Whole (Soil album)

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Whole
Whole Soil.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2013
August 20, 2013 (UK/Europe)
Recorded2013 at Wilderness Studios in Los Angeles, California, 2013 at Bota Studios in Crystal Lake, Illinois
Genre
Length37:35
Label Pavement Music, AFM Records
Producer Ulrich Wild
SOiL chronology
Picture Perfect
(2009)
Whole
(2013)
Scream: The Essentials
(2017)

Whole is the sixth studio album by American rock band SOiL, released in August 2013. It is the first album since 2004 to feature Ryan McCombs as lead vocalist, having returned to the band in 2011. The album was funded through Kickstarter, [1] with the song "My Time" released exclusively for backers on December 10, 2012. [2] The album version of "My Time" was changed slightly , while the Kickstarter version of the song was re-released in the compilation album Scream: The Essentials. A lyric video for the song "Amalgamation" was released on August 9, 2013 to promote the album. [3] Whole features three singles, "Shine On", "The Hate Song" and "Way Gone". Additionally, a music video was produced for "Shine On".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Loaded Gun"2:53
2."The Hate Song"3:12
3."Ugly"3:46
4."Way Gone"3:32
5."Psychopath"2:43
6."Shine On"3:24
7."Wake Up"3:15
8."Amalgamation"3:35
9."My Time"3:04
10."Little Liar"3:34
11."One Love"4:48
Total length:37:35

Personnel

SOiL

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. "SOiL".
  2. "Update 9: "My Time" MP3 · SOiL".
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : SOIL - Amalgamation (2013) // Official Lyric Video // AFM Records. YouTube .