Rude Awakening (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Rude Awakening
Type = Album
Artist = Prong


Released = May 1996
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Groove metal
Hardcore punk
Industrial metal
Length = 45:50
Label = Epic
Producer = Terry Date & Tommy Victor
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfrxqwhldte link]
Last album = "Cleansing"
(1992)
This album = "Rude Awakening"
(1994)
Next album = "100% Live"
(2002)

:"For the album with the same title by Megadeth, see Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)."

"Rude Awakening" is Prong's sixth album. This album includes Tommy Victor, Ted Parsons and Paul Raven. Rude Awakening is an Enhanced CD and it includes the MTV music video, "Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck."

Track listing

#"Controller" – 3:39
#"Caprice" – 2:47
#"Rude Awakening" – 4:18
#"Unfortunately" – 3:08
#"Face Value" – 4:09
#"Avenue of the Finest" – 3:37
#"Slicing" – 3:29
#"Without Hope" – 3:13
#"Mansruin" – 3:29
#"Innocence Gone" – 3:11
#"Dark Signs" – 3:22
#"Close the Door" – 4:05
#"Proud Division" – 5:46

Credits

*Tommy Victor - Vocals/Guitar
*Paul Raven - Bass
*Ted Parsons - Drums
*Charlie Clouser - Drum Programming and Keyboards

Miscellanea

* This album has also been released as Special Limited Edition on 12" Red Vinyl
* Tommy Victor appears on the Argyle Park album Misguided on the track “Doomsayer”. The song shares some of the same guitar riffs as the song “Controller”.
* The Album is reissued in 2008 as a Digipack-Version, featuring four remixes of the "Rude Awakening"-Single and a new Booklet.

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)