Prisoners (album)

Prisoners is the third studio album by Canadian metal band the Agonist. It was released on June 4 in Europe and June 5, 2012 in North America via Century Media records and was produced by the band's longtime producer Christian Donaldson. "Ideomotor" has been confirmed as the first single.[4] The album sold 1,400 copies in the United States in the first week of its release and debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.[5] This is the last album with original singer Alissa White-Gluz before she joined Arch Enemy in 2014.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Allmusic[2]
Heavy Blog is Heavy[6]
Sputnikmusic[3]
Prisoners
Studio album by
the Agonist
ReleasedJune 4, 2012 (2012-06-04)
Genre
Length58:37
LabelCentury Media Records
Producer
The Agonist chronology
Lullabies for the Dormant Mind
(2009)		 Prisoners
(2012)		 Eye of Providence
(2015)
Singles from Prisoners
  1. "Ideomotor"
    Released: May 8, 2012
  2. "Panophobia"
    Released: October 24, 2012

Style

About.com's Dan Marsicano described the album as a "focused blend of strait-laced metalcore and technical craftsmanship that borders on the progressive front"[1] and Sputnik Music wrote that the album is "oozing with inspiration from a plethora of genres, such as melodeath, thrash and progressive metal."[3]

Critical reception

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia explained: "Although its explosively schizophrenic amalgam of disparate sounds, moods, and intensities might initially suggest otherwise, the Agonist's third album, Prisoners, is in fact an apt summation of that which came before it; a mature, calculated freakout representing the latest sprint in the Canadian band's aggressive evolutionary curve, well beyond the modest metalcore roots.[2] At About.com, Dan Marsicano wrote: "Prisoners is a much tamer album than Lullabies for the Dormant Mind, with less additional instrumentation, but is just a smidgen better due to the combined effort of each member."[1]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."You're Coming with Me"5:35
2."The Escape"4:08
3."Predator & Prayer"5:04
4."Anxious Darwinians"5:23
5."Panophobia"3:54
6."Ideomotor"8:07
7."Lonely Solipsist"3:45
8."Dead Ocean"6:19
9."The Mass of the Earth"4:40
10."Everybody Wants You (Dead)"5:00
11."Revenge of the Dadaists"6:42
Total length:58:37
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
12."Jesters Rejoice Where Wise Men Weep"4:37
Total length:63:04

Personnel

The Agonist

Production

Charts
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Heatseekers Albums[7] 19
Japanese Albums Chart[8] 89

References
  1. Marsicano, Dan. "The Agonist Prisoners Review". Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Prisoners The Agonist Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards Allmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  3. Jacquibim (June 16, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners album review Sputnikmusic". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  4. "THE AGONIST To Release 'The Escape' EP – Aug. 25, 2011". blabbermouth.net. 2011-08-15. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. "THE AGONIST: Prisoners First-Week Sales Revealed". June 13, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  6. Tokgozoglu, Noyan (July 5, 2012). "The Agonist Prisoners Heavy Blog is Heavy". Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  7. https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-agonist/chart-history/
  8. The Agonistのアルバム売上ランキング | ORICON STYLE
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