Awake (Godsmack album)

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Awake
Godsmack Awake.jpg
Studio album by
Godsmack
ReleasedOctober 31, 2000
StudioRiver's Edge Productions Inc., Haverhill, Massachusetts
Genre
Length45:29
LabelRepublic/Universal
Producer
Godsmack chronology
Godsmack
(1998) 		Awake
(2000) 		Faceless
(2003)
Singles from Awake
  1. "Awake"
    Released: June 20, 2000
  2. "Bad Magick"
    Released: February 22, 2001
  3. "Greed"
    Released: May 22, 2001
  4. "Sick of Life"
    Released: August 9, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly(C−)[4]
Robert Christgau(dud)[5]
Rolling Stone2/5 stars[6]
Q4/5 stars
(6/01, p.106)

Awake is the second studio album by rock band Godsmack, released on October 31, 2000. It features the song "Goin' Down", which first appeared on the band's first studio recording, All Wound Up. This was the only Godsmack album to feature drummer Tommy Stewart.

During the 2000s, the songs "Sick of Life" and "Awake" were used for the United States Navy's "Accelerate Your Life" recruiting advertisements.[7]

Recording[]

The band opted to convert a warehouse in Haverhill, Massachusetts into a makeshift studio, rather than use a more traditional studio setting. According to Sully Erna, the band just did not want to move into any luxurious studio, because they wanted to keep the edge on for writing and "not get too far away from what we're all about". So they just stayed in the slums rather than moving into luxury.[8]

Erna says the results show in the music's "tougher" sound; "however, it has a very raw edge to it. It's not very polished," he says. "But it still has a lot of good grooves, and it still has a lot of power."[8]

The band also kept in touch with its roots by working some older unreleased material. The album includes older songs that just missed being on the debut. "Goin' Down" is a track from the original Godsmack album that was dropped in favor of "Whatever" for the major-label release. The songs "Bad Magick" and "Vampires" also date back to the same period.[8]

Release[]

Awake debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 256,000 copies in its first week,[9] and the album would go on to sell at least 2,000,000 copies in the United States.[10]

Since its release, the album's title track dominated rock radio and broke chart records throughout 2000 and 2001. The album's spoken word track "Vampires" earned the band its first Grammy nomination.[11] In 2001, Awake won the Boston Music Award for Album of the Year.[12] "Greed" earned the band Boston Music Awards nominations for single and video of the year.[13]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Sully Erna, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sick of Life"Erna3:51
2."Awake"Erna5:04
3."Greed"Erna3:29
4."Bad Magick"Erna4:17
5."Goin' Down"
3:24
6."Mistakes"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
5:58
7."Trippin'"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
4:56
8."Forgive Me"Erna4:18
9."Vampires" (instrumental, contains dialogue from television show Mysterious Forces Beyond)
  • Erna
  • Merrill
3:47
10."The Journey" (instrumental)
  • Erna
  • Rombola
0:49
11."Spiral"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
5:36
Total length:45:29
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Why"Erna3:15
13."Sweet Leaf" (Black Sabbath cover)
4:55
Total length:53:39

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[19] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] 2× Platinum 2,500,000[20]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Country Date Label
United States October 31, 2000 Uptown/Universal
Japan March 23, 2001 Universal International

References[]

  1. ^ Garrity, Brian (2000). "Billboard - Vol. 112, No. 44". 112. Nielsen Business Media: 18. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) (October 28, 2000). Retrieved on September 23, 2015
  2. ^ Greg Pratt (February 1, 2001). "Godsmack Awake". Exclaim.ca.
  3. ^ "Awake - Godsmack". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Hermes, Will (November 3, 2000). "Awake Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "CG: godsmack". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  6. ^ Kot, Greg (November 9, 2000). "Godsmack: Awake : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "Sully Erna Visits Showbiz Tonight". rockdirt.com. May 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Godsmack Keeps Alt Metal 'Awake'". Billboard.com. November 1, 2000.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Godsmack–Artist chart history". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
  10. ^ "Godsmack Is 'Awake' At #5". Yahoo! Music. November 9, 2000. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  11. ^ "Ken Phillips Publicity Group - Godsmack". Ken Phillips Publicity Group. July 11, 2006. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  12. ^ https://bostonmusicawards.com/bma/boston-music-awards-2001/
  13. ^ "Godsmack Delivers 'Smack This!' DVD". Billboard.com. March 28, 2002.
  14. ^ "Godsmack - Awake". austriancharts.at.
  15. ^ "Charverfolgung / Godsmack / Longplay" (in German). PhonoNet.
  16. ^ "Godsmack - Awake". charts.nz.
  17. ^ "Awake - Godsmack". Billboard.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Godsmack Alternative Songs Chart History". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Godsmack – Awake". Music Canada.
  20. ^ "Universal Republic Community | Biography". universalrepublic.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  21. ^ "American album certifications – Godsmack – Awake". Recording Industry Association of America.
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