Chickenfoot III | ||||
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Released | September 27, 2011 [1] | |||
Recorded | April 2010 / January–June 2011 | |||
Studio | The Foot Locker / Red Rocker Recording | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock | |||
Length | 45:12 | |||
Label | eOne Music, earMUSIC, WHD Entertainment Japan [2] | |||
Producer | Mike Fraser, Chickenfoot | |||
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Singles from Chickenfoot III | ||||
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Sammy Hagar chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [3] |
Rolling Stone Brasil | [4] |
Chickenfoot III is the second studio album by American hard rock band Chickenfoot,released on September 27,2011. [1] Despite the title,it is not actually the band's third album;other rumored titles that were mentioned include Chickenfoot IV (four). The first pressing of the album was packaged with a 3-D cover;it was later nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package at the 2012 ceremony. [5]
The band began to record the album back in April 2010,when they had some free time. They demoed four unnamed songs and put one of them in a video describing the A.M.P.F. technology (which stands for "Audio Musical Performance Fidelity"). [6]
On July 8,2011,the band posted a new video online of the first teaser of one of the songs from the new album with this message included in the video:"Attention Foot Soldiers. Get Your Boots On. September 27,2011." [7]
All tracks are written by Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Last Temptation" | 4:02 | |
2. | "Alright Alright" | Chickenfoot | 4:39 |
3. | "Different Devil" | Hagar, Satriani, Chad Smith | 4:24 |
4. | "Up Next" | 4:33 | |
5. | "Lighten Up" | 5:12 | |
6. | "Come Closer" | 4:08 | |
7. | "Three and a Half Letters" | 4:07 | |
8. | "Big Foot" | 3:49 | |
9. | "Dubai Blues" | 5:02 | |
10. | "Something Going Wrong" | 5:16 | |
11. | "No Change" (bonus track) | Chickenfoot | 4:24 |
Limited pressings in red vinyl and blue vinyl were also released in 12" LP format, but the hidden track "No Change" is not on the vinyl versions.
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Down the Drain" (live in Phoenix) | 9:13 |
12. | "Oh Yeah" (live in Phoenix) | 6:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Avenida Revolucion" | Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani | 5:56 |
2. | "Soap on a Rope" | Hagar, Satriani | 5:32 |
3. | "Sexy Little Thing" | Hagar, Satriani | 4:14 |
4. | "Oh Yeah" | Hagar, Satriani | 4:54 |
5. | "Runnin' Out" | Hagar, Satriani | 3:52 |
6. | "Get It Up" | Hagar, Satriani, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith | 4:41 |
7. | "Down the Drain" | Hagar, Satriani | 6:17 |
8. | "My Kinda Girl" | Hagar, Satriani | 4:32 |
9. | "Learning to Fall" | Hagar, Satriani | 5:13 |
10. | "Turnin' Left" | Hagar, Satriani | 5:48 |
11. | "Future in the Past" | Hagar, Satriani, Anthony, Smith | 6:38 |
12. | "Bitten by the Wolf" | Hagar, Satriani | 4:24 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "EPK" | |
2. | "Big Foot" (music video) | |
3. | "Turning Left" (Live in Phoenix) | |
4. | "Sexy Little Thing" (music video) |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Avenida Revolucion" (live) | |
2. | "Soap on a Rope" (live at Montreaux, 2009) | |
3. | "Sexy Little Thing" (live at Montreaux, 2009) | |
4. | "Oh Yeah" (live) | |
5. | "Runnin' Out" (live) | |
6. | "Get It Up" (live) | |
7. | "Down the Drain" (live at Montreaux, 2009) | |
8. | "My Kinda Girl" (live) | |
9. | "Learning to Fall" (live) | |
10. | "Turnin' Left" (live) | |
11. | "Future in the Past" (live) | |
12. | "Bitten by the Wolf" (live) | |
13. | "Soap on a Rope" (music video) |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Greeting" | |
2. | "Making of the Chickenfoot III" | |
3. | "Behind the Scenes" | |
4. | "The Packaging" | |
5. | "Big Foot" (music video) |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States | — | 35,000 [27] |
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