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词条 Weapons (album)
释义

  1. Writing and recording history

  2. Release and promotion

     Singles 

  3. Reception

  4. Track listing

  5. Personnel

  6. Charts

  7. Release history

  8. References

  9. External links

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| type = studio
| artist = Lostprophets
| cover = LostprophetsWeapons.jpg
| border = yes
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| released = {{start date|2012|4|2|df=y}}[1]
| recorded = May–November 2011
NRG Recording Studios, Hollywood[2][3]
| venue =
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| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|alternative metal|hard rock}}
| length = 51:07
| label = {{hlist|Epic|Fearless}}
| producer = Ken Andrews[3][5]
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Weapons
| type = studio
| single1 = Bring 'Em Down
| single1date = 23 March 2012[6]
| single2 = We Bring an Arsenal
| single2date = 4 June 2012[7]
| single3 = Jesus Walks
| single3date = 3 September 2012[8]
| single4 = Somedays
| single4date = Canceled
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Weapons is the fifth and final studio album by the Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets due to frontman Ian Watkins being convicted of multiple child sex offenses. It was released through Epic Records on 2 April 2012.[1] It was the first and only record featuring Luke Johnson on drums, after being with two other drummers previously,[2] Mike Chiplin and Ilan Rubin (the latter of whom features in archive recordings included on the "deluxe edition"[3] of Weapons, as well as the hidden track "Weapon" on all versions of the album).

Just like their third studio album it features Latin on the front, which reads deus velox nex. When translated it reads God's swift violent[4] death. This has been confirmed by guitarist, Mike Lewis.[5]

Writing and recording history

The band started writing new material after finishing The Betrayed Tour. The album is produced by Ken Andrews at Hollywood.[6][7] Several songs were debuted before it official release date. "Bring Em' Down" was played live in the warm up shows for the 2011 V Festival, and was aired as the first single from Weapons on Zane Lowe's Hottest Record on 6 February 2012.[8] "We Bring an Arsenal" made its debut on 25 February 2012.[9]

The song "Better Off Dead" received its first radio play by BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe as his "Hottest Record in the World".[10] As of 6 January 2012 it was made available for download from the band's official website.[11]

Release and promotion

This is Lostprophets' first studio release through Epic (UK) and Fearless (US) after leaving their long-time served record, Visible Noise.[12][13] Lostprophets also announced an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland, consisting of 14 shows which commenced on the 15 April 2012 in Dublin and finished on the 4 May 2012 in London.[14] It was released in the UK on 2 April 2012 and it was released in the US on 19 June 2012.[15] Because the fourth studio album The Betrayed was not released in North America, it's the band's fourth released album in some regions. The "deluxe edition"[3] of the albums contains three "Garage sessions" tracks, recorded in 2007 as demos for the ultimately-abandoned album sessions with John Feldmann[16] prior to The Betrayed, with the track "Weapon" from the same sessions included as a hidden track on all versions of the album. Further more bonus tracks are found on the Japanese "deluxe edition".[17][18] The US "deluxe edition" is different from the UK edition.[19]

Lostprophets headlined the Warped Tour UK in November 2012.[20]

Singles

The first single, "Bring 'Em Down", was released on 23 March 2012.[21] "We Bring an Arsenal" was to be the second single, released on 4 June 2012, but the song has still to be officially released as a single.[22] "Jesus Walks" was to be released as the next single on 10 September 2012, but again no official single was released.[23] On 3 December 2012, Watkins tweeted, "En route to the big smoke to shoot our new musical video." When the band had previously debuted "Bring 'Em Down" on Zane Lowe's show in February, Watkins stated that the fourth single was to be a "power ballad". However, sixteen days after the video shoot, it was announced that Watkins had been arrested for a string of multiple sexual offenses against children.[24] The video shot was for "Somedays" and was filmed at the I-Heart Studios in London, directed by Luke Reynolds. Watkins and Gaze were the only members of the band at the video shoot, as the rest of the band were in the USA at the time and were to be included using archive footage.[25]

Reception

{{Album ratings
| MC = 56/100[35]
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[26]
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}[27]
| rev3 = BBC Music
| rev3Score = favourable[28]
| rev4 = DIY
| rev4score = 5/10[29]
| rev5 = The Guardian
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[30]
| rev6 = Kerrang!
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}[31]
| rev7 = MusicOMH
| rev7score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[32]
| rev8 = NME
| rev8score = 5/10[33]
| rev9 = Q
| rev9score = {{rating|2|5}}[31]
| rev10 = Rock Sound
| rev10score = 8/10[31]
| rev11 = Sputnikmusic
| rev11Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[34]
| rev12 = Uncut
| rev12score = 5/10 [31]
}}

Critical reaction to the album has been generally mixed. It currently holds a normalised score of 56 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating 'mixed or average reviews', making it the lowest rated album released by the band to date.[35] As a result, critics have generally seen the album as a decline in the band's career.[35]

Allmusic stated that the fifth studio album strikes a nice balance between the metallic fury and desperation of their debut, The Fake Sound of Progress, and the slicker, more commercial sound of The Betrayed.[26] It also has been compared with "chrome-drunk" classic of The Godfathers, with electro-metal of Muse, enthusiasm with Green Day.

Alternative Press states almost all songs have a big chorus, with the "cheesy" posturing of songs such as "We Bring an Arsenal" and the flat strains of "Somedays". The opener "Bring 'Em Down" hits the spot, and they may well have "arm-wrestled" The All-American Rejects to claim the effervescent chorus of "A Song for Where I'm From".[27]BBC Music and The Guardian similarly reviewed the album positively, with the same "us-against-the-world" feeling of the band's second studio album, Start Something.[28][30]{{Clear}}

Track listing

{{Track listing
| headline = Original CD[1]
| all_lyrics = Ian Watkins
| all_music = Lostprophets[2]
| total_length = 51:07
| title1 = Bring 'Em Down
| length1 = 4:09
| title2 = We Bring an Arsenal
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = Another Shot
| length3 = 4:08
| title4 = Jesus Walks
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = A Song for Where I'm From
| length5 = 3:52
| title6 = A Little Reminder That I'll Never Forget
| length6 = 4:16
| title7 = Better Off Dead
| length7 = 3:37
| title8 = Heart on Loan
| length8 = 4:08
| title9 = Somedays
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Can't Get Enough
| length10 = 15:14
| note10 = includes hidden track, "Weapon") (5:00 on deluxe edition and US edition, without hidden track
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks[3]
| total_length = 66:18
| title11 = The Dead
| length11 = 3:34
| note11 = Garage sessions
| title12 = Save Yourself
| length12 = 3:59
| note12 = Garage sessions
| title13 = If You Don't Stand for Something, You'll Fall for Anything
| length13 = 4:39
| note13 = Garage sessions
| title14 = Another Shot
| length14 = 2:59
| note14 = Demo
| title15 = Bring 'Em Down
| length15 = 10:15
| note15 = Russell Bloc Party remix) (includes hidden track, "Weapon") (3:43 on Japanese deluxe edition, without hidden track
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Japanese deluxe edition bonus tracks[17][18]
| total_length = 73:26
| title16 = Young Pretenders
| length16 = 3:25
| title17 = Undefeated
| length17 = 10:15
| note17 = includes hidden track, "Weapon"
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Japanese deluxe edition bonus DVD[17][18]
| total_length = 15:25
| title1 = AM Forever
| length1 = 4:20
| note1 = music video
| title2 = For He's a Jolly Good Felon
| note2 = music video) (edit
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = For He's a Jolly Good Felon
| note3 = music video) (full-length version
| length3 = 7:49
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = US bonus track[19][36]
| total_length = 43:39
| title11 = Weapon
| note11 = although "Weapon" is available on all editions as a hidden track, on the US edition it is featured as a separate, non-hidden track.
| length11 = 2:47
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = US deluxe edition bonus tracks[19]
| total_length = 62:02
| title12 = If You Don't Stand for Something, You'll Fall for Anything
| length12 = 4:39
| note12 = Garage sessions
| title13 = Undefeated
| length13 = 4:55
| title14 = Young Pretenders
| length14 = 3:25
| title15 = Bring 'Em Down
| length15 = 3:12
| note15 = acoustic version
| title16 = We Bring an Arsenal
| length16 = 3:32
| note16 = acoustic version
}}

Personnel

Credits for Weapons adapted from liner notes.[37]

{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Lostprophets
  • Lee Gaze – lead guitar
  • Luke Johnson – drums, percussion
  • Mike Lewis – rhythm guitar
  • Jamie Oliver – piano, keyboards, samples, vocals
  • Stuart Richardson – bass guitar, co-production, additional engineered
  • Ian Watkins – lead vocals, art direction
Additional musicians
  • Ilan Rubin – drums, percussion (Garage session tracks and "Weapon")
Production
  • Ken Andrews – production, engineered, mixing, additional guitar, synth, backing vocals
  • Justin Hopfer – co-production, additional engineered
  • Romesh Dodabgoda – co-production, additional engineered
  • Sean Curiel – assistant engineered
  • Marco Ruiz – assistant engineered
{{col-2}}Production (cont.)
  • Rouble Kapoor – assistant engineered
  • Liam Ross – assistant engineered
  • Tom Manning – assistant engineered
  • Brendan Davies – assistant engineered
  • Aaron Rubin – A&R, production, mixing (tracks: 11–15 and "Weapon")
  • Tom Baker – mastered
  • Russell Lissack – production (track: 15)
  • James Ellis – production (track: 15)
  • Dick Beetham – mastered (tracks 11–17 and "Weapon")[38]
  • Dan Mandell – art direction
  • Andrew Whitton – photography
{{col-end}}

Charts

{{albumchart|Australia|55|artist=Lostprophets|album=Weapons}}{{albumchart|Germany|86|artist=Lostprophets|album=Weapons|refname="Germanypeak"|accessdate=8 March 2013}}{{albumchart|Oricon|22|M|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/289222/ranking/cd_album/|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=3 December 2013}}{{albumchart|UK2|9|date=20120408}}{{albumchart|UKRock|1|date=20120408}}{{albumchart|Billboard200|145|artist=Lostprophets}}
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria Top 100)[39]76
Irish Albums (IRMA)[40]52

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Europe{{start date|2012|3|30|df=y}}Sony{{hlist|CD|digital download}}
Australia{{start date|2012|4|6|df=y}}
Japan{{start date|2012|4|11|df=y}}
United Kingdom{{start date|2012|4|2|df=y}}Epic{{hlist|CD|digital download|LP}}
United States{{start date|2012|6|19|df=y}}Fearless

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=506037|title= Lostprophets Weapons release date|publisher=HMV}}
2. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/lostprophets/pages/family-tree.shtml|title= Lostprophets Family Tree|publisher=BBC |accessdate= 19 June 2012}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=569541|title= Lostprophets Weapons (Deluxe Edition)|publisher=HMV}}
4. ^http://www.thebookmarkshop.com/latin/latindictionary2.htm
5. ^{{cite news|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks9JWPcjnhc|title= Mike Lewis talks about Weapons|publisher= Dead Press}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= http://www.nme.com/news/lostprophets/56560|title= Lostprophets records Weapons at Hollywood with Ken Andrews|publisher=NME |accessdate= 10 May 2011}}
7. ^1 {{cite news|url= http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2012/01/lostprophets_announce_uk_and_i.html|title= Lostprophets announce UK and Ireland tour|publisher=Kerrang! |accessdate= 23 January 2012}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/ |title="Bring Em' Down" confirmed to be first official single |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-11-27}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/lostprophets/2012/rna-showgrounds-brisbane-australia-6bdefe02.html |title=Lostpeophets plays "We Bring an Arsenal" for the first time at Brisbane Soundwave 25 February 2012 |publisher=Setlist.fm |date= |accessdate=2012-11-27}}
10. ^{{cite web|last=Lowe|first=Zane|title=Hottest Record - Lostprophets - Better Off Dead|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2012/01/hottest_record_-_lostprophets.html|publisher=BBC Radio 1|accessdate=6 January 2012|date=6 January 2012}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Lostprophets Announce Details Of New Album|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/lostprophets-announce-details-of-new-album|publisher=Rock Sound|accessdate=5 January 2012|date=5 January 2012}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/lostprophets-announce-details-of-new-album |title=Lostprophets have announced they will release their fifth studio album, 'Weapons' on April 02 through Epic |publisher=Rocksound.tv |date= |accessdate=2012-11-27}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/lostprophets/61264 |title=Lostprophets announce April release of fifth album |publisher=Nme.com |date=2012-01-05 |accessdate=2012-11-27}}
14. ^{{cite web|author=Zane Lowe |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2012/02/hottest_record_-_lostprophets_1.html |title=Zane Lowe's Hottest Records blog: Hottest Record - Lostprophets - Bring 'Em Down |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2012-11-27}}
15. ^{{cite news|url= http://fearlessrecords.com/post/269|title= Lostprophets signed with Fearless Records|publisher=Fearless Records |accessdate= 10 March 2012}}
16. ^{{Citation| title = United They Stand| newspaper = Kerrang!| pages = 22–27| date = 7 October 2009}}
17. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/4950104|title= Lostprophets Weapons (Japanese Deluxe Edition)|publisher=HMV Japan |accessdate= 11 April 2012}}
18. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA-%E5%88%9D%E5%9B%9E%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4-DVD%E4%BB%98-%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%84/dp/B0070YG0PI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1333408200&sr=1-1|title= Lostprophets Weapons (Japanese Deluxe Edition)|publisher=Amazon Japan |accessdate= 11 April 2012}}
19. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/weapons-deluxe-edition/id528765809|title= Lostprophets Weapons (US Deluxe Edition)|publisher=iTunes |accessdate= 29 May 2012}}
20. ^{{cite news|url= https://www.facebook.com/lostprophets/posts/373863015997205|title= Lostprophets announces to headline Warped Tour UK|publisher=Warp Tour |accessdate= 9 May 2012}}
21. ^1 {{cite news|url= https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bring-em-down-single/id508054975|title= "Bring 'Em Down" digital download|publisher=iTunes |accessdate= 23 March 2012}}
22. ^1 {{cite news|url= http://www.purplerevolver.com/music/open-mic/122355-lostprophets-release-new-single-we-bring-an-arsenal-and-announce-uk-tour.html|title= Lostprophets release new single We Bring An Arsenal and announce UK tour|publisher=Purple Revolver |accessdate= 8 May 2012}}
23. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://hailthehero.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/lostprophets-to-release-new-single-jesus-walks-september-10th/|title= Lostprophets to release Jesus Walks as new single|publisher=HailtheHero |accessdate= 7 September 2012}}
24. ^https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/19/lostprophets-singer-ian-watkins-charged
25. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/10/lostprophets-he-said-he-was-innocent|title=Lostprophets: 'He said he was innocent'|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|date=10 July 2014|work=The Guardian|accessdate=14 December 2018|quote=The last time Lee Gaze saw Ian Watkins was in December 2012, when the pair met in London to film the video for a single from Lostprophets' fifth album, Weapons. Though the rest of the band were in America, leaving the guitarist and singer to shoot the clip on their own, Watkins was upbeat.}}
26. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/weapons-r2385735/review|title=Weapon - Lostprophets|publisher=Allmusic|first=James|last=Monger|accessdate=2012-05-16}}
27. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/lostprophets_weapons|title=Weapon - Lostprophets|publisher=Alternative Press|first=Dan|last=Slessor|accessdate=2012-04-02}}
28. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/26gw|title=Review of Lostprophets - Weapons|publisher=BBC Online|first=Ian|last=Winwood|date=2012-03-28|accessdate=2012-04-01}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/29/lostprophets-weapons-cd-review |title=Lostprophets: Weapons – review|publisher=The Guardian|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|date=2012-03-29|accessdate=2012-04-01}}
30. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/lostprophets-weapons/|title=Lostprophets: Weapons – review from DIY|publisher=DIY|first=Greg|last=Inglis|date=2012-04-02|accessdate=2012-04-02}}
31. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesmusic/2012/04/lostprophets-weapons-what-the-papers-say.shtml|title=Lostprophets's Weapons: what the papers say|publisher=BBC Wales|date=2012-04-02|accessdate=2012-04-03}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/lostprophets-4_0312.htm|title=Lostprophets - Weapons|publisher=MusicOMH|first=Laurence|last=Green|date=2012-04-02|accessdate=2012-04-03}}
33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/lostprophets/12965 |title=Lostprophets: Weapons – review|publisher=NME|first=Kelly|last=Murry|date=2012-03-30|accessdate=2012-03-30}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/49066/Lostprophets-Weapons/|title=Lostprophets - Weapons|first=Adam|last=Knott|date=2012-04-08|accessdate=2012-05-16}}
35. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/weapons/critic-reviews|title=Metacritic Lostprophets|publisher=Metacritic|date=2012-04-02|accessdate=2012-05-16}}
36. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Weapons+-+CD/5577455.p;jsessionid=016BA85A814E2C4F6D7B49F75B2CF835.bbolsp-app02-42?id=2467381&skuId=5577455&st=lostprophets&lp=1&cp=1|title= Lostprophets Weapons (US CD)|publisher= Best Buy |accessdate= 19 June 2012}}
37. ^1 2 {{cite AV media notes | title=Weapons (album) | year=2012 | others=Lostprophets | type=liner notes | publisher=Epic | location=UK }}
38. ^{{cite AV media notes | title=Weapons (JPalbum)| year=2012 | others=Lostprophets | type=liner notes | publisher=Epic | location=Japan }}
39. ^austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich
40. ^{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lostprophets|title=Chart Irish Lostprophets|publisher=Irish cahrts|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ZQac212b5QKxZ5Sp9-D2s4IkywKdyOy Weapons] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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