The Red (EP)

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Revelations: The Red EP
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ReleasedJuly 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)
StudioHell's Half Acre
Genre
Length13:50
Label Control
Producer Kenneth Fletcher
William Control chronology
Revelations: The Black EP
(2017)
Revelations: The Red EP
(2017)
Revelations: The White EP
(2017)
Singles from Revelations: The Red EP
  1. "Let Her Go"
    Released: September 6, 2017
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Revelations: The Red EP is the third in a series of four EPs that make up Revelations, the fifth studio album by William Control. The other three EPs are The Pale , The Black and The White, after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. [2] It was released by Control Records on July 14, 2017 and peaked at 179 on the Billboard 200 [3] chart, at number 5 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart, [4] and at number one on the Heatseekerschart. [5] [4] [6] A video for Let Her Go was released on September 6, 2017.

Contents

The EP was recorded at Control's Hell's Half Acre studio and was produced and engineered by Kenneth Fletcher, and engineered and mixed by Axel Otero of the band Lay Your Ghost. It was mastered by John Troxell. Fans were invited down to the Control Merch shop to record gang vocals. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Kiss The Girl"3:06
2."Let Her Go"3:38
3."Scars"2:55
4."Submit"4:11
Total length:13:50

Personnel

All credits adapted from liner notes. [8]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 ( Billboard ) [3] 179
US Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [6] 5
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 1
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 5
US Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 26

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