''The Other Side'' is an acoustic EP by American

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, released on March 16, 2004. It includes several previously released songs re-recorded as acoustic versions, as well as three new acoustic tracks. One new song, " Touché", featured Godsmack's first guitarist, Lee Richards, as well as John Kosco, who were at that time in the now defunct band Dropbox. The other two new acoustic tracks are " Running Blind" and "Voices" which are old songs that vocalist

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wrote but never recorded. The song "Asleep" is actually an acoustic, shorter and calmer version of "

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" from the band's second album, ''

''.

Recording

According to Sully Erna, the band decided to do an acoustic record because they have always messed around with acoustic versions of their music and gotten great reactions to it. "Reworking the songs this way shows a different side of the band." ''The Other Side'' was recorded in a Hawaiian studio with producer David Bottrill, who has worked with the group on " I Stand Alone", and on their third studio album, ''

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''.

Commercial performance

''The Other Side'' debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 98,000 copies in its first week, and the album would go on to sell over half million copies in the United States. The album has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with excess sales of 500,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

– acoustic guitar, vocals, producer * Tony Rombola – acoustic guitar, backing vocalist * Robbie Merrill – bass * Shannon Larkin – drums,

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* David Bottrill – mixing * P. R. Brown – art direction, design, cover photo *Troy Gonzalez – assistant *Sherline Hall – assistant *Kent Hertz –

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*Dave Homcy – photography *John Kosco – guest appearance, vocals *Bob Ludwig – mastering *Lee Richards – guest appearance, guitar *Ben Sanders – assistant *Kurt Schneck – assistant *Kevin Sheehy – assistant

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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