Pop Evil (album)

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Pop Evil
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
RecordedSound Emporium (Nashville, TN) and Sphere Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Rock [1]
Length44:16
Label eOne Music
Producer Kato Khandwala
Pop Evil chronology
Up
(2015)
Pop Evil
(2018)
Versatile
(2021)
Singles from Pop Evil
  1. "Waking Lions"
    Released: October 30, 2017
  2. "A Crime to Remember"
    Released: May 15, 2018 [2]
  3. "Be Legendary"
    Released: October 23, 2018

Pop Evil is the fifth studio album by American rock band Pop Evil, released on February 16, 2018. [3]

Contents

Reception

The album received mixed reviews.[ by whom? ] [4] [5] [1] It is the first album to feature Hayley Cramer on drums.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Waking Lions"Leigh Kakaty, Drew Fulk, Josh Strock3:52
2."Colors Bleed"Kakaty, Kato Khandwala, Nick Fuelling, Dave Grahs, Matt DiRito, Hayley Cramer3:45
3."Ex Machina"Kakaty, Fulk, Strock4:10
4."Art of War"Kakaty, Khandwala, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer3:42
5."Be Legendary"Kakaty, Khandwala, Dave Bassett 3:23
6."Nothing But Thieves"Kakaty, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer6:02
7."A Crime to Remember"Kakaty, Bassett3:23
8."God's Dam"Kakaty, Khandwala, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer4:38
9."When We Were Young"Kakaty, Bassett4:24
10."Birds of Prey"Kakaty, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer, Shaun Lichtenstein3:12
11."Rewind"Kakaty, Khandwala, Bassett3:51
Total length:44:16

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 63
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [7] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [8] 5

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
US
Main.
Rock

[9]
US
Rock

[10]
"Waking Lions"2017124
"A Crime to Remember"20187
"Be Legendary"239

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