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With a Grammy nomination and the sales figures to back it up, Skillet have merged as one of the most successful Christian rock bands of the `00s. Their 2009 effort, AWAKE, is a return to the harder-edged rock sound of the band's 2006 album COMATOSE. Melding raw, dissonant riffs with a soaring, anthemic builds and harmonizing, Skillet's passionate message is relayed in progressive-tinged rock that, while faith-based, is not lacking one bit in its sheer visceral power.
Personnel: Jen Ledger, Jen Ledger (vocals, drums); John Cooper, John L. Cooper (vocals); Ben Kasica (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jonathan Chu (violin); Korey Cooper (keyboards, programming, keyboard programming); Howard Benson (keyboards).
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Andrew Schubert; Brad Townsend.
Recording information: Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village, CA; Sparky Dark, Calabasas, CA.
Editor: Ben Kasica.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Awake Music | List Price | $13.98 (You save $2.29) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Gospel, Christian, Contemporary Christian Music | | Label | Atlantic | | Orig Year | 2009 | | All Time Sales Rank |  53174  | | CD Universe Part number | 7979217 | | Catalog number | 519927 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 25, 2009 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Howard Benson | | Engineer | Hatsukazu Inagaki; Mike Plotnikoff | | Recording Time | 42 minutes | | Personnel | Howard Benson, Korey Cooper, Ben Kasica, John L. Cooper, John Cooper, Jonathan Chu, Jen Ledger |
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