DNA (Trapt album)

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DNA
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2016
Genre
Length60:01
Label Crash Collide
Trapt chronology
The Acoustic Collection
(2014)
DNA
(2016)
Shadow Work
(2020)
Singles from DNA
  1. "Passenger"
    Released: 2015
  2. "Human (Like the Rest of Us)"
    Released: 2015
  3. "It's Over"
    Released: 2015

DNA is the seventh studio album by American rock band Trapt, released on August 19, 2016. [1] The album's recording was partly funded by a 2014 campaign on Indiegogo. [2] The band was originally set to release the album in 2015. [3] Best Buy offered a limited edition, which included the two bonus tracks "Panic Room" and "Chasing Highs", as well as the front cover of the insert sleeve being autographed by the band. DNA became Trapt's first album since Amalgamation to miss the top 100 on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 148, selling only 4,500 copies in its first week.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:40
2."Human (Like the Rest of Us)"4:07
3."It's Over"3:28
4."Tangled Up in You"4:07
5."Changing Hands"4:14
6."Unforgiven"3:55
7."Passenger"3:52
8."Anchor"4:21
9."Not So Different"3:28
10."Castaway"3:58
11."Getting Even"3:57
12."Fallen Angel"4:04
13."Human (Like the Rest of Us)" (acoustic)4:05
14."Tangled Up in You" (acoustic)3:50
15."Passenger" (acoustic)4:09
16."Castaway" (acoustic)3:51
Total length:1:00:01 [4] [5]
Best Buy limited edition [6] [7]
No.TitleLength
13."Panic Room" (Best Buy bonus track)3:44
14."Chasing Highs" (Best Buy bonus track)3:37
15."Human (Like the Rest of Us)" (acoustic)4:05
16."Tangled Up in You" (acoustic)3:50
17."Passenger" (acoustic)4:09
18."Castaway" (acoustic)3:51
Total length:1:07:38

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 148

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