Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
The Offspring's studio album
Publication (s)	June 13, 2008
Label (s)	Columbia Records , Sony BMG
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Punk rock , pop punk , skate punk
Title (number)	12/13
running time	43:40 / 46:35
occupation	Vocals , rhythm guitar : Dexter Holland Guitar , background vocals: Noodles E-bass , backing vocals: Greg K. Drums : Josh Freese Background vocals: Chris "X-13" Higgins
production	Bob rock
Studio (s)	Plantation Mixing and Recording, Haiku, Hawaii / D-13 Studio, Huntington Beach / Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
chronology Splinter (2003) Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Days Go By (2012)
Single releases May 6, 2008 Hammerhead September 4, 2008 You're gonna go far, kid December 2008 Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? May 12, 2009 Half-Truism

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (. English for: " Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace ") is the eighth studio album of American punk rock - band The Offspring and was on 13 June 2008 on the label Columbia Records and Sony BMG released.

Emergence

The first work on the album started back in 2004. In September 2004, Holland said there were some new songs that sound pretty good. He also announced that the new album would be out in 2005. From June to August 2005, however, the work was interrupted to play on the Vans Warped Tour . Simultaneously with this tour, Sony BMG released a Greatest Hits album by The Offspring on June 27, 2005 . After the tour, work on the album was resumed. In September 2006, Bob Rock was announced as the producer . On November 16, 2006, the band finally announced on their website that recording had started in the studio.

In July 2007, rumors were confirmed that Adam Willard was leaving the band to concentrate on his work at Angels & Airwaves . Pete Parada was introduced as the new drummer , but Josh Freese , who was drummer for The Offspring in 2003, was won over to record the album .

On April 9, 2008 it was announced on the band's website that the recordings for the new album were completed. The album itself was released on June 11, 2008 in Japan , where it was provided with a bonus track. The album was released on June 13, 2008 in Germany , Austria and Switzerland , on June 16, 2008 in Great Britain and on June 17 in the USA .

Cover design

The album cover shows a painted female figure with red wings and two arrows in its heart. In addition, both of her hands are tied in chains. Above and below the picture are the words The Offspring and Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace in red. The background is completely black.

Track list

Unless otherwise stated, the songs were written by The Offspring.

1. Half-Truism - 3:27
2. Trust in You - 3:09
3. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - 2:58
4. Hammerhead - 4:38
5. A Lot Like Me - 4:28
6. Takes Me Nowhere - 2:59
7. Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? - 3:42
8. Nothingtown - 3:29
9. Stuff Is Messed Up - 3:31
10. Fix You - 4:19
11. Let's Hear It for Rock Bottom - 4:05
12. Rise and Fall - 2:59

Japan edition

13. OC Life (written by Rikk Agnew) - 2:53

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace   DE 13 06/30/2008 (11 weeks)   AT 7th 06/27/2008 (14 weeks)   CH 5 06/29/2008 (14 weeks)   UK 39 06/28/2008 (2 weeks)   US 10 07/05/2008 (30 weeks)

Singles

You're gonna go far, kid   DE 67 12/12/2008 (5 weeks)   US 63 10/25/2008 (18 weeks)

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace reached number 13 in the charts in Germany and stayed in the top 100 for eleven weeks.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	225,000

Main article: The Offspring / Music Sales Awards

The songs Hammerhead , You're Gonna Go Far, Kid , Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? and Half-Truism decoupled. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid in particular was quite successful, earning a gold record for over 500,000 units sold in the United States .

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
cdstarts.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

The album received different reviews from critics .

Mathias Möller awards 3 out of 5 stars on laut.de and particularly praises the first half of the album. However, the album is only moderately interesting.

Albert Ranner awards 5 out of 10 points on cdstarts.de and describes the album as not convincing. He sees some positive slip-ups in A Lot Like Me , Stuff Is Messed Up and Let's Hear It For Rock Bottom .

Paul Kraker awards 4 out of 5 stars on now-on.at and says that thanks to punk riffs and the singing of Dexter Holland there are more colors slumbering than the eternal punk rock gray.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Offspring Bring The Hits . From: ultimate-guitar.com (English), September 24, 2004. Retrieved May 23, 2011
2. ↑ Matthias Manthe: Where did Dexter and Co. lose their self esteem? On: laut.de. Retrieved May 23, 2011
3. ↑ Atom Willard leaves The Offspring . From: punknews.org, January 15, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2011
4. ^ ^{A b} Atom Willard leaves the Offspring, replaced by Pete Parada . From: punknews.org, July 28, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
5. ^ ^{A b} Mathias Möller: Aging punk rockers want to know again. On: laut.de. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
6. ↑ Information on columbia.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 23, 2011
7. ↑ The Offspring on livejournal.com (English). Retrieved May 23, 2011
8. ↑ album cover
9. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
10. ↑ You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - US: Gold
11. ↑ Rating: laut.de
12. ↑ Rating: cdstarts.de
13. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
15. ^ Albert Ranner: Criticism on cdstarts.de. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
16. ↑ Paul Kraker: Criticism  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on now-on.at, June 14, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2011.