12 Bloody Spies

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12 Bloody Spies
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)
Recorded2002–2015
Genre Alternative metal
Length45:30
Label Epic
Producer Various
Chevelle chronology
The North Corridor
(2016)
12 Bloody Spies
(2018)
NIRATIAS
(2021)
Singles from 12 Bloody Spies
  1. "Sleep Walking Elite"
    Released: September 27, 2018
  2. "In Debt to the Earth"
    Released: October 12, 2018

12 Bloody Spies is the second compilation album by American rock band Chevelle. The album was released on October 26, 2018 by Epic Records. The album consists of B-sides, rarities, covers, and remixes recorded between 2003 and 2016.

Contents

Background

The single, "Sleep Walking Elite", a B-side from the Vena Sera sessions, [1] was released on September 27, 2018. [2] On September 28, the compilation album was announced. [3] [4] The album's second single, "In Debt to the Earth," was released on October 12. [5]

The song, "Until You're Reformed", a B-side from the Wonder What's Next sessions, was originally released in 2003 on Daredevil: The Album . "Fizgig," a B-side from the Sci-Fi Crimes sessions, was originally released on the band's greatest hits album Stray Arrows: A Collection of Favorites in 2012.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."A Miracle" ( The North Corridor sessions, '16)5:31
2."Sleep Walking Elite" ( Vena Sera sessions, '07)
  • Bernardini
  • S. Loeffler
  • P. Loeffler
Michael Baskette 3:39
3."In Debt to the Earth" (Vena Sera sessions, '07)
  • Bernardini
  • S. Loeffler
  • P. Loeffler
Baskette4:12
4."Sleep Apnea" (Acoustic version) ( Sci-Fi Crimes sessions, '09)P. Loeffler2:22
5."The Clincher" (Version 103) ( This Type of Thinking sessions, '04)
  • P. Loeffler
  • S. Loeffler
Baskette3:39
6."Fizgig" (Stray Arrows: A Collection of Favorites, '12)P. Loeffler
  • Virtue
  • Chevelle
4:51
7."Glimpse of the Con" ( Hats Off to the Bull sessions, '11)
  • Bernardini
  • S. Loeffler
  • P. Loeffler
Joe Barresi 5:59
8."Indifference" (Hats Off to the Bull sessions, '11)
  • Bernardini
  • S. Loeffler
  • P. Loeffler
Barresi2:10
9."Until You're Reformed" ( Wonder What's Next sessions, '02)
  • Joe Loeffler
  • S. Loeffler
  • P. Loeffler
Garth Richardson 4:00
10."The Gist" (instrumental; Sci-Fi Crimes sessions, '09)P. Loeffler
  • Virtue
  • Chevelle
1:44
11."Delivery" (Compulsion cover; Vena Sera sessions, '07)CompulsionBaskette3:03
12."Leto's Headache" (Sci-Fi Crimes sessions, '09)P. Loeffler
  • Virtue
  • Chevelle
4:21
Total length:45:30

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 139
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [7] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [8] 21

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