Vibrating (album)

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Vibrating
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)
StudioEdible Studios and Madison Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre Pop rock
Length40:37
LanguageEnglish
Label Fuzze-Flex Records
Producer
Collective Soul chronology
Blood
(2019)
Vibrating
(2022)
Here to Eternity
(2024)

Vibrating is a 2022 studio album by American alternative rock band Collective Soul. The album was originally intended to be the second half of a double album with 2019's Blood , but those plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Contents

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that the album "does indeed vibrate" with "dense layers of fuzz and intertwined riffs" and sums up that it is "the sound of a band being fully, completely themselves, relying on their song- and studiocraft, resulting in an album that's far more tuneful and vigorous than the group's veteran status would suggest". [2] In American Songwriter , Hal Horowitz scored this album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "the pulsating and energized Vibrating feels like their second album, not eleventh" and he called this "further proof they’re as committed and passionate about their music as any working group closing in on its third decade". [3] Niko Stratis of Spin called this work a "masterful pop-rock effort" that is evidence of "a band firing on all cylinders, their craft having been honed and sharpened over the years". [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ed Roland, except where noted.

  1. "Cut the Cord" – 3:41
  2. "Reason" – 3:35
  3. "All Our Pieces" – 4:17
  4. "Take" – 4:16
  5. "Undone" – 4:47
  6. "Rule No. 1" (string part written by Stevie Blacke) – 3:50
  7. "A Conversation With" – 3:41
  8. "Just Looking Around" – 3:50
  9. "Back Again" – 5:32
  10. "Where Do I Go" – 3:08

Personnel

Collective Soul

Additional personnel

See also

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