Awake (Godsmack album)

Awake is the third studio album by American rock band Godsmack, released on October 31, 2000. It features the song "Goin' Down", which first appeared on the band's first studio recording, All Wound Up. It is the final Godsmack album to fully include drummer Tommy Stewart, who would be replaced by former drummer Shannon Larkin afterwards.Template:Efn

During the 2000s, the songs "Sick of Life" and "Awake" were used for the United States Navy's "Accelerate Your Life" recruiting advertisements.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Recording

The band opted to convert a warehouse in Haverhill, Massachusetts into a makeshift studio, rather than use a more traditional studio setting. According to Sully Erna, the band just did not want to move into any luxurious studio, because they wanted to keep the edge on for writing and "not get too far away from what we're all about". So they just stayed in the slums rather than moving into luxury.<ref name="Recording">Template:Cite magazineTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Erna says the results show in the music's "tougher" sound; "however, it has a very raw edge to it. It's not very polished," he says. "But it still has a lot of good grooves, and it still has a lot of power."<ref name="Recording"/>

The band also kept in touch with its roots by working some older unreleased material. The album includes older songs that just missed being on the debut. "Goin' Down" is a track from the original Godsmack album that was dropped in favor of "Whatever" for the major-label release. The songs "Bad Magick" and "Vampires" also date back to the same period.<ref name="Recording"/>

Release

Awake debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 256,000 copies in its first week,<ref name="Billboard">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the album would go on to sell at least 2,000,000 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Since its release, the album's title track dominated rock radio and broke chart records throughout 2000 and 2001. The album's spoken word track "Vampires" earned the band its first Grammy nomination.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2001, Awake won the Boston Music Award for Album of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "Greed" earned the band Boston Music Awards nominations for single and video of the year.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Personnel

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• Sully Erna – vocals, rhythm guitar, drums<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tony Rombola – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Robbie Merrill – bass
• Tommy Stewart – drums

Additional performances

• Katrina Chester – vocals on "The Journey" and "Spiral"

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• Produced by Sully Erna and Murdock
• Engineered by Mudrock, except "Vampires", recorded by Cameron Webb
• Additional engineering by Nate Dube
• Mixed by Mudrock, except "Mistakes" and "Goin' Down" (mixed by Mudrock and Jay Baumgardner), and "Vampires" and "Bad Magick" (mixed by Jay Baumgardner)
• Mastered by Ted Jensen
• Photography by Clay Patrick McBride and Ian Barrett

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2000)	Peak position

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	198

Chart (2001)	Position
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	55

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak position
2000	"Awake"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
		Alternative Songs<ref name="Alternative Songs">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	12
2001	"Bad Magick"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	12
		Alternative Songs<ref name="Alternative Songs"/>	28
	"Greed"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
		Alternative Songs<ref name="Alternative Songs"/>	28

Release history

Country	Date	Label
United States	October 31, 2000	Uptown/Universal
Japan	March 23, 2001	Universal International