Fortress (Alter Bridge album)

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All tracks are written by Alter Bridge

Fortress
Alter Bridge - Fortress album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2013
RecordedApril 26 – July 2, 2013
StudioStudio Barbarosa (Orlando, Florida)
Genre
Length62:52
Label
Producer Michael Baskette
Alter Bridge chronology
Live at Wembley
(2012)
Fortress
(2013)
The Last Hero
(2016)
Myles Kennedy chronology
Apocalyptic Love
(2012)
Fortress
(2013)
World on Fire
(2014)
No.TitleLength
1."Cry of Achilles"6:30
2."Addicted to Pain"4:16
3."Bleed It Dry"4:44
4."Lover"5:17
5."The Uninvited"4:47
6."Peace Is Broken"4:40
7."Calm the Fire"6:04
8."Waters Rising"5:39
9."Farther Than the Sun"4:07
10."Cry a River"4:00
11."All Ends Well"5:12
12."Fortress"7:36
Total length:62:52
Best Buy exclusive
No.TitleLength
13."Never Say Die" (erroneously titled "Outright" in early pressings)3:44
Total length:66:36
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
13."Zero"4:39
14."Home"3:29
Total length:74:50

Personnel

Alter Bridge
Production

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
Position
Australian Albums Chart [31] 13
Dutch Albums Chart [32] 10
French Albums Chart [33] 75
German Albums Chart [34] 7
Hungarian Albums Chart [35] 18
Irish Albums Chart [36] 16
Italian Albums Chart [37] 9
Japanese Albums Chart [38] 163
NZ Albums Chart [39] 24
Spanish Albums Chart [40] 60
Swedish Albums Chart [41] 17
Swedish Hard Rock Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [42] 1
UK Albums Chart [24] 6
UK Rock Chart [25] 1
US Billboard 200 [28] 12

Release history

RegionRelease dateLabel
JapanSeptember 25, 2013 Roadrunner
IrelandSeptember 27, 2013Roadrunner
AustraliaSeptember 27, 2013 [43] Roadrunner
NetherlandsSeptember 27, 2013Roadrunner
EuropeSeptember 30, 2013Roadrunner
United KingdomSeptember 30, 2013Roadrunner
United StatesOctober 8, 2013Alter Bridge/Warner Music/Capitol
CanadaOctober 15, 2013Roadrunner

Appearances

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