Megalithic Symphony

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Megalithic Symphony
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Standard edition cover. The deluxe edition features the same image at sunrise, while the 10th anniversary edition features it at sunset.
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)
RecordedRed Bull Studios, AWOLSTUDIO, Avatar Studios, Main and Market, Gymnasium, Fireside Sound Studio
Genre
Length
  • 52:52(standard edition)
  • 2:08:21 (deluxe edition)
Label Red Bull
Producer
Awolnation chronology
Back from Earth
(2010)
Megalithic Symphony
(2011)
Run
(2015)
Singles from Megalithic Symphony
  1. "Sail"
    Released: November 8, 2010
  2. "Not Your Fault"
    Released: October 17, 2011
  3. "Kill Your Heroes"
    Released: June 5, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rock Sound 9/10 [8]
The Times Confused/10 [9]

Megalithic Symphony is the debut studio album by American rock band Awolnation, released on March 15, 2011 through Red Bull Records. The album is the band's first full-length release, following the release of the extended play Back From Earth (2010). Megalithic Symphony has since peaked at number 84 on the United States Billboard 200 and at number 57 on the Austrian Albums Chart. As of March 2015, the album sold 581,000 copies in the United States. [10]

Contents

On February 29, 2016, the RIAA certified Megalithic Symphony platinum.

In 2021, for the album's 10th anniversary, a special edition of it was released, including unreleased songs and live performances of some older songs, for a total of 27 bonus tracks. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aaron Bruno, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Megalithic Symphony"0:58
2."Some Sort of Creature"0:27
3."Soul Wars" (Bruno, Eric Stenman)3:37
4."People" (Bruno, Stenman)3:58
5."Jump on My Shoulders"4:08
6."Burn It Down" (Bruno, Jimmy Messer)2:45
7."Guilty Filthy Soul" (Bruno, Messer)3:34
8."Kill Your Heroes" (Bruno, Brian West)2:59
9."My Nightmare's Dream"0:27
10."Sail"4:19
11."Wake Up"3:02
12."Not Your Fault"4:02
13."All I Need" (Bruno, Messer)3:37
14."Knights of Shame" (Bruno, Cameron Duddy) (fades out at 11:50, untitled hidden track starts at 13:51)14:58
Total length:52:52
Amazon bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Shoestrings"3:09
iTunes bonus track (United Kingdom)
No.TitleLength
15."I've Been Dreaming"2:58
iTunes bonus track (United States)
No.TitleLength
15."Swinging from the Castles"3:04
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
1."THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT" (From Injustice: Gods Among Us  : The Album)2:42
2."Some Kind of Joke" (From Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall Soundtrack)4:52
3."Everybody's Got a Secret" (From Frankenweenie Unleashed! Compilation)3:43
4."Soul Wars" (Live in Salzburg, Austria)4:23
5."MF"3:17
6."Swinging From The Castles"3:04
7."I've Been Dreaming"2:58
8."Shoestrings"3:09
9."Not Your Fault" (Robert DeLong Remix)5:52
10."People" (Thomas from Ghostland Observatory Remix)5:41
11."Burn It Down" (Innerpartysystem Remix)4:56
12."Guilty Filthy Soul" (Samantha Ronson Remix featuring Wale)4:18
13."Jump on My Shoulders" (Thomas from Ghostland Observatory Remix)4:06
14."Sail" (Borgore Pop The Sweating I'm Sailing Remix)4:38
15."Sail" (Dan The Automator Remix)4:34
16."Sail" (Feed Me Remix)3:29
17."Sail" (TDE Remix featuring Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul)4:00
18."Sail" (Unlimited Gravity Remix)5:49
10th Anniversary Edition
No.TitleLength
15."Cannibals"2:28
16."I'm No Good"3:13
17."Witchita Panama"3:52

Lyrical content

Some Sort of Creature

In a live Facebook Q&A session, Aaron described “Some Sort of Creature” as something he truly experienced. “What you hear on that track, a sort of segue track, is really what actually happened! And that's really all I can describe; it's me speaking to myself, because I didn’t want to forget this thing I saw. And it's all right there in the song." [12]

Personnel

Sourced from the original album liner notes.

Charts

Certifications

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [28] Gold40,000^
United States (RIAA) [29] Platinum1,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalog no.
United StatesMarch 15, 2011 [30] Digital download Red Bull n/a
March 29, 2011 [31] CD RBR1086
BelgiumJuly 1, 2011 [32] Digital downloadn/a
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
BelgiumJuly 4, 2011 [33] CDRBR1108
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
United StatesDecember 9, 2011 [34] 2xLP RBR1134
AustraliaApril 13, 2012Digital downloadn/a
New Zealand
AustraliaMay 25, 2012 [35] CDUnknown
New ZealandMay 28, 2012 [36] Unknown
Deluxe Edition (First Issue)
BelgiumJanuary 25, 2013 [37] Digital downloadRed Bulln/a
France
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
Deluxe Edition (Second Issue)
AustraliaNovember 15, 2013 [38] Digital downloadRed Bulln/a
United StatesNovember 19, 2013 [39]
United KingdomNovember 25, 2013 [40]
10th Anniversary Edition
WorldwideMarch 15, 2021 [41] Digital downloadRed Bulln/a

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