''Megalithic Symphony'' is the debut studio album by American
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Awolnation
Awolnation (stylized in all caps) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed and fronted by Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under the Influence of Giants, Home Town Hero, and Insurgence. The band is signed to Better Noise Music, formerly being s ...
, released on March 15, 2011 through
Red Bull Records
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. The album is the band's first full-length release, following the release of the
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Back From Earth
''Back from Earth'' is the debut EP by American rock band Awolnation. It was released digitally by Red Bull Records on May 18, 2010 for iTunes. "Sail", "Burn It Down" and "Guilty Filthy Soul" appear on ''Megalithic Symphony'', the band's debut alb ...
'' (2010). ''Megalithic Symphony'' has since peaked at number 84 on the United States
''Billboard'' 200 and at number 57 on the Austrian Albums Chart. As of March 2015, the album sold 581,000 copies in the United States.
On February 29, 2016, the
RIAA
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certified ''Megalithic Symphony''
platinum
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In 2021, for the album's 10th anniversary, a special edition of it was released, including unreleased songs and live performances of some older songs, for a total of 27 bonus tracks.
Track listing
Lyrical content
Some Sort of Creature
In a live Facebook Q&A session, Aaron described “Some Sort of Creature” as something he truly experienced. “What you hear on that track, a sort of segue track, is really what actually happened! And that's really all I can describe; it's me speaking to myself, because I didn’t want to forget this thing I saw. And it's all right there in the song."
Personnel
;Awolnation
*
Aaron Bruno
Aaron Richard Bruno (born November 11, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, who is best known as the founder, lead singer and last remaining original member of Awolnation. He is a former member of the post-grunge band Home Tow ...
– vocals and synthesizer
(all tracks except 2 and 9), drums
(tracks 1, 4-12, 14), percussion
(tracks 1, 3, 4, 11), keyboards
(tracks 1, 12, 14), bass guitar
(tracks 1, 5, 10), guitar
(tracks 5, 7, 14), piano
(tracks 10, 13), Fender Rhodes electric piano
(track 7), synth bass
(tracks 11, 12, 14); additional bass guitar and drums
(track 3); string arrangement
(track 10)
* Drew Stewart – guitar
(tracks 3, 11)
* Christopher Thorn – guitar
(tracks 5, 10, 11)
* Kenny Carkeet – synthesizer
(track 5)
* Hayden Scott – drums
(track 5)
* David Amezcua – bass guitar
(track 14)
;Additional musicians
* Jimmy Messer – guitar
(tracks 3, 4, 6-8, 11-14), drums
(tracks 6, 7, 13), synthesizer
(tracks 6, 7), bass guitar
(track 6), synth bass
(track 7), keyboards
(track 13)
* Billy Mohler – bass guitar
(tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, 10-13)
*
Tony Royster Jr. – drums
(track 3)
* Brian West – Casio keyboards and synthesizer
(track 8)
* Watts Choir – vocals
(tracks 4, 9, 13)
* Arielle Verinis – vocals
(track 11)
* Cameron Duddy, Curtain$ and Tarrah Toland – vocals
(track 14)
*
Eric Stenman
Eric Stenman is an American record producer/engineer/mixer currently living in the Los Angeles area. Eric has recorded projects with artists including AWOLNATION, Thrice, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, Deftones, Gameface, M.I.A., Will Haven, Lov ...
- Engineer, Mixer, Additional Production; whistling
(track 10)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
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Release history
References
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2011 debut albums
Awolnation albums
Red Bull Records albums