Redeemer (Norma Jean album)

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Redeemer
File:Redeemer Norma Jean.jpg
Studio album by Norma Jean
Released September 12, 2006
Recorded April/May 2006 Radiostar Studio
Genre Metalcore, post-metal,[1] sludge metal[1]
Length 41:44
Label Solid State, Century, Abacus
Producer Ross Robinson
Norma Jean chronology
O God, the Aftermath
(2005)O God, the Aftermath2005		 Redeemer
(2006)		 The Anti Mother
(2008)The Anti Mother2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk.net (81%)[2]
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[3]
Boise Weekly Highly unfavorable[4]
Cross Rhythms 9/10 stars[5]
Exclaim! Slightly favorable[6]
musicOMH 4/5 stars[7]
Jesus Freak Hideout 4.25/5[8]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5[9]
Stylus Magazine (B)[10]

Redeemer is Norma Jean's third studio album. It was released on September 12, 2006 in the United States, and on October 3, 2006 in Canada. The album sold more than 21,000 records in its first week. It is the last album to feature drummer Daniel Davison. For this album they filmed videos for "Blueprints for Future Homes," and "Songs Sound Much Sadder". Shannon Crawford, the singer of Cellophane and Monster in the Machine, painted the album artwork.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Norma Jean, including where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "A Grand Scene for a Color Film"     3:24
2. "Blueprints for Future Homes"     2:49
3. "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest"     5:00
4. "A Temperamental Widower"     2:46
5. "The End of All Things Will Be Televised"     5:11
6. "Songs Sound Much Sadder"   Timothy McTague 3:04
7. "The Longest Lasting Statement"     2:47
8. "Amnesty Please"     4:14
9. "Like Swimming Circles"     3:04
10. "Cemetery Like a Stage"     4:26
11. "No Passenger: No Parasite"     4:58
Total length:
 41:44

Personnel

Norma Jean
Additional musicians
Production
  • Ross Robinson - mixing
  • Ryan Boesch - engineering & Mixing
  • Kale Holmes - assistant Engineer
  • Asterik Studio - art direction & design
  • Shannon Crawford - album art paintings

Notes

  • The song "Blueprints for Future Homes" was the first song to be "released" on their MySpace and Purevolume pages on 7/25/06 at 12:01 AM EST.
  • The song "The End of All Things Will Be Televised" was the second song to be "released" on their MySpace and Purevolume pages on 8/4/06 at 12:01 AM EST.
  • The song "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest" was the third song to be released on their Purevolume and MySpace.
  • The song "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest" refers to James 3:5-12 from the New Testament.
  • The song "No Passenger: No Parasite" seems to have derived its title and the majority of lyrics from the book "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, in which Lewis describes a fully Christian society as having "no passengers or parasites".[11]
  • The song "Songs Sound Much Sadder" was featured on This is Solid State Vol. 6

References

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