Collide (Skillet album)

Collide
Collide
Studio album by Skillet
Released	November 18, 2003
Recorded	March – June 2003
Genre	Christian rock ; hard rock ; nu metal ;
Length	45:26
Label	Ardent (original), Lava (remaster)
Producer	Paul Ebersold
Skillet chronology
Singles from Collide
	"A Little More"; Released: 2003; "Forsaken"; Released: 2004; "Savior"; Released: 2004; "My Obsession"; Released: 2004; "Open Wounds"; Released: 2004; "Under My Skin"; Released: 2005; "Collide"; Released: 2005;

Last updated January 14, 2024

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
CCM Magazine	B+^[3]
Christianity Today	^[5]
Cross Rhythms	^[1]
The Fish	Slightly favorable^[6]
Jesus Freak Hideout	^[7] (Re-release) ^[2]
Melodic.net	^[8]
New Release Tuesday	(Re-release) ^[9]

Collide is the fifth studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It was originally released on Ardent Records on November 18, 2003.^[7] The album was re-released on Lava Records as an enhanced CD with the bonus track "Open Wounds" on May 25, 2004.^[2]^[7]Collide peaked at No. 179 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Top Heatseekers. The album artwork, according John Cooper in a 2004 interview, is "faith and fear colliding."^[10] The album has sold over 320,000 units in the USA alone. The album received positive reviews. Collide was nominated for "Best Rock Gospel Album" at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2005.^[11] Even though the album has sold enough copies to go gold, it has never been certified by the RIAA. On this album, Collide shed the industrial rock sound that Skillet utilized for three records in favor a heavier nü-metal sound.

Music video

A music video was made for the single "Savior". The video shows the band playing in both a house and at a park at night. It became only the second Skillet music video to include a story, after "Best Kept Secret" from Invincible in 2000, though the story in the "Savior" video is more heavily featured. The video shows an abusive father mistreating his children in the house, and the subsequent escape of the children him. They make their way to the park, while the location where the band plays switches from one to the other. The video ends with the children being safe in their mother's arms. Lead singer and bassist, John Cooper, has said that 'Savior' is a song written mostly about his childhood. Although he was not physically abused by his father, he had a very destructive emotional relationship with him.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John L. Cooper except where noted.

2003 original Ardent release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forsaken^[a]"		4:12
2.	"Savior ^[a]^[b]"		4:33
3.	"Collide^[a]^[b]"	John L. Cooper, Paul Ebersold	5:38
4.	"A Little More^[b]"	John L. Cooper, Korey Cooper	4:49
5.	"My Obsession^[a]"		5:00
6.	"Fingernails"		5:07
7.	"Imperfection"		4:07
8.	"Under My Skin"	John L. Cooper, Korey Cooper	4:06
9.	"Energy"		3:57
10.	"Cycle Down"		3:58
Total length:			45:26

2004 Lava reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forsaken"		4:12
2.	"Savior"		4:33
3.	"Open Wounds" (bonus track)	John L. Cooper, Kevin Kadish	3:15
4.	"A Little More"	John L. Cooper, Korey Cooper	4:49
5.	"My Obsession"		5:00
6.	"Collide"	John L. Cooper, Paul Ebersold	5:38
7.	"Fingernails"		5:06
8.	"Imperfection"		4:06
9.	"Under My Skin"	John L. Cooper, Korey Cooper	4:05
10.	"Energy"		3:56
11.	"Cycle Down"		3:58
Total length:			48:42

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

^b Appears on The Platinum Collection compilation (2012)

Personnel

Credits taken from the CD liner notes.

Skillet

John L. Cooper – lead vocals, bass guitar
Korey Cooper – keyboards, acoustic piano, drum programming, sampling, string arrangements, backing vocals
Ben Kasica – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Lori Peters – drums, backing vocals

Technical

Paul Ebersold – producer (all tracks except "Fingernails" and "Open Wounds"), engineer (all tracks except "Open Wounds"), additional string arrangements
John L. Cooper – producer ("Fingernails")
Kevin Kadish - producer ("Open Wounds")
Curry Weber – engineer (all tracks except "Open Wounds")
Matt Martone – engineer (all tracks except "Open Wounds")
Skidd Mills – engineer (all tracks except "Open Wounds"), mixing
John Goodmanson – engineer ("Open Wounds")
Scott Hardin – assistant engineer (all tracks except "Open Wounds")
Ryan Wiley – assistant engineer (all tracks except "Open Wounds")
Scott Hull – mastering at The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
Asterik Studio – art direction, design (Seattle, Washington)
Christiév Carothers and Everything Visual – imaging
Margaret Malandruccolo – band photography
Kris McCaddon – additional photography
Richard Bates, Liz Barrett – art direction (2004 reissue)
Andrew Karp – A&R direction (2004 reissue)

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 ^[12]	179
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[13]	9

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[cross12-1] 1 2 Spenceley, Haydon (May 1, 2004). "Skillet – Collide". Cross Rhythms Magazine. Cross Rhythms (CR Mag 80). Retrieved June 8, 2012.

[jfh_re-release-2] 1 2 3 DiBiase, John (January 7, 2005). "Skillet, "Collide" Lava Records re-release Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[CCM-3] 1 2 McCreary, David (January 2004). "Growing Up May Be Hard to Do But… Skillet's musical maturation leads to a multi-course menu of melodic and driving rock sounds" (PDF). CCM Magazine . Salem Publishing. 26 (7): 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2011.

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[6] Breimeier, Russ. "Collide". The Fish. Salem Web Network . Retrieved June 8, 2012.

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[8] Roth, Kaj. "Melodic Net – Skillet – Collide". Melodic.net . Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

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v t e Skillet
John Cooper Korey Cooper Jen Ledger Seth Morrison Ken Steorts Trey McClurkin Kevin Haaland Lori Peters Ben Kasica Jonathan Salas
Studio albums	Skillet Hey You, I Love Your Soul Invincible Alien Youth Collide Comatose Awake Rise Unleashed Victorious Dominion
Live albums	Ardent Worship Comatose Comes Alive
Compilation albums	The Early Years (1996–2001)
EPs	Awake and Remixed
DVDs	Comatose Comes Alive Awake & Live
Singles	"Savior" "Rebirthing" "Whispers in the Dark" "The Last Night" "The Older I Get" "Comatose" "Hero" "Monster" "Awake and Alive" "Forgiven" "Lucy" "It's Not Me, It's You" "One Day Too Late" "Sick of It" "Feel Invincible" "I Want to Live"
Related articles	Skillet discography