Redeemer is
Norma Jean's third studio album. It was released on September 12, 2006 in the United States, and on October 3, 2006 in Canada. The album sold more than 21,000 records in its first week. It is the last album to feature drummer Daniel Davison. For this album they filmed videos for "Blueprints for Future Homes", and "Songs Sound Much Sadder". Shannon Crawford, the singer of
Cellophane
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and
Monster in the Machine
Monster in the Machine was an American alternative rock band featuring Shannon Crawford (formerly of Cellophane) on vocals, keyboards and guitar, John Chase (also formerly of Cellophane) on guitar, Jay Kuri on drums and Lats (formerly of Mement ...
, painted the album artwork.
Track listing
Personnel
;Norma Jean
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Cory Brandan Putman
Cory Brandan Putman is an American singer who has been the lead vocalist for the metalcore band Norma Jean (band), Norma Jean since 2004.
Career
Brandan is a former member of bands Eso-Charis, Living Sacrifice, The Handshake Murders, and Use ...
- vocals, guitars
*Scottie Henry - guitars
*Chris Day - guitars
*Jake Schultz - bass guitar
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Daniel Davison
Daniel Travis Davison (born January 28th, 1983) is an American musician, songwriter, artist, and filmmaker. He is also a co-founder and former drummer of the band Norma Jean and a former drummer of Underoath and Every Time I Die.
Early life ...
- drums
;Additional musicians
*
Matthew Putman - percussion and additional drums
;Production
*Ross Robinson - mixing
*Ryan Boesch - engineering, mixing
*Kale Holmes - assistant engineer
*Asterik Studio - art direction, design
*Shannon Crawford - album art paintings
Notes
* The song "Blueprints for Future Homes" was the first song to be "released" on their MySpace and Purevolume pages on 7/25/06 at 12:01 AM EST.
* The song "The End of All Things Will Be Televised" was the second song to be "released" on their MySpace and Purevolume pages on 8/4/06 at 12:01 AM EST.
* The song "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest" was the third song to be released on their Purevolume and MySpace.
* The song "A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest" refers t
James 3:5-12from the
New Testament
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.
* The song "No Passenger: No Parasite" seems to have derived its title and the majority of lyrics from the book "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, in which Lewis describes a fully Christian society as having "no passengers or parasites".
* The song "Songs Sound Much Sadder" was featured on ''This is Solid State'' Vol. 6
References
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Norma Jean (band) albums
2006 albums
Tooth & Nail Records albums
Albums produced by Ross Robinson
Century Media Records albums
Post-metal albums
Solid State Records albums