Prisoners (album)

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Prisoners
TheAgonist Prisoners.png
Studio album by
The Agonist
ReleasedJune 4, 2012 (2012-06-04)
Recorded2011-2012
Genre
Length58:37
LabelCentury Media Records
Producer
The Agonist chronology
Lullabies for the Dormant Mind
(2009) 		Prisoners
(2012) 		Eye of Providence
(2015)
Singles from Prisoners
  1. "Ideomotor"
    Released: May 8, 2012
  2. "Panophobia"
    Released: October 24, 2012

Prisoners is the third studio album by Canadian metal band The Agonist. It was released on June 4 in Europe and June 5, 2012 in North America via Century Media records and was produced by the band's longtime producer Christian Donaldson. "Ideomotor" has been confirmed as the first single.[4] The album sold 1,400 copies in the United States in the first week of its release and debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.[5] This is the last album with original singer Alissa White-Gluz before she joined Arch Enemy in 2014.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com3.5/5 stars[1]
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
Heavy Blog is Heavy4.5/5 stars[6]
Sputnikmusic4/5 stars[3]

Style[]

About.com's Dan Marsicano described the album as a "focused blend of strait-laced metalcore and technical craftsmanship that borders on the progressive front"[1] and Sputnik Music wrote that the album is "oozing with inspiration from a plethora of genres, such as melodeath, thrash and progressive metal."[3]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."You're Coming with Me"5:35
2."The Escape"4:08
3."Predator & Prayer"5:04
4."Anxious Darwinians"5:23
5."Panophobia"3:54
6."Ideomotor"8:07
7."Lonely Solipsist"3:45
8."Dead Ocean"6:19
9."The Mass of the Earth"4:40
10."Everybody Wants You (Dead)"5:00
11."Revenge of the Dadaists"6:42
Total length:58:37
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
12."Jesters Rejoice Where Wise Men Weep"4:37
Total length:63:04

Personnel[]

The Agonist[]

Production[]

Charts[]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Heatseekers Albums[7] 19
Japanese Albums Chart[8] 89

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Marsicano, Dan. "The Agonist Prisoners Review". Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Prisoners The Agonist Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards Allmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Jacquibim (June 16, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners album review Sputnikmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "THE AGONIST To Release 'The Escape' EP – Aug. 25, 2011". blabbermouth.net. 2011-08-15. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. ^ "THE AGONIST: Prisoners First-Week Sales Revealed". June 13, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  6. ^ Tokgozoglu, Noyan (July 5, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners Heavy Blog is Heavy". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  7. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/the-agonist/chart-history/
  8. ^ The Agonistのアルバム売上ランキング | ORICON STYLE

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