Infamous (Abandon All Ships album)

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Infamous
Infamous album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 3, 2012 (2012-07-03)
StudioCity Tape Studios, Toronto, ON
Genre
Length32:41
Label
Producer
Abandon All Ships chronology
Geeving
(2010)
Infamous
(2012)
Malocchio
(2014)
Singles from Infamous
  1. "Infamous"
    Released: May 1, 2012

Infamous is the second studio album by Canadian electronicore band Abandon All Ships. It was released on July 3, 2012, through Rise Records. Infamous debuted at number 142 on the Billboard 200, [1] selling more than 3,500 copies within its first week of release, [2] while also reaching number 54 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [3]

Contents

Background

On January 18, 2012, the band announced that they were in the process or recording their second studio album, which they initially intended for a late-spring or early-summer release. [4] The album was produced by Anthony Calabretta and Mark Spicoluk. [4] The track listing was revealed on May 22, 2012. [5]

Release

The album's lead single, "Infamous," features guest rap vocals by Canadian hip-hop duo A-Game. A music video for the song was released on May 1, 2012, which the band described as "very Toronto." [6] On June 12, "Good Old Friend" was available for streaming. [7] The album was officially released on July 3. [8] On November 14, the band premiered the music video for "August". [9] They released a music video for "Less Than Love" in June 2013. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 19% [11]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Ultimate Guitar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Infamous was met with mixed reviews from music critics. AbsolutePunk gave a negative review for the album stating, "This album is the epitome of all the bad things from Geeving, from the overdone auto-tune choruses to the simplistic chugging and occasional four chord song structure that plagued Geeving." [11] Phil Freeman of Alternative Press gave a positive review remarking, "Abandon All Ships, who bounce merrily from roaring just-this-side-of-misogynistic threats over downtuned chugga-chugga riffs to crooning rapturous love lyrics over delicate keyboards and whooshing anime-soundtrack synth patches... these five Canadians approach 21st century electro-screamo and deathcore with the same giddy, goofy fervor their countrymen in Chromeo exhibit while wallowing in '80s R&B cliché." [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Abandon All Ships

No.TitleLength
1."Good Old Friend"2:34
2."Infamous" (featuring A-Game)3:25
3."Less Than Love"3:17
4."Ahmed"2:28
5."American Holocaust" (featuring Jonny OC of Liferuiner)2:54
6."August"3:46
7."Forever Lonely"3:47
8."Made of Gold"4:04
9."Faded"3:20
10."Brothers for Life" (featuring XbikerackX)3:00
Total length:32:41

Personnel

Credits for Infamous adapted from AllMusic. [14]

Charts

Chart performance for Infamous
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [3] 54
US Billboard 200 [1] 142
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [15] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 50

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