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Released | November 24, 2014 | |||
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Length | 37:36 | |||
Label | Artery | |||
Producer | Joey Sturgis | |||
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Guilty Pleasure is the sixth studio album by American metalcore band Attila. The album was released on November 24, 2014, through Artery Recordings and is the band's fourth and final release on the label. This album is also the last album to feature rhythm guitarist, Nate Salameh, who appeared on their four previous full-length releases and left shortly before the album release and only appeared in the music video of the song "Proving Grounds" but not "Hate Me" and "Rebel".
The album is the third and last by the band to be produced by Joey Sturgis who has previously worked with such bands as The Devil Wears Prada, Emmure, We Came as Romans, Asking Alexandria, and Miss May I, and also with their frontman's, Chris Fronzak, on his first solo album, Party People's Anthem, [1] the next year.
On October 7, 2014, the band announced the album. [2] [3] [4] On October 20, 2014, the band released the album's lead single, "Proving Grounds". [5] [6] On November 8, 2014, the band released the album's second single, "Horsepig". [7] [8] The album was released on November 24, 2014. [2] [3] [4] [5] [7]
Mussically, Guilty Pleasure has been described as metalcore, [9] [10] nu metal, [11] and rap metal. [11] Lead vocalist, Chris "Fronz" Fronzak described the album as the "heaviest album we've ever written...It still has our signature sound but it's a new refreshing twist. Lyrically, I really expanded my horizons. I wrote the most personal song I've ever written on this album. I still have some ignorant party hits, but I also drop some serious knowledge on this album...Open up your ears and take it all in; we're about to drop the best album of 2014." [4]
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Guilty Pleasure received generally negative reviews from critics. James Christopher Monger of AllMusic stated that "that longtime fans...will find much to love/hate here...[and] what the album lacks in diversity it more than makes up for in sheer volume." [9] According to Kill Your Stereo, the "record’s ‘guilty pleasure’ condition is only applicable to those who can stomach this level of crude immaturity." [10] Luke Morton of Metal Hammer criticized the album's lyrics, stating, "Consistent, gratuitous swearing and screaming about “bitches” sucking ol’ Fronzie’s dick fails to be either offensive or funny – instead, it simply smacks of playground teasing and name-calling." [12]
Guilty Pleasure marked the biggest sales week for Attila in their career, selling over 18,500 copies. However, it did not break the record for highest chart position, debuting only at number 54 on the Billboard 200. [13]
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pizza, Sex, and Trolls" | 1:54 |
2. | "Hate Me" | 3:42 |
3. | "Rebel" | 3:18 |
4. | "Guilty Pleasure" | 3:54 |
5. | "I've Got Your Back" | 3:26 |
6. | "Proving Grounds" | 3:28 |
7. | "I Am Satan" | 0:21 |
8. | "Break My Addiction" | 3:00 |
9. | "Horsepig" | 4:00 |
10. | "Dirty Dirty" | 3:26 |
11. | "Fake Friends" | 3:12 |
12. | "Don't Be Basic" | 0:20 |
13. | "The Cure" | 3:15 |
Total length: | 37:36 |
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