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Awake (Godsmack album)

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Awake is the second studio album by American rock band Godsmack, released on October 31, 2000. It features the song "Goin' Down", which first appeared on the band's first studio recording, All Wound Up. It is the final Godsmack album to fully include drummer Tommy Stewart, who would be replaced by current drummer Shannon Larkin afterwards[a].

Awake
Studio album by
Godsmack
ReleasedOctober 31, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
StudioRiver's Edge Productions Inc. (Haverhill, Massachusetts)
Genre
Length45:29
LabelRepublic/Universal
ProducerMudrock
Godsmack chronology
Godsmack
(1998) 		Awake
(2000) 		Faceless
(2003)
Singles from Awake
  1. "Awake"
    Released: June 20, 2000
  2. "Bad Magick"
    Released: February 22, 2001
  3. "Greed"
    Released: May 22, 2001
  4. "Sick of Life"
    Released: August 9, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment Weekly(C−)[5]
Robert Christgau(dud)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Q
(6/01, p.106)

During the 2000s, the songs "Sick of Life" and "Awake" were used for the United States Navy's "Accelerate Your Life" recruiting advertisements.[8]

Recording

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The band opted to convert a warehouse in Haverhill, Massachusetts into a makeshift studio, rather than use a more traditional studio setting. According to Sully Erna, the band just did not want to move into any luxurious studio, because they wanted to keep the edge on for writing and "not get too far away from what we're all about". So they just stayed in the slums rather than moving into luxury.[9]

Erna says the results show in the music's "tougher" sound; "however, it has a very raw edge to it. It's not very polished," he says. "But it still has a lot of good grooves, and it still has a lot of power."[9]

The band also kept in touch with its roots by working some older unreleased material. The album includes older songs that just missed being on the debut. "Goin' Down" is a track from the original Godsmack album that was dropped in favor of "Whatever" for the major-label release. The songs "Bad Magick" and "Vampires" also date back to the same period.[9]

Release

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Awake debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 256,000 copies in its first week,[10] and the album would go on to sell at least 2,000,000 copies in the United States.[11]

Since its release, the album's title track dominated rock radio and broke chart records throughout 2000 and 2001. The album's spoken word track "Vampires" earned the band its first Grammy nomination.[12] In 2001, Awake won the Boston Music Award for Album of the Year.[13] "Greed" earned the band Boston Music Awards nominations for single and video of the year.[14]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Sully Erna, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sick of Life"Erna3:53
2."Awake"Erna5:05
3."Greed"Erna3:30
4."Bad Magick"Erna4:18
5."Goin' Down"
3:24
6."Mistakes"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
5:58
7."Trippin'"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
4:57
8."Forgive Me"Erna4:18
9."Vampires" (instrumental, contains dialogue from the television show Mysterious Forces Beyond)
  • Erna
  • Merrill
3:48
10."The Journey" (instrumental)
  • Erna
  • Rombola
0:50
11."Spiral"
  • Erna
  • Rombola
5:38
Total length:45:30
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Why"Erna3:15
13."Sweet Leaf" (Black Sabbath cover)
4:55
Total length:53:40

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[24] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[26] 2× Platinum 2,500,000[25]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Country Date Label
United States October 31, 2000 Uptown/Universal
Japan March 23, 2001 Universal International

Notes

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  1. ^ Stewart's final work with the band was on the “I Stand Alone” single. The remaining songs on Faceless were done by Larkin

References

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  1. ^ Garrity, Brian (2000). "Billboard - Vol. 112, No. 44". Billboard. Vol. 112. Nielsen Business Media. p. 18. (October 28, 2000). Retrieved on September 23, 2015
  2. ^ Greg Pratt (February 1, 2001). "Godsmack Awake". Exclaim.ca.
  3. ^ Christina Fuoco. "Godsmack Awake". allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "Awake - Godsmack". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Hermes, Will (November 3, 2000). "Awake Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "CG: godsmack". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (November 9, 2000). "Godsmack: Awake : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "Sully Erna Visits Showbiz Tonight". rockdirt.com. May 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012.
  9. ^ a b c "Godsmack Keeps Alt Metal 'Awake'". Billboard.com. November 1, 2000.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Godsmack–Artist chart history". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
  11. ^ "Godsmack Is 'Awake' At #5". Yahoo! Music. November 9, 2000. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  12. ^ "Ken Phillips Publicity Group - Godsmack". Ken Phillips Publicity Group. July 11, 2006. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  13. ^ "Boston Music Awards 2001".
  14. ^ "Godsmack Delivers 'Smack This!' DVD". Billboard.com. March 28, 2002.
  15. ^ "Sully Erna: Drumming Roots to Godsmack Frontman". Yamaha. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  16. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Godsmack – Awake" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  17. ^ "Godsmack Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  18. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Godsmack – Awake" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  19. ^ "Charts.nz – Godsmack – Awake". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  20. ^ "Godsmack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  21. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  22. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  23. ^ a b c "Godsmack Alternative Songs Chart History". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Godsmack – Awake". Music Canada.
  25. ^ "Universal Republic Community | Biography". universalrepublic.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  26. ^ "American album certifications – Godsmack – Awake". Recording Industry Association of America.
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