One Day as a Lion (EP)

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One Day as a Lion EP
One day as a lion cd.jpg
EP by
One Day as a Lion
ReleasedJuly 18, 2008 (EU)
July 22, 2008 (U.S.)
GenreRap rock
Length20:20
LabelANTI-
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
Billboard(favourable)[2]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[3]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[4]
The Skinny4/5 stars[5]

One Day as a Lion is the 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.[6] 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.

Track listing[]

  1. "Wild International" – 3:47
  2. "Ocean View" – 4:07
  3. "Last Letter" – 3:58
  4. "If You Fear Dying" – 3:57
  5. "One Day as a Lion" – 4:25

Personnel[]

Chart performance[]

Album
Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 28
U.S. Top Independent Albums 3
Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions
US US
Mod
[7] 		NOR
[8]
2008 "Wild International" — 20 6
"One Day as a Lion" — — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Sales[]

One Day as a Lion's eponymous EP places the 28th album of the week selling 17,000 copies in its first week.

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Billboard review". Archived from the original on 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  3. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ The Skinny review
  6. ^ a b "One Day as a Lion's MySpace Page". Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  7. ^ "American singles chart". Billboard charts. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  8. ^ One Day as a Lion Norwegian charts portal Retrieved: 2009-07-29

External links[]

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