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Siren Song of the Counter Culture Studio album by Rise Against Released August 9, 2004 Recorded 2004 at Plumper Mountain Sound in Gibsons, British Columbia and The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver Genre Melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, punk rock Length 40:54 Label Geffen
B0002967-02Producer Garth Richardson Rise Against chronology Revolutions per Minute
(2003)Siren Song of the Counter Culture
(2004)The Sufferer & the Witness
(2006)Singles from Siren Song of the Counter Culture - "Give It All"
Released: 2004 - "Swing Life Away"
Released: 2005 - "Life Less Frightening"
Released: 2005 - "Paper Wings"
Released: 2005
Siren Song of the Counter Culture is the third album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on August 10, 2004. It is the band's first release on a major label.
The album sold very well, mainly due to the success of its single, "Swing Life Away", which reached #12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, making it the band's highest-charting single at the time. Also faring well were the album's other three singles, "Give It All" (#37) and "Life Less Frightening" (#33) and "Paper Wings". While the album was commercially successful, Siren Song of the Counter Culture is not Rise Against's highest charting album on the Billboard 200, peaking only at #136; subsequent albums The Sufferer & The Witness and Appeal to Reason both charted higher, peaking at #10 and #3 respectively. The album has been ceritified gold by the RIAA and platinum by the CRIA.
Contents
Writing and production
Siren Song of the Counter Culture was recorded in 2004 at Plumper Mountain Sound in Gibsons, British Columbia and The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver with producer Garth Richardson.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media 2.9/10[2] Punknews.org [3]
Sputnikmusic [4]
Siren Song of the Counter Culture was released on August 10, 2004 and is the first Rise Against album distributed via Geffen Records. The album peaked at number 136 on the Billboard 200 album chart[5] and reached #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Tim McIlrath, all music composed by Tim McIlrath, Joe Principe, Brandon Barnes and Chris Chasse, except "Swing Life Away" by Tim McIlrath and Neil Hennessy.
No. Title Length 1. "State of the Union" 2:19 2. "The First Drop" 2:39 3. "Life Less Frightening" 3:44 4. "Paper Wings" 3:43 5. "Blood to Bleed" 3:48 6. "To Them These Streets Belong" 2:49 7. "Tip the Scales" 3:49 8. "Anywhere But Here" 3:38 9. "Give It All" 2:50 10. "Dancing for Rain" 4:01 11. "Swing Life Away" 3:20 12. "Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" 4:14 Total length:40:54 Bonus tracks No. Title Length 13. "Obstructed View" 2:01 14. "Fix Me" (Black Flag cover, Japanese & German bonus track) 0:55 Personnel
- Rise Against
- Tim McIlrath – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Joe Principe – Bass, backing vocals
- Chris Chasse – Lead guitar, backing vocals
- Brandon Barnes – Drums, percussion
- Artwork
- Shepard Fairey – Cover illustration
- Lisa Johnson – Photography
- Studio Number One – Album Design[6]
- Additional musicians
- Neil Hennessy – Additional backing vocals
- Nicholas Simons – Cello[7]
- Production
- Garth Richardson – Producer
- Dean Maher – Engineer
- Bryan Gallant – Assistant engineer
- Lee Robertson – Assistant engineer
- Steve Sisco – Assistant
- Scott Ternan – Assistant engineer
- Andy Wallace – Mixing
- Ben Kaplan – Digital editing
- John O'Mahoney – Digital editing
- Ron Handler – A&R
- Graham Martin – A&R coordinator
- Richard Leighton – Guitar technician
- Eric "Wilcard" Bonny – Stage technician
- Chris Crippen – Drum technician
Charts
- Album
Year Chart Peak
position2004 The Billboard 200[5] 136 2005 Top Heatseekers[5] 1 - Singles
Year Song Chart Position 2004 "Give It All" US Modern Rock Tracks 37 2005 "Swing Life Away" US Billboard Hot 100 117 US Modern Rock Tracks 12 US Pop 100 95 "Life Less Frightening" US Modern Rock Tracks 33 Certifications
Country Certification Sales Canada Platinum[8] 100,000+ United States Gold[9] 500,000+ References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Punknews.org review
- ^ Sputnikmusic review
- ^ a b c "Siren Song of the Counter Culture - Rise Against". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/album/rise-against/siren-song-of-the-counter-culture/643069#/album/rise-against/siren-song-of-the-counter-culture/643069.
- ^ http://studionumberone.com/
- ^ "NDP MLA Nicholas Simons strikes hardcore gold record". The Georgia Straight, September 3, 2009.
- ^ "CRIA database". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=siren%20song&ica=False&sa=rise%20against&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Cert.%20Date.
- ^ "RIAA Database Search Results". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?&artist=Rise&20Against.
Rise Against Tim McIlrath • Zach Blair • Joe Principe • Brandon Barnes
Chris Chasse • Todd Mohney • Mr. Precision • Toni TintariStudio albums The Unraveling • Revolutions per Minute • Siren Song of the Counter Culture • The Sufferer & the Witness • Appeal to Reason • EndgameEPs DVDs Singles "Like the Angel" • "Give It All" • "Swing Life Away" • "Life Less Frightening" • "Ready to Fall" • "Prayer of the Refugee" • "The Good Left Undone" • "Re-Education (Through Labor)" • "Audience of One" • "Grammatizator" / "Voice of Dissent" • "Savior" • "Help Is on the Way" • "Architects" • "Make It Stop (September's Children)" • "Satellite"Labels Tours The Sufferer & the Witness Tour • Endgame TourAssociated acts Related Categories:- Rise Against albums
- 2004 albums
- English-language albums
- Geffen Records albums
- Albums produced by Garth Richardson
- Albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Albums certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
- "Give It All"
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