Oxygen: Inhale

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Oxygen: Inhale
Oxygen Inhale cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 26, 2014
RecordedApril 21, 2014
Genre Christian rock, Christian metal, pop rock , [1] [2] post-grunge, alternative metal
Length37:39 [1]
Label Independent
Producer Aaron Sprinkle and Trevor McNevan
Thousand Foot Krutch chronology
Metamorphosiz: The End Remixes Vol. 2
(2013)
Oxygen: Inhale
(2014)
Exhale
(2016)
Singles from Oxygen: Inhale
  1. "Born This Way"
    Released: July 22, 2014 [3]
  2. "Untraveled Road"
    Released: January 30, 2015 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Bracket and Bracket75/100 [5]

Oxygen: Inhale (stylized in all capitals as OXYGEN:INHALE) is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch. It was released on August 26, 2014 in the United States.

Contents

Background

On March 27, 2014 the band announced that they will be recording the new album on April 21. [6] In an interview at Rock on the Range, McNevan stated that the album would be released on August 26, 2014 under the title Oxygen: Inhale. [7] [8] The band launched a Pledge Music campaign to raise funds for the album in May. [8] The first single from the album, "Born This Way", was released on July 22. [9] The second single, titled "Untraveled Road" was released on August 6 on YouTube. [10] On August 19, the entire album was released on iTunes First Play, a part of iTunes Radio. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Augustine, Joel Bruyere, Trevor McNevan.

No.TitleLength
1."Like a Machine"3:43
2."Untraveled Road"3:55
3."Born This Way"3:25
4."Set Me on Fire"3:48
5."Give It to Me"3:39
6."I See Red"4:10
7."Light Up"2:57
8."In My Room"4:39
9."Oxygen"3:51
10."Glow"3:20
Total length:37:39

Personnel

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