'' Transmissions ''is the debut studio album by American

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, released on July 8, 2014, through

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. Three singles were released in support of the album; "

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", all charting in the top 20 of the US '' Billboard''

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Background

''Transmissions'' is a

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. The album was produced by

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and mixed by

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. A deluxe version of the album was released on iTunes on February 12, 2016, featuring four new acoustic recordings of songs "My Demons", "Halo", "Point of No Return", and "Let It Die" along with three previously released remixed tracks. As of November 2016, the album has sold 79,000 copies in the United States, according to '' Billboard''. and a quarter million overall, factoring in album sales, downloads, and streaming.

Track listing

Personnel

Performing musicians * Dustin Bates –

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, keyboard, soundboard, rhythm guitar * Brock Richards –

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, background vocals * Ron DeChant - bass, background vocals * Adam Gilbert –

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Additional musicians *

- guitars * Miles McPherson – additional drums on "Dark On Me" * David Davidson, David Angell –

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* Monisa Angell –

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* John Catchings –

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* Brian Poston - guitar on tracks 14, 15, 16, 17 * Adam Gilbert -

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on tracks 14, 15, 16, 17 * Tara Banish - cello on tracks 14, 15, 16, 17 Management * Mike Gitter – A&R * Logan Mader and Stephen Hutton for Uppercut Management * Mike McCoy – legal * Josh Kline for The Agency Group – booking Production * Rob Graves – producer,

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, programming, string arrangement, "Uprising" (Antigravity Outro) *

, Paul Pavao – mixing * Maor Appelbaum – mastering * Ben Schmitt – engineering * Alex Niceforo, Chris Flury – programming, interludes * Rob Hawkins, Josh Baker, Joe Rickard – programming *

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– drum engineer * David Davidson – string arrangement * Baeho "Bobby" Shin – string engineer *

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– "Preparing the Transmission" (Telescope Outro) * Dave Stovall – "Ambiance" (Rise And Fall Outro) * Dustin Bates - producer on tracks 14, 15, 16, 17 * Eric Emery - engineering on tracks 14, 15, 16, 17 * Logan Mader - mixing on tracks 14, 15, 16, 17 * Brad Blackwood - additional mastering on tracks 18, 19, 20 Artwork * Lance Buckley – package design * Matt Tisdale – illustrations

Charts

Singles

References

2014 debut albums Starset albums Razor & Tie albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub