Common dreads
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| Enter Shikari's studio album | |||||||
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Publication |
June 15, 2009 |
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admission |
September 2008 to February 2009 in Arreton Manor (Great Britain) |
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| Label (s) | Ambush Reality (UK) Tiny Evil Records |
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Format (s) |
CD, CD + DVD, vinyl |
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Title (number) |
15th |
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running time |
50:27 minutes |
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Common Dreads is the second studio album by British post-hardcore band Enter Shikari . It was released on June 15, 2009 in the UK and a day later in the United States . The album was produced at Arreton Manor by and with Andy Gray.
background
Enter Shikari started work on their second album towards the end of 2008 and demonstrated some songs and the development of the album before it was published in numerous blogs on the internet platform Youtube .
At the end of September 2008, the band showed a live video of the single Antwerp for the first time on their YouTube channel. At the same time a video was released for the single Juggernauts .
The new album was recorded in Arreton Manor / Isle of Wight (an island in the south of Great Britain). Several new songs were played either live on tours or at festivals before the album was released. The album has numerous political motifs as well as references to the current economic situation.
The new single, Juggernauts , was in on Thursday, April 15, 2009 Radio 1 Zane Lowe show premiered and it was a video on the site published the band. "Rou" Reynolds said Kerrang! later that the band was inspired in creating this song by the book Tescopoly by the author Andrew Simms .
The album was officially released on June 15, 2009 through Ambush Reality.
It sold 15,000 copies in the first week, reaching number 16 on the UK album charts.
A little later, the album's second single - No Sleep Tonight - was released on August 17, 2009.
The next official single was Zzzonked. It was published on the Ambush Reality / Enter Shikari website on October 7, 2009 , along with the official video .
Content and texts
The album has seen a distinct stylistic change compared to the first album, Take to the Skies . Above all, more clear vocals and a mixture of several electronic music styles such as drum and bass , electro house or dubstep are needed. However, trance and post-hardcore elements are still present.
There is also a drastic, lyrical change in this album. The band used to write lyrics on various subjects and used a lot of metaphor .
In Common Dreads , the band is more concerned with socio-political issues such as: B. in Step Up , a song that criticizes free world trade. The song No Sleep Tonight talks about today's ecological situation. The song Fanfare for the Conscious Man has lyrical connotations for the injustice of various government wars. In this song, the band clearly expresses their anti-war views with the lyrics “Our gracious queen should grasp her crown, and take a good fucking swing at Blair and Brown”. The band brings further political ideas to the song Juggernauts , which ends with the words: "The idea of community wants to be something displayed in a museum". This is to be interpreted as a reference to an anti-capitalist and pro-collective attitude.
Track list
| No. | title | length |
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| 1. | Common dreads | 2:08 |
| 2. | Solidarity | 3:16 |
| 3. | Step up | 4:40 |
| 4th | Juggernauts | 4:44 |
| 5. | Wall | 4:29 |
| 6th | Zzzonked | 3:27 |
| 7th | Havoc A | 1:40 |
| 8th. | No sleep tonight | 4:16 |
| 9. | Gap in the fence | 4:07 |
| 10. | Havoc B | 2:52 |
| 11. | Antwerp | 3:15 |
| 12. | The Jester | 3:55 |
| 13. | Halcyon | 0:42 |
| 14th | Hectic | 3:17 |
| 15th | Fanfare for the Conscious Man | 3:45 |
Singles
| title | Chart placements | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | UK | ||
| Juggernauts | - | - | - | 28 | First published: June 13, 2009 |
| No sleep tonight | - | - | - | 63 | First published: August 23, 2009 |
Album chart placements
| Charts (2007) | Highest position |
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| German album charts | 96 |
| UK album chart | 16 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Common Dreads. ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Play.com
- ^ YouTube Antwerp Live From The Low
- ↑ Antwerp ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Juggernauts at Songfacts.com (English), accessed on August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Enter Shikari - Zzzonked - official promo video . YouTube. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ↑ officialcharts.com
