N.A.T.I.O.N.

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N.A.T.I.O.N.
Bad Wolves - Nation.png
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)
Genre
Length42:40
Label Eleven Seven
Producer John Boeklin, Joseph McQueen, Tommy Vext
Bad Wolves chronology
Disobey
(2018)
N.A.T.I.O.N.
(2019)
Dear Monsters
(2021)
Singles from N.A.T.I.O.N.
  1. "Killing Me Slowly"
    Released: August 23, 2019
  2. "Sober"
    Released: January 13, 2020
  3. "Learn to Walk Again"
    Released: August 4, 2020

N.A.T.I.O.N. (pronounced "Nation" by band members in interview) is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Bad Wolves. It was released through Eleven Seven Music on October 25, 2019. [2] It is supported by the singles "Learn to Walk Again", "Sober" and "Killing Me Slowly". Bad Wolves promoted the album as a support act on Five Finger Death Punch's headline arena tour with Fire from the Gods and Three Days Grace in November 2019. [3] It is the last album to feature vocalist Tommy Vext, after his departure from the band in January 2021. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019. [4]

Contents

Background

The band stated that the album features a more "focused" sound than their debut, 2018's Disobey . [5] Guitarist Doc Coyle called the record "diverse", saying that "There's stuff that's probably heavier, as or more heavy than the last record... And then there's some really catchy, kind of more mainstream stuff to cover that end of it, and a lot of stuff in the middle." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I'll Be There"4:02
2."No Messiah"4:20
3."Learn to Walk Again"2:47
4."Killing Me Slowly"3:57
5."Better Off This Way"3:22
6."Foe or Friend"3:26
7."Sober"3:15
8."Back in the Days"3:43
9."The Consumerist"3:29
10."Heaven So Heartless"3:35
11."Crying Game"3:11
12."L.A. Song"3:33
Total length:42:40
Patreon exclusive tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Shanghai" (B-side from the N.A.T.I.O.N. session)3:31
14."Heart-Shaped Box" (Nirvana cover)4:29
15."Last Resort" (Papa Roach cover)4:05
16."Video Games" (Lana Del Rey cover)4:27
17."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears cover)3:09
18."Take Me to Church" (Hozier cover)4:03
19."Crawling" (Linkin Park cover)3:48
20."Hollywood's Bleeding" (Post Malone cover)2:37
21."The Hills" (The Weeknd cover)4:15
22."Look at Me Now" (Chris Brown cover)1:48
23."Bitch Better Have My Money" (Rihanna cover)3:44
24."Cry Me a River" (Justin Timberlake cover)4:51
25."Hometown Glory" (Adele cover)3:54
Total length:91:21

Credits

Production

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 46
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 44
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 60
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 88
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 63
US Billboard 200 [11] 78

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