Unconditional (Memphis May Fire album)

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Unconditional
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 2014
RecordedChango Studios
Genre
Length43:20 [3]
55:08 (deluxe edition)
Label Rise
Producer
Memphis May Fire chronology
Challenger
(2012)
Unconditional
(2014)
This Light I Hold
(2016)
Singles from Unconditional
  1. "No Ordinary Love"
    Released: February 6, 2014
  2. "Sleepless Nights"
    Released: February 24, 2014
  3. "Beneath the Skin"
    Released: March 11, 2014
No.TitleLength
1."No Ordinary Love"3:56
2."Beneath the Skin"4:12
3."Sleepless Nights"3:41
4."The Answer"4:09
5."Possibilities"4:21
6."Speechless"3:23
7."The Rose"3:43
8."Not Enough"4:03
9."Need to Be"3:37
10."Pharisees"3:53
11."Divinity"4:22
Total length:43:20
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
12."My Generation"4:05
13."Stay the Course"4:01
Acoustic Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Beneath the Skin"4:54
15."Need to Be"3:37
Total length:59:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart (The Official Charts Company) [24] 190
US Billboard 200 [20] 4
US Billboard Alternative Albums [22] 1
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [25] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [27] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Top Hard Rock Albums [28] 28

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