3-D (I See Stars album)

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3-D
3DCDbyISeeStars.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 14, 2009 (2009-04-14)
Genre
Length32:36
Label Sumerian
Producer Cameron Mizell
I See Stars chronology
I See Stars
(2008)
3-D
(2009)
The End of the World Party
(2011)
Singles from 3-D
  1. "What This Means to Me"
    Released: May 2, 2009[ citation needed ]
  2. "3D"
    Released: January 21, 2010[ citation needed ]
  3. "The Common Hours"
    Released: October 21, 2010[ citation needed ]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 75% [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

3-D is the debut studio album by American electronicore band I See Stars. The album debuted at number 176 on the Billboard 200, number 5 on Top Heatseekers, and number 22 on Top Independent Albums. [4] The songs "Save the Cheerleader" and "The Big Bad Wolf" were both re-recorded from their first EP, Green Light Go!. The singles "The Common Hours", "3D" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends", were also re-recorded, having been previously released as demos. Shortly after the album release, unclean vocalist Zach Johnson was briefly replaced by Chris Moore who only appeared on the band's cover of The Outfield's Your Love on Fearless Records's Punk Goes Classic Rock in 2010 before Johnson's return the same year. All of the band members were under the age of 20 by the time the album was recorded, with the oldest being rhythm guitarist Jimmy Gregerson who was 19 at the time.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Andrew and Devin Oliver, all music composed by I See Stars.

Original CD [5] [6] [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Project Wakeup"2:25
2."The Common Hours"3:07
3."3D"3:11
4."Save the Cheerleader"4:06
5."The Big Bad Wolf"3:41
6."I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge"3:08
7."The Ocean"1:10
8."Comfortably Confused"3:00
9."Where the Sidewalk Ends"2:25
10."Sing This" (featuring Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)3:00
11."What This Means to Me"3:27
Total length:32:36
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Other media

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Personnel

I See Stars
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