''Inertia'' is the second studio album by American

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, released on January 7, 2003. The video to the first single "My Goddess" was directed by hip hop video director

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. The concept of the video revolved around the band playing in front of oncoming traffic- some of which were doing speeds as high as 70 miles an hour. "My Goddess" was filmed on Highway 2 in

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in the fall of 2002. It is their most successful album, reaching #115 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ''Inertia'' and their next studio album ''

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'' have sold over a combined 400,000 units.

Track listing

*The enhanced version of the CD also features a video of "My Goddess", a multimedia track displayed as an additional track by some software. The duration of this track is 2:49. *The song "Without" can be heard on the video game MVP Baseball 2003.

Personnel

; Musical * Scott Stevens -

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* David Walsh - vocals, guitar * Freddy Herrera -

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* Dennis Wolfe -

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, background vocals, string arrangements, orchestration * Noel Golden - background vocals * Mike Fasano - percussion * Bruce Dukov -

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; Technical *

- producer * Noel Golden - engineer, string engineer * Jo Ann Thrailkill -

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* Dean Serletic - A&R * Lynn Oliver - A&R * Christopher Wade Damerst - programming * David Thoener - mixing * Stewart Whitmore - digital editing *

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- mastering * Phil Roland -

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* Craig Poole - guitar technician * Jay Goin - assistant * Sam Story - assistant * Tosh Kasai - assistant * Tony Green - assistant * P.R. Brown - design * William Hames - photography * Jeff Garner - photography * Danny Clinch - photography * Keith Carter - photography

References

{{Authority control 2003 albums The Exies albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Matt Serletic