Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project album)

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Transcendence
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Studio album by
Devin Townsend Project
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) [1]
RecordedMarch 27 – May 2016 [2] [3]
Studio Armoury Studios
Genre
Length64:16
Label HevyDevy
Producer Devin Townsend, Adam "Nolly" Getgood
Devin Townsend Project chronology
Z²
(2014)		Transcendence
(2016)		 Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kerrang! 4/5 [6]
Metal Injection9/10 [7]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Sputnikmusic3/5 [9]

Transcendence is the seventeenth studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. It is the seventh and final album in the Devin Townsend Project series. It was released on September 9, 2016, via HevyDevy Records.

Contents

Background

Transcendence is the first Devin Townsend album not to be produced solely by Townsend, by featuring ex-Periphery member Adam "Nolly" Getgood as additional producer, engineer and mixer. [10] [7] By Townsend's request, the other musicians' input to songs, arrangements and production is also greater than on previous Devin Townsend albums. [7]

The first song on the album, "Truth", is a re-recorded version of a song that appeared for the first time on Devin Townsend's solo album Infinity , while the bonus disc includes a re-recording of the song "Victim", from Physicist. The song "Stars" was publicly demoed during a live stream sponsored by Toontrack. [11] The album also includes a cover of Ween's song "Transdermal Celebration" from the album quebec .

The album entered the UK official charts at number 26 on September 16, 2016, after entering the mid-week update chart at 16. [12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Devin Townsend, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Truth"Townsend4:47
2."Stormbending"Townsend, Dave Young, Brian Waddell, Ryan Van Poederooyen, Mike St-Jean5:22
3."Failure"Townsend, Young, Waddell, Van Poederooyen, St-Jean6:02
4."Secret Sciences"Townsend, Young, Waddell, Van Poederooyen, St-Jean7:28
5."Higher"Townsend, Young, Waddell, Van Poederooyen, St-Jean9:40
6."Stars"Townsend4:17
7."Transcendence"Townsend, Young, Waddell, Van Poederooyen, St-Jean5:54
8."Offer Your Light"Townsend3:57
9."From the Heart" (Townsend, Kagel)Townsend, Kagel8:23
10."Transdermal Celebration" (Ween cover) (Dave Dreiwitz, Josh Freese, Glenn McClelland, Dean Ween, Gene Ween)Dreiwitz, Freese, McClelland, D. Ween, G. Ween8:26
Total length:64:16
Vinyl edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Gump"5:24
12."Loud"3:23
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Sophie's Boobies" (demo)0:50
12."Young Gods" (demo)4:47
13."Wolves" (demo)3:24
Holding Patterns (deluxe edition bonus CD)
No.TitleLength
1."Gump"5:24
2."Celestial Signals" (demo)5:02
3."Support the Cause" (demo)4:31
4."Into the Sun" (demo)3:11
5."Time Overload" (demo)4:00
6."Lexus" (demo)5:14
7."Farther On" (demo)2:51
8."Victim" (demo, originally from Physicist)3:09
9."Monkey Mind" (demo)3:52
10."Canucklehead" (demo)2:09
11."Loud"3:23
Total length:42:52

Sources: [13]

Personnel

Devin Townsend Project

Additional personnel

Other staff

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 51
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 43
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [19] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 43
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [22] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC) [23] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 33
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 26
US Billboard 200 [26] 117

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