Somewhere in the Stratosphere

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Somewhere in the Stratosphere
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 3, 2011
Recorded2010, Washington State, Kansas City
Genre
Length2:35:23
Label Atlantic
Shinedown chronology
iTunes Session
(2010)
Somewhere in the Stratosphere
(2011)
Amaryllis
(2012)

Somewhere in the Stratosphere is a 2CD/2DVD package released by the American rock band Shinedown. It contains two full recordings of the "Live from Washington State" performance from the "Carnival of Madness" tour, and the Kansas City performance from the "Anything and Everything" Acoustic tour. The 2 DVDs contain the same tracks as the CDs. The album debuted at #83 on the U.S. Billboard 200. [1] The album title is derived from a lyric in the song "Second Chance".

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Shinedown American band

Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed by singer Brent Smith in 2001 after the dissolution of Dreve, his previous band. Smith, still under contract with record label Atlantic Records, recruited the band's original lineup of Jasin Todd as guitarist, Brad Stewart on bass, and Barry Kerch on drums. Consistent for the first two album cycles, a few lineup changes followed in the late 2000s, eventually stabilizing with Smith and Kerch alongside Zach Myers on guitar and Eric Bass on bass. The group has released six studio albums: Leave a Whisper (2003), Us and Them (2005), The Sound of Madness (2008), Amaryllis (2012), Threat to Survival (2015), and Attention Attention (2018). Shinedown has sold more than ten million records worldwide, and has had 14 number one singles on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts, being the second most of all-time, only behind Three Days Grace (15).

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Contents

Track list

Disc 1: Live from Washington State (Electric Show)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro (Scary Fairy)"Tom Jemmott, Brent Smith, Dave Bassett 1:02
2."Sound of Madness"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett3:56
3."Devour"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett3:56
4."I Dare You"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Brad Stewart3:43
5."Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett3:37
6."If You Only Knew"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett3:48
7."Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)"Brent Smith, Eric Bass, Zach Myers5:41
8."45"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia5:17
9."Burning Bright"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia3:53
10."Heroes"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Jasin Todd3:30
11."The Crow & the Butterfly"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett4:16
12."Her Name Is Alice"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett, Eric Bass5:05
13."Save Me"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia3:31
14."Left Out"Brent Smith, Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd5:54
15."Simple Man" (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover) Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant 7:35
16."Fly from the Inside"Brent Smith, Bob Marlette 5:39
17."Second Chance"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett5:38
Total length:1:16:04

Disc 2: Live from Kansas City (Acoustic Show)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heroes"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Jasin Todd8:08
2."Save Me"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia3:40
3."If You Only Knew"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett3:55
4."Sound of Madness"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett4:35
5."Shed Some Light"Brent Smith4:41
6."45"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia6:12
7."I Dare You"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia, Brad Stewart4:30
8."Times Like These" (Foo Fighters cover) Dave Grohl 4:07
9."The Crow & the Butterfly"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett4:36
10."Burning Bright"Brent Smith, Tony Battaglia3:56
11."Devour"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett3:53
12."Call Me"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett4:41
13."Fly from the Inside"Brent Smith, Bob Marlette5:36
14."With a Little Help from My Friends" (The Beatles cover) Paul McCartney, John Lennon 5:29
15."Simple Man" (Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover)Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant6:14
16."Second Chance"Brent Smith, Dave Bassett5:06
Total length:1:19:20

Personnel

Brent Smith musician, singer, songwriter, lead vocalist of the band Shinedown

Brent Stephen Smith, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist of the band Shinedown.

Zach Myers American musician

Michael Zachery Myers is an American musician who founded and is currently the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band The Fairwell. He is also the former bassist and current guitarist for the hard rock band Shinedown, and the manager of Memphis pop rock band Sore Eyes.

Also Will Hoge joins the band for the song "With a Little Help from My Friends", with a horn section. The horn section is not noted in the credits.

Will Hoge American musician

Will Hoge is an American Americana country music singer, songwriter, and musician from Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Chart positions

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Billboard 200 [1] 83
Billboard Hard Rock Albums [1] 21

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Somewhere in the Stratosphere - Shinedown". Billboard . Retrieved 2011-06-30.