Immersion (album)

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Immersion
Pendulum immersion artwork.jpg
Studio album by
Pendulum
Released21 May 2010
Recorded2008–2010[ citation needed ]
Genre
Length67:14
Label
Producer
Pendulum chronology
Live at Brixton Academy
(2009)		Immersion
(2010)		 The Reworks
(2018)
Singles from Immersion
  1. "Watercolour"
    Released: 1 May 2010
  2. "Witchcraft"
    Released: 18 July 2010
  3. "The Island"
    Released: 19 September 2010
  4. "Crush"
    Released: 16 January 2011

Immersion is the third studio album by Australian band Pendulum. The album was announced in early 2009, with the name being confirmed in December 2009. [1] The album was released on 21 May 2010 in Australia and Ireland, and on 24 May for the rest of the world, [2] followed by a UK tour of the album. In January 2010, Pendulum hosted the album preview Ear Storm event at Matter in London in which many top DJs performed sets of their own with Pendulum being the headliners. [3]

Contents

The album was finished on 18 April 2010 and mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios in Los Angeles. [4]

Immersion peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release. [5] The album features a variety of sounds. Although drum and bass is highly featured, electro, house and metal styles are also within the 67-minute long album.

The album features collaborations with Liam Howlett, Steven Wilson and the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63% [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Alternative Press favourable [8]
BBC Music favourable [9]
NME 4/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rock Sound 8/10 [12]
Sputnikmusic3.0/5 [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rob Swire, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Genesis" 1:09
2."Salt in the Wounds" 6:38
3."Watercolour" 5:04
4."Set Me on Fire" 5:02
5."Crush" 4:13
6."Under the Waves"
4:54
7."Immunize" (featuring Liam Howlett)
4:36
8."The Island – Pt.I (Dawn)" 5:20
9."The Island – Pt.II (Dusk)" 4:09
10."Comprachicos"
2:48
11."The Vulture"
  • Swire
  • Mount
4:03
12."Witchcraft"
  • Swire
  • McGrillen
4:12
13."Self vs. Self" (featuring In Flames)
4:45
14."The Fountain" (featuring Steven Wilson)
5:00
15."Encoder"
5:21
Deluxe version (iTunes)
No.TitleLength
16."Watercolour" (deadmau5 remix)6:06
17."Watercolour" (Emalkay remix)5:07
18."Witchcraft" (Rob Swire's drum-step mix)5:44
19."Witchcraft" (John B remix)6:53
20."Witchcraft" (Chuckie remix)4:59
21."Witchcraft" (Netsky remix)4:56
22."The Island"9:29
23."The Island" (Tiësto remix)6:45
24."The Island" (Cicada remix)7:12
25."The Island" (Steve Angello, AN21 and Max Vangeli remix)6:40
26."The Island" (Lenzman remix)4:57
27."The Island" (Madeon remix)4:06
28."The Island" (Statelapse remix)5:15
29."Watercolour" (video)3:29
30."Witchcraft" (video)3:52
31."The Island" (video)3:40
32."The Making of Immersion" (video)11:15
33."Making the Immersion Artwork" (video)4:34
34."Witchcraft – Making of the Music video" (video)3:48
35."Pendulum – Live at Wembley" (video)4:12
36."Pendulum Live – Tour Graphics" (video)5:56
Total length:118:55

Sample credits

B-side

The track "Ransom" was originally included in the album but it was later dropped as it "didn't fit the sound of the album". The band later stated that "Ransom will be either released as a free download to fans or a B-side but it will definitely see the light of day". [4] Rob Swire later stated that "Ransom" won't be released because he found the song to be "boring" after the intro; however, he added that most of the project files for the song were corrupted when his MacBook hard drive malfunctioned. [14] [15] [16] However, on 6 April 2011, "Ransom" was released as a download-only single on the group's website in aid of Japan's earthquake appeal, and it entered the UK Singles Chart at number 193 the following week. [17]

Personnel

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Pendulum

Guest musicians

Additional musicians

Production and design

Studios

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [38] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatEdition
Various21 May 2010 Digital download Standard
Ireland
Australia
United Kingdom24 May 2010
16 January 2011Digital download iTunes edition
United States25 January 2011
  • 12-inch LP
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Standard
  • iTunes edition

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