The End Is Where We Begin (album)

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The End Is Where We Begin
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Studio album by
Thousand Foot Krutch
ReleasedApril 17, 2012
RecordedAugust–November 2011
Genre
Length48:39
Label Independent [1]
Producer Aaron Sprinkle, Trevor McNevan
Thousand Foot Krutch chronology
Live at the Masquerade
(2011)		The End Is Where We Begin
(2012)		 Oxygen: Inhale
(2014)
Deluxe Version [2]
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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NewReleaseTuesdayfavorable [5]
Under the Gun Review6/10 [6]

The End Is Where We Begin is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch. It was released in the United States on April 17, 2012 and in Canada on May 8, 2012. Vocalist Trevor McNevan has stated "the record is some of the heaviest stuff we've done and some of the lightest". [7]

Contents

Background

On November 29, 2011, they announced that they would be leaving Tooth & Nail Records to release the album independently. The band has set up a webpage offering various fans pre-release packages in exchange for advance support for the costs in recording and releasing the album. [7] [8] Fans who donated to the band received early downloads of the songs "The End is Where We Begin" and "Courtesy Call" on January 7, 2012. The official release date was announced as April 17, 2012, via the band's Twitter feed.

"War of Change" was used by WWE as the official theme song to their Over the Limit 2012 pay-per-view event. [9]

The song "Light Up The Sky", is featured in the official EA Sports NHL 13 Video Game Soundtrack, which features sixteen songs in the official version. This song also has been played in several FM Radio stations all around Canada and the United States.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 14 on the US Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies. [10] The album also debuted No. 1 in "Hard Rock" and "Christian" albums. The songs "Courtesy Call" and "War of Change" were both certified platinum and gold in the United States by the RIAA, respectively. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Augustine, Joel Bruyere, and Trevor McNevan except where noted

Album release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Introduction" 1:01
2."We Are" 3:18
3."Light Up the Sky"Augustine, Bruyere, McNevan, Aaron Sprinkle 4:00
4."The End Is Where We Begin" 3:45
5."Let the Sparks Fly"Augustine, Bruyere, McNevan, Sprinkle4:06
6."I Get Wicked" 3:33
7."Be Somebody" 3:42
8."This Is a Warning (Intro)" 0:47
9."Courtesy Call" 3:57
10."War of Change" 3:51
11."Down" 3:27
12."All I Need to Know"Zac Maloy, McNevan4:10
13."Fly on the Wall" 4:03
14."So Far Gone"Augustine, Bruyere, McNevan, Sprinkle4:29
15."Outroduction [12] [ unreliable source? ]" 0:38
Total length:48:39

TFK Remixes EP

TFK Remixes EP
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Remix album by
Thousand Foot Krutch
ReleasedOctober 1, 2012
RecordedJune–October 2012
Genre Christian metal, nu metal, rapcore, remix
Length7:08
Label Independent [1]
Producer Aaron Sprinkle, Trevor McNevan

In honor of their historic debut on Billboard, Thousand Foot Krutch made two remixed songs and gave them out for free on October 1. [13] The remixes are made with a style similar to Trance, using McNevan's vocals and excluding guitars or drums.

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

Remix tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Let the Sparks Fly (Broken Sauce remix)"3:45
2."Light Up the Sky (Solomon Olds remix)"3:23
Total length:7:08

Follow-up remix albums

On the "RadioU" official page, it was announced that Thousand Foot Krutch would be releasing an entire remix album in response to the positive feedback they received from their TFK Remixes EP songs. [14] The name of the album, Metamorphosiz: The End Remixes Vol. 1 , was announced on November 1. [15] On January 19, 2013, McNevan announced that they will be releasing another remix album in 2013. [16]

Personnel

Chart performance

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References

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  2. ↑ "The End Is Where We Begin (Deluxe Version)". Bandcamp (Get A Grip Records). September 28, 2019. Archived from the original on May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
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