F.E.A.R. (album)

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F.E.A.R.
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Studio album by Papa Roach
Released January 27, 2015
Genre
Length 36:07
Label Eleven Seven Music
Producer Kane Churko, Kevin Churko[1]
Papa Roach chronology
The Connection
(2012)The Connection2012		 F.E.A.R.
(2015)
Singles from F.E.A.R.
  1. "Warriors"
    Released: October 21, 2014
  2. "Face Everything and Rise"
    Released: November 4, 2014
  3. "Gravity"
    Released: April 22, 2015
  4. "Falling Apart"
    Released: December 25, 2015
  5. "Devil"
    Released: March 26, 2016[citation needed]
  6. "Broken as Me"
    Released: April 26, 2016[citation needed]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 58/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[3]
HM 3.5/5 stars[4]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[5]
aNewRisingMusic 5/5 stars[6]

F.E.A.R. is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Papa Roach. It was released on January 27, 2015.[7]

F.E.A.R. sold 24,425 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 15 on the Billboard 200 chart, charting higher than their previous albums Time for Annihilation and The Connection, also outselling both of them. It is their first Top 15 album in UK since Lovehatetragedy.

History

On February 4, 2014, the band announced that they will be going into the studio to record a new album.[8]

On February 18, guitarist Jerry Horton stated that the first single should come out in July 2014,[9] but the first official single (the title track) was not revealed until August, and the single release date was delayed until November.

On February 25, the band participated in a live chat and mentioned that they have already written 4 songs. They revealed the titles of three songs: "Broken as Me", "Gravity", and "War Over Me".[10]

On April 24, during an interview for Loudwire, vocalist Jacoby Shaddix revealed more song titles from the upcoming album: "Never Have to Say Goodbye" and "Face Everything and Rise".[11] On August 30, 2014, it was revealed that the title track, "Face Everything and Rise" would be the album's first single and that the video would be codirected by Papa Roach's lead singer, Jacoby Shaddix.[12]

The album was streamed on YouTube on January 22, 2015, five days before its scheduled release on the Eleven Seven Music YouTube channel.[13]

Singles

The song "Warriors" was released digitally on October 21, 2014. As of October 19, 2014 Online Radio Stations started airing Warriors. On October 20, 2014, Papa Roach started streaming Warriors on their YouTube Page[14]

The title track "Face Everything and Rise" was released digitally on November 4, 2014.

The song "Falling Apart" was released on January 18, 2015 on Radio 1 Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 and was released on Christmas Day on Mainstream Rock as the third single.

The song "Gravity" was released on April 22, 2015 along with the music video.

The fourth and final single "Devil" was released on March 26, 2016.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Jacoby Shaddix, all music composed by Tobin Esperance.

No. Title Length
1. "Face Everything and Rise"   3:11
2. "Skeletons"   3:55
3. "Broken as Me"   3:37
4. "Falling Apart"   3:08
5. "Love Me Till It Hurts"   3:43
6. "Never Have to Say Goodbye"   3:47
7. "Gravity"   4:04
8. "War Over Me"   3:58
9. "Devil"   3:27
10. "Warriors"   2:55
Total length:
 36:07

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[15] 8
Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia)[16] 113
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[17] 47
French Albums Chart[18] 90
German Albums Chart[19] 6
Japanese Albums Chart[20] 110
Netherlands Albums Chart[21] 32
United States (The Billboard Top 200)[22] 15
United States (Billboard Hard Rock Albums)[23] 1
Australia (ARIA)[24] 29
United Kingdom (UK Albums Chart)[25] 13

References

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