The Price of Progression (Ensign album)

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The Price of Progression
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2001
Recorded20 November – 15 December 2000
Trax East, S River, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre Hardcore punk
Length37:59
Label Nitro Records
Producer Eric Rachel
Nate Gluck
Ensign chronology
Death By Stereo/Ensign Split 7" (EP)
(2000)
The Price of Progression
(2001)
Love the Music, Hate the Kids
(2003)
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The Price of Progression is the third full-length album by the New Jersey, U.S. band, Ensign. It follows the 1999 release of Cast the First Stone and was recorded in November and December 2000 for an April 2001 release by Indecision Records.

Contents

Overview

Ensign had emerged from a period of personnel turmoil to record this album and it was left to the bass guitarist and main songwriter, Nate Gluck, to also take on the guitar work. The result was a more refined offering which moved sufficiently away from hardcore punk to be recognised[ by whom? ] in the same circle as some metalcore bands while still retaining the theatrical restraint and lyrical ethics of the hardcore genre. The songs were still short, although many were nearer the three-minute mark than ever before – resulting in the band's longest album ever – but they had more structure and melodic elements than material on either Cast the First Stone or Direction of Things to Come .

Track listing

  1. "The Spark" – 2:03
  2. "Black Clouds vs. Silver Linings" – 2:16
  3. "While The Iron Is Hot" – 2:52
  4. "Lesser Of Two" – 1:45
  5. "Absolute Zero" – 0:34
  6. "Grasping At Straws" – 2:31
  7. "Foot In Mouth As An Artform" – 2:55
  8. "Everything You Ever Love" – 2:49
  9. "Slow Burn" – 3:58
  10. "Never Go Home Again" – 2:31
  11. "How To Bleed" – 1:33
  12. "The May Conspiracy" – 1:46
  13. "3313" – 2:29
  14. "Cast In Shadows" – 2:15
  15. "Stay Warm" – 2:02
  16. "Sworntosecrecy" – 1:37
  17. "File Under Misunderstood" – 2:05

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References

  1. "Ensign - The Price Of Progression (2001)". Punknews. 19 July 2001.
  2. Hinds, Andy. The Price of Progression at AllMusic