''Am I the Enemy'' is the third studio album by American

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Composition and recording

The album marks a return to the aggressive post-hardcore sound of their debut album as opposed to the polished hard rock featured on '' Lonely Road''. The album saw the band working with famed

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producer

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, who has previously worked with such bands as

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. Feldmann also mixed the album, and arranged and co-wrote all the songs on the album along with vocalist Ronnie Winter. "Choke" has previously appeared on the band's 2010 ''The Hell or High Water EP'' and was released as that EP's lead single.

Release

The

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, "Reap", was released to radio stations on March 24, 2011 and later released on iTunes on April 26. Two other tracks from the album, "Salvation" and "Fall from Grace", were released on

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on May 24. "Dive Too Deep", the second single off the album, and "Dreams" were released through GRAMMY.com and ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, respectively, on July 27.Rollingstone
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. Another song, "Don't Lose Hope", was streamed on AOL's music blog on August 8. The album went up for pre-order on iTunes on August 10. The song "Wake Me Up" was streamed on ''Alternative Presss website on August 14. "Am I the Enemy" was released to radio on August 16, 2011. It was released on August 30, 2011.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ronnie Winter. All music written by Ronnie Winter and

, except where noted.

Reception

The album received generally mixed reviews upon release.

Personnel

;The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus *Ronnie Winter – lead vocals,

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*Matt Carter –

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*Duke Kitchens – rhythm guitar *Joey Westwood –

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*Jon Wilkes – drums,

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;Production *

– producer, arranger, composer, engineer, mixing, programming, vocals *Brandon Paddock – arranger, engineer, programming *Spencer Hoad – engineer *

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– mastering

References

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