![]() Track listingĪll lyrics written by Tim McIlrath all music composed by Tim McIlrath, Joe Principe, Brandon Barnes and Chris Chasse. The song "Under the Knife" appeared in the soundtrack for the 2008 Box office hit film Never Back Down. The album received a rating of four out of five stars, while "Ready to Fall", the hugely popular "Prayer of the Refugee" and "The Good Left Undone" earned Rise Against its heaviest airplay to date. He praised the music's "sincerity and passion" and described it "maturing within the realms of major-label hardcore revivalism, while still remaining relevant and exciting". Their melodic hardcore may still sound more mainstream accessible, but this can hardly be looked at as a bad thing. The album received positive reviews, Corey Apar of AllMusic described the album "one shout-along, mosh-worthy song after another". The Sufferer & the Witness finds Rise Against continuing on the path begun on 2004s well-received Siren Song of the Counter Culture. By August 2006, the album had sold over 140,000 copies. Their highest charting album, Endgame, which was released in 2011 reached number 2 on the same chart. The Sufferer & the Witness was released on Jand peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart, the highest position the band reached at the time. In the album's liner notes, there is a recommended reading list, which includes Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. The album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge in Los Angeles, and production was completed in April 2006. You won't find any acoustic guitar on this one, but perhaps a few other surprises and curveballs await your curious ears.look for an early summer release." The album's name was revealed in the same news release it would be titled The Sufferer & the Witness. The band talked about the sound and release date of the album in April, saying, "We're pretty excited and can't wait for you to hear it. The album was recorded at the Blasting Room with producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore for 12 weeks between January and April 2006. Pre-production began in January 2006 in Chicago. Also in December, it was announced that Bill Stevenson would produce the upcoming album at the Blasting Room studio in Fort Collins, Colorado. The band had been writing songs and ideas during the Siren Song of the Counter Culture tour and had completed five songs by early December 2005. During the tour, guitarist Chris Chasse left the band and was replaced by Zach Blair.After the success of their major label debut, Siren Song of the Counter Culture, and its single, "Swing Life Away", Rise Against returned to the studio in January 2006 to record their fourth studio album. ![]() Rise Against supported the album with The Sufferer & the Witness Tour throughout the second half of 2006 and all of 2007. All three songs charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States, and accompanying music videos were produced. Three songs from The Sufferer & the Witness were released as singles: " Ready to Fall", " Prayer of the Refugee", and " The Good Left Undone". Reviewers also highlighted the vocals of singer Tim McIlrath and the production of Stevenson and Livermore. How we feel pain, what we think it means, how we interpret it in others and how it is judged by both sufferer and witness to suffering are all subject to. Critical appraisal was mainly positive, with reviewers complimenting Rise Against's ability to mature in its sound while simultaneously retain its punk roots. The Sufferer & the Witness sold 48,327 copies in its first week of release, and charted in seven countries, including the United States where it entered at position ten on the Billboard 200. Dissatisfied with Siren Song of the Counter Culture 's (2004) producer Garth Richardson, the band members decided to record their next album with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, the duo that worked on their 2003 album Revolutions per Minute. ![]()
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