)3:37
4."People" (Bruno, Stenman)3:58
5."Jump on My Shoulders"4:08
6."Burn It Down" (Bruno, Jimmy Messer)2:45
7."Guilty Filthy Soul" (Bruno, Messer)3:34
8."Kill Your Heroes" (Bruno, Brian West)2:59
9."My Nightmare's Dream"0:27
10."Sail"4:19
11."Wake Up"3:03
12."Not Your Fault"4:03
13."All I Need" (Bruno, Messer)3:38
14."Knights of Shame" (Bruno, Cameron Duddy) (fades out at 11:49, untitled hidden track starts at 13:51)14:58
Amazon bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Shoestrings"3:10
iTunes bonus track (United Kingdom)
No.TitleLength
15."I've Been Dreaming"2:58
iTunes bonus track (United States)
No.TitleLength
15."Swinging from the Castles"3:04
Deluxe Edition Disc 2 Part 1 – The Songs
No.TitleLength
1."THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT"2:41
2."Some Kind of Joke"4:52
3."Everybody's Got a Secret"3:42
4."Soul Wars" (Live in Salzburg, Austria)4:23
5."MF"3:17
6."Swinging from the Castles"3:02
7."I've Been Dreaming"2:58
8."Shoestrings"3:11
Deluxe Edition Disc 2 Part 2 – The Remixes
No.TitleLength
9."Not Your Fault" (Robert DeLong Remix)5:52
10."People" (Thomas from Ghostland Observatory Remix)5:41
11."Burn It Down" (Innerpartysystem Remix)4:56
12."Guilty Filthy Soul" (Samantha Ronson Remix featuring Wale)4:18
13."Jump on My Shoulders" (Thomas from Ghostland Observatory Remix)4:06
14."Sail" (Borgore Pop the Sweating I'm Sailing Remix)4:38
15."Sail" (Dan the Automator Remix)4:34
16."Sail" (Feed Me Remix)3:29
17."Sail" (TDE Remix featuring Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul)4:00
18."Sail" (Unlimited Gravity Remix)5:49

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[22] Gold 40,000^
United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 581,000[5]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalog no.
United States March 15, 2011[24] Digital download Red Bull n/a
March 29, 2011[25] CD RBR1086
Belgium July 1, 2011[26] Digital download n/a
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
Belgium July 4, 2011[27] CD RBR1108
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
United States December 9, 2011[28] 2xLP RBR1134
Australia April 13, 2012 Digital download n/a
New Zealand
Australia May 25, 2012[29] CD Unknown
New Zealand May 28, 2012[30] Unknown
Deluxe Edition (First Issue)
Belgium January 25, 2013[31] Digital download Red Bull n/a
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
Deluxe Edition (Second Issue)
Australia November 15, 2013[32] Digital download Red Bull n/a
United States November 19, 2013[33]
United Kingdom November 25, 2013[34]

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