Invincible (Skillet album)

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Invincible
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2000
Recorded1999
Genre Christian rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, [1] hard rock [2]
Length52:38
Label Ardent, ForeFront
Producer John L. Cooper, Skidd Mills
Skillet chronology
Hey You, I Love Your Soul
(1998)
Invincible
(2000)
Ardent Worship
(2000)
Singles from Invincible
  1. "Best Kept Secret"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Invincible"
    Released: 2000
  3. "You're Powerful"
    Released: 2000
  4. "Come On to the Future"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Invincible is the third studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It was released on February 1, 2000 on ForeFront Records and Ardent Records. This album continues the electronic and industrial rock that was heard on Hey You, I Love Your Soul (1998), however, this album's industrial sound is more modernized than on Hey You, I Love Your Soul . Kevin Haaland replaced original guitarist Ken Steorts, although Steorts performed additional guitar on the album. Korey Cooper, John Cooper's wife, was the keyboardist and backing vocalist on the album and also did loops, programming, and sampling.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by John L. Cooper, except where noted.

Album release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Best Kept Secret [a] " 3:55
2."You Take My Rights Away" 4:32
3."Invincible" 3:51
4."Rest"John Cooper, Korey Cooper 3:48
5."Come On to the Future" 3:54
6."You're Powerful"J. Cooper, K. Cooper3:26
7."I Trust You"J. Cooper, K. Cooper3:38
8."Each Other"J. Cooper, K. Cooper3:26
9."The Fire Breathes" 3:41
10."Say It Loud" 3:32
11."The One" 4:12
12."You're in My Brain / Angels Fall Down" 10:40
Total length:52:38

The final track, "You're in My Brain", contains a hidden song called "Angels Fall Down", which appears on Ardent Worship.

Personnel

Skillet

Additional musicians

Production

Music video

There was a music video made for the song "Best Kept Secret". It was the first video by the band to have a story of some kind in it, though the story is very brief. Some of the video shows the band in the story portion in futuristic clothing, while the rest of it shows them playing in a room in similar clothing. The story portion shows the band entering a hallway, which they walk along until they come to a massive room where prisoners are being held in glass cells. All of the prisoners appear to be asleep, with gas masks over their faces. Each band member takes a pipe, at which point all of the prisoners wake up, and the band then smashes the glass of the cells. All of the prisoners fall out of the cells and onto the floor. The band helps them all up as they remove their masks. After freeing the prisoners, the band exits the way they came in. [4]

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 13

Notes

a Live recording appears on Comatose Comes Alive (2008)

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