''The Electric Age'' is the 16th studio album by the American

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band Overkill, which was released on March 27, 2012 in the U.S. on

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and in Europe three days later on

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Reception and sales

The album sold about 6,700 copies in the United States during the first week of release, beating the band's first week sales of their previous record, ''

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'', which totalled 4,100 copies. ''The Electric Age'' was also the first Overkill album to crack the top 100; the album peaked at #77 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it their third highest chart position in their career (their subsequent albums, ''

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'' and ''

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'', peaked at #31 and #69 respectively). In its second week ''The Electric Age'' sold 2,950 copies and dropped to #170 on the Billboard 200, bringing the sales total to a little under 10,000 copies.

Track listing

All bonus tracks from Australian Ironbound Tour. These tracks were also released as an EP by the label in 2013.

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

;Overkill * Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – lead vocals * D.D. Verni – bass, backing vocals * Dave Linsk – lead guitar * Derek Tailer – rhythm guitar * Ron Lipnicki – drums ;Production * Overkill –

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* Greg Reely – mixing, mastering * D.D. Verni, Dave Linsk –

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* Jon "Jonnyrod" Ciorciari –

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(at JRod Productions) * Dave Linsk – recording (at SKH Recording Studios) * Dan Korneff – editing * Rob Shallcross – additional editing ;Artwork and design * Travis Smith – cover art, layout * Mark Weiss –

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Studios

* Gear Recording Studio,

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– recording * JRod Productions,

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– additional recording * SKH Recording Studios, Stuart, Florida – additional recording

Charts

References

External links

''The Electric Age''
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