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, released on 14 July 2009. The album debuted at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, selling around 16,500 copies. ''Tri-Polar'' has sold over 379,000 copies as of 2013. The band's first single titled " You're Going Down", was used by the

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as the official theme song for their

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event WWE Extreme Rules 2009, and the video game '' WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010''. The song was also used in the 2010 live-action film adaptation of ''

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'' and the trailer for ''

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''. The song "War" was written for

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's video game ''

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'' and has been used in their respective advertisements for the game. The second single from the album, titled " Odd One", was released to rock radio on 10 November 2009. The third single, " Maybe", was released to rock radio on 22 June 2010. This is the band's most successful single to date. The fourth single from the album, "

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", was released to rock radio on 8 February 2011. The album's cover art is a rendering of

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Track listing

Bonus tracks

Tour

Sick Puppies supported

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and

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during the end of 2009, and also co-headlined a tour with Hurt,

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and Tunnels to Holland as support acts. They also supported

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on their Dark Horse World tour. Sick Puppies headlined a 2010 summer tour with

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and It's Alive as support. On 14 December 2010, Shimon Moore announced during a show in Council Bluffs, IA that that show was the largest show ever to date. Also at that show was

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and Emphatic.

Personnel

Sick Puppies * Shim Moore – lead vocals, guitars * Emma Anzai – bass, backing vocals * Mark Goodwin – drums Artwork * Matt Taylor – cover design * Travis Shinn – photography Production * Antonina Armato – producer * Tim James – producer * Adam Comstock, Dorian Crozier, Steve Hammons, Ross Hogarth, and Nigel Lundemo – engineers * Robert Vosgien – mastering * Ben Grosse and Mark Needham – mixing * Will Brierre and Paul Pavao – mixing assistants * Devrim "DK" Karaoglu – programming

Chart performances

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control Sick Puppies albums 2009 albums Albums produced by Rock Mafia Virgin Records albums