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"Savior" was released on June 3, 2009, as the third and final single from Rise Against's fifth album Appeal to Reason. [5] It remains one of the band's most successful singles to date, and spent a considerable amount of time on multiple Billboard music charts.
Appeal to Reason is the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against.It was released on October 7, 2008. A melodic hardcore album, Appeal to Reason marked a musical shift from the gritty hardcore punk sound that had previously defined the band's career to what some have viewed as a more radio-friendly sound, with greater emphasis on production and bigger, more anthemic choruses.
Rise Against's best charting singles are "Help Is on the Way", which reached number eighty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100; [17] and "Savior", which held the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts, with sixty-three and sixty-five weeks respectively.
Not all Rise Against songs discuss controversial topics. More personal stories about broken relationships and forgiveness are common lyrical themes, as is the concept of self-reflection. [178] [180] The Unraveling is an early example of this style of songwriting, as the majority of the album's songs focus on friendships and memories. [11]
The album comprises twenty-six tracks that span nearly thirteen years, and includes various B-sides, covers, and different versions of existing Rise Against songs. [5] Long Forgotten Songs is rooted in the band's signature hardcore punk [6] and melodic hardcore sound, [7] with lyrical themes ranging from relationships to politics. [8]
Rise Against switched to Geffen Records the following year, and made its major record label debut with Siren Song of the Counter Culture. In addition to becoming the band's first album to reach the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number 136, the success of the singles "Give It All" and "Swing Life Away" helped Rise Against achieve mainstream ...
Rise Against supported the album with The Sufferer & the Witness Tour throughout the second half of 2006 and all of 2007. [39] The band was a headliner on the 2006 Warped Tour in North America, [ 40 ] and in late 2006, the band co-headlined a tour with Thursday which included the bands Circa Survive and Billy Talent . [ 41 ]
As of 2021, McIlrath has recorded nine studio albums with Rise Against (The Unraveling, Revolutions per Minute, Siren Song of the Counter Culture, The Sufferer & the Witness, Appeal to Reason, Endgame, The Black Market, Wolves and Nowhere Generation), as well as a compilation album (The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol. 1) and EP (Nowhere Generation ...