Sirens (Sublime with Rome album)

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Sirens
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 17, 2015
Recorded2014–2015 at Sonic Ranch in El Paso, Texas
Genre Ska, reggae, alternative rock
Length33:53
Label BMG Rights Management
Producer Paul Leary
Sublime with Rome chronology
Yours Truly
(2011)
Sirens
(2015)
Blessings
(2019)
Singles from Sirens
  1. "Wherever You Go"
    Released: May 13, 2015
  2. "Sirens"
    Released: June 29, 2015

Sirens is the second album by rock group Sublime with Rome, which was released on July 17, 2015. It is the only album to include notable drummer Josh Freese following Bud Gaugh's departure in 2011.

Contents

"Wherever You Go" was released as the album's first single, reaching No. 17 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 48/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Critical

Sirens has been given a Metacritic score of 48, indicating mixed or average reviews. [1] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone wrote that the album "stirs up the same hey-whatever mix of reggae, hip-hop and punk that made Sublime shirtless charmers 20 years ago", [4] and David Jeffries of AllMusic judged this album "a step up" from their debut album Yours Truly . [2] Garrett Kamps of Billboard magazine on the other hand thought that "the tunes are competently rendered, but that actually makes them worse: That these guys are selling out shows as what amounts to a cover band is the kind of thing you need to be super-baked to wrap your head around." [3]

Commercial

Sirens was released on 17 July 2015. The album reached No. 34 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. Album sales quickly fell and the album exited the charts after one week. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sirens" (featuring The Dirty Heads)3:15
2."Wherever You Go"3:31
3."Brazilia"3:25
4."House Party"3:31
5."Been Losing Sleep"3:40
6."Promise Land Dub"5:26
7."Best Of Me"2:17
8."Put Down Your Weapon"2:11
9."Run and Hide"1:15
10."Skankin" (Fishbone cover)2:18
11."Gasoline"3:04

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 34
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [7] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [9] 3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [10] 3

Personnel

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