Duality (Ra album)

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Duality
Duality-Ra.jpg
Studio album by
Ra
ReleasedJune 21, 2005 (U.S.)
RecordedHenson Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length48:59
Label
Producer
Ra chronology
From One
(2002)
Duality
(2005)
Raw
(2006)
Singles from Duality
  1. "Fallen Angels"
    Released: May 24, 2005 [3]
  2. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
    Released: 2005
  3. "The Only One"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Duality is the second studio album by American alternative metal band Ra. This is the band's first album with bassist/backing vocalist P.J. Farley and drummer Andy Ryan.

Contents

The style from this album has noticeably changed since Ra's debut album of From One. The album boasts a hard rock and melodic vibe whereas their first album had more of a nu metal feel. The middle-eastern influences in the CD are still present, but are noticeably pushed back. Akin to their former album, Duality only claimed one charting single, which was the song "Fallen Angels", a song that was inspired by the Kevin Smith film Dogma. The tenth track "Got Me Going" was played on the radio in the background of the movie Hot Rod .

Early pressings of the album were immediately recalled from stores because of a manufacturing glitch, as skipping could be heard on track 2. The problem has since been corrected, and latest pressings of the album feature a sticker on the front of the case stating it to be a remastered version. Ra has sold 80,000 copies of Duality. Duality peaked at no. 137 on the Billboard 200 and no. 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. [4] [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sahaj Ticotin, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fear" 0:52
2."Fallen Angels" 3:22
3."Tell Me" Bob Marlette, Ticotin3:44
4."Take Me Away"Allain Johanness, Marlette, Ticotin3:50
5."I Lost Everything Today"Ben Carroll, Ticotin3:19
6."The Only One" 3:38
7."Superman" 4:16
8."Love" 0:47
9."Say You Will"Marlette, Ticotin3:59
10."Got Me Going"Marlette, Ticotin2:34
11."Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (The Police cover) Gordon Sumner 3:45
12."Far Enough" 3:19
13."Undertaken" 3:44
14."Taken"Carroll, Ticotin4:14
15."Swimming Upstream" 3:37

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