''From One'' is the first major label album by American

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band Ra, released on October 22, 2002. It features the band's hit single, "Do You Call My Name", which had a

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and was followed by their second single, "Rectifier". ''From One'' reached number 154 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

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originally hosted a listening party so that people could listen to the entire album before it was released. The first track "

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" was featured during the introduction and before commercial breaks during the

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, as well as video games ''

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''. It also was used as an entrance theme for a wrestler

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during his

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days, in addition to Ophidian as a singles theme on the independent circuit, most notably in Chikara Pro. The second track "Rectifier" was featured on the game ''

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''. Ra was featured as Artist of the Month on antimusic.com. Keavin Wiggins of AntiMusic named ''From One'' the top album of the decade.

Explanation of inspiration

*All quotes taken from The Gauntlet's interview with lead singer Sahaj Ticotin ''The concepts'' – "I wanted to hear Metallica with the Police's Andy Summers playing guitar and Sting singing. It bothered me that there wasn't a band like that, so I formed one," – "There's also an element of majesty that needs to be portrayed in the music's presentation. One of my favorite movies is ''The Matrix'', and the look of that film is a real inspiration. A lot of the concepts presented in the film are ideas that feature in our songs." ''The lyrics'' – "I rarely write from my own experience. I spend most of the time observing the circumstances of those around me." – "My lyrics don't read like Shakespeare, but he's definitely influenced my work"

Track listing

Band members

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– lead vocals, guitar *Ben Carroll – guitar *Sean Corcoran – bass, backing vocals *Skoota Warner – drums

References

Ra (American band) albums 2002 debut albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub Progressive metal albums by American artists