Invincible (Skillet album)

Invincible is the third studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It was released on February 1, 2000 on ForeFront Records and Ardent Records. This album continues the electronic and industrial rock that was heard on Hey You, I Love Your Soul (1998), however, this album's industrial sound is more modernized than on Hey You, I Love Your Soul. Kevin Haaland replaced original guitarist Ken Steorts, although Steorts performed additional guitar on the album. Korey Cooper, John Cooper's wife, was the keyboardist and backing vocalist on the album and also did loops, programming, and sampling.

Invincible
Studio album by Skillet
Released	February 1, 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Christian rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, hard rock
Length	52:38
Label	Ardent, ForeFront
Producer	John L. Cooper, Skidd Mills
Skillet chronology
Hey You, I Love Your Soul (1998) Invincible (2000) Ardent Worship (2000)
Singles from Invincible
"Best Kept Secret" Released: 2000 "Invincible" Released: 2000 "You're Powerful" Released: 2000 "Come On to the Future" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Cross Rhythms
Jesus Freak Hideout

Track listing

All songs written by John L. Cooper, except where noted.

Album release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Best Kept Secret[a]"		3:55
2.	"You Take My Rights Away"		4:32
3.	"Invincible"		3:51
4.	"Rest"	John Cooper, Korey Cooper	3:48
5.	"Come On to the Future"		3:54
6.	"You're Powerful"	J. Cooper, K. Cooper	3:26
7.	"I Trust You"	J. Cooper, K. Cooper	3:38
8.	"Each Other"	J. Cooper, K. Cooper	3:26
9.	"The Fire Breathes"		3:41
10.	"Say It Loud"		3:32
11.	"The One"		4:12
12.	"You're in My Brain / Angels Fall Down"		10:40
Total length:			52:38

The final track, "You're in My Brain", contains a hidden song called "Angels Fall Down", which appears on Ardent Worship.

Personnel

Skillet

• John L. Cooper – vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, loops
• Korey Cooper – keyboards, programming, loops, sampling, backing vocals
• Kevin Haaland – guitars
• Trey McClurklin – drums

Additional musicians

• Skidd Mills – guitars, additional loops
• Tim Palmer – guitars
• Mike Salopek – guitars
• Kent Smith – guitars
• Ken Steorts – guitars
• Matt Browning – additional loops (3, 11)

Production

• Dana Key – executive producer
• Patrick Scholes – executive producer
• John Cooper – producer
• Skidd Mills – producer, engineer, mixing
• Jason Latshaw – assistant engineer
• Matt Martone – assistant engineer
• Pete Matthews – assistant engineer
• Brad Blackwood – digital editing
• Scott Hull – mastering at Classic Sound (New York, NY)
• Disciple Design – art direction, design
• Allen Clark – photography
• R.W. Management – management

Music video

There was a music video made for the song "Best Kept Secret". It was the first video by the band to have a story of some kind in it, though the story is very brief. Some of the video shows the band in the story portion in futuristic clothing, while the rest of it shows them playing in a room in similar clothing. The story portion shows the band entering a hallway, which they walk along until they come to a massive room where prisoners are being held in glass cells. All of the prisoners appear to be asleep, with gas masks over their faces. Each band member takes a pipe, at which point all of the prisoners wake up, and the band then smashes the glass of the cells. All of the prisoners fall out of the cells and onto the floor. The band helps them all up as they remove their masks. After freeing the prisoners, the band exits the way they came in.

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)	13

Notes

^a Live recording appears on Comatose Comes Alive (2008)

References

• Invincible. (2000) Ardent/ForeFront FFD5243