Nowhere Generation

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Nowhere Generation
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ReleasedJune 4, 2021 (2021-06-04)
Studio The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado
Genre
Length41:36
Label Loma Vista
Producer
Rise Against chronology
The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol. 1
(2018)
Nowhere Generation
(2021)
Nowhere Sessions - EP
(2021)
Rise Against studio album chronology
Wolves
(2017)
Nowhere Generation
(2021)
Nowhere Generation track listing [25] [26]
No.TitleLength
1."The Numbers"4:59
2."Sudden Urge"3:46
3."Nowhere Generation"3:52
4."Talking to Ourselves"3:24
5."Broken Dreams, Inc"3:53
6."Forfeit"3:44
7."Monarch"3:32
8."Sounds Like"3:25
9."Sooner or Later"3:34
10."Middle of a Dream"3:44
11."Rules of Play"3:43
Total length:41:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [27]

Rise Against

Production

Additional personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Nowhere Generation
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [28] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [29] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [30] 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [31] 184
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [32] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [33] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC) [34] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [35] 4
UK Albums (OCC) [36] 19
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [37] 2
US Billboard 200 [38] 39
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [39] 4
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [40] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [41] 4

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