Collide with the Sky
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{{Expand German|topic=cult|date=July 2023}}{{Infobox album
| name = Collide with the Sky
| type = studio
| artist = Pierce the Veil
| cover = CollidewiththeSkycover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|07|17}}
| recorded = February–April 2012
| venue =
| studio = House of Loud, Elmwood Park, New Jersey
| genre =
- Post-hardcore
- emo{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/best-emo-releases-2012/|title=12 best emo releases of 2012, from Pierce The Veil to Modern Baseball|work=Alternative Press|last=Decaro|first=Alessandro|date=2 September 2022|access-date=October 23, 2022}}
- pop-punk{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far|magazine= Rolling Stone|date= January 10, 2025|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-21st-century-1235177256/|accessdate= January 10, 2025|quote=Pierce the Veil struck an exemplary balance between pop and punk on [Collide with the Sky.}}
| length = 46:06
| label = Fearless
| producer = {{flatlist|
}}
| prev_title = Selfish Machines
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Misadventures
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Collide with the Sky
| type = studio
| single1 = King for a Day
| single1date = June 5, 2012
| single2 = Bulls in the Bronx
| single2date = June 26, 2012
| single3 = Hell Above
| single3date = December 21, 2012
}}
}}
Collide with the Sky is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil, released on July 17, 2012, by Fearless Records. The album spawned the hit songs "King for a Day", "A Match into Water", "Bulls in the Bronx" and "Hell Above", all of which remain staples of the group's discography.{{Cite web |last=Crane |first=Matt |date=2015-03-21 |title=The 10 Best Pierce The Veil Songs |url=https://www.altpress.com/the_10_best_pierce_the_veil_songs/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jamison |first=Darren |date=2023-04-21 |title=10 Best Pierce the Veil Songs of All Time - Singersroom.com |url=https://singersroom.com/w3/10-best-pierce-the-veil-of-all-time/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kamau |first=Eric |date=2023-01-19 |title=Top 10 Pierce The Veil Songs |url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-pierce-the-veil-songs/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=ClassicRockHistory.com |language=en-US}}On Spotify and Apple Music, the tracks are amongst their most streamed songs.
Composition
According to frontman/rhythm guitarist Vic Fuentes, "King for a Day" is about "standing up to the people who think they are better than you, or try to take advantage of you."McMahon ed. 2015, p. 15 He added that he "felt like I wasn't cool enough, or good enough, for some people. It's a very angry song in retaliation to these bottled-up thoughts and emotions".
Album art
Talking about the album's art, Fuentes has said, "The theme to the album artwork is 'jumping off of the ground that is breaking beneath you.' The idea is to inspire hope amongst the chaos that may be happening around you. If the ground was breaking beneath your feet, your first reaction may be to run and jump to safety, and it's that moment where you are suspended in the air that I am focusing on. A still frame where you're not sure if the person is falling or flying. It's about freeing yourself from the things that are breaking or falling apart in your life, and inspiring a sense of hope from the desperation."{{Cite web |url=http://tumblr.piercetheveil.net/post/23235080713/hey-yall-vic-here-so-its-been-a-long-and-in |title=Pierce the Veil, Hey y'all, Vic here! So It's been a long and, in |access-date=May 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520174252/http://tumblr.piercetheveil.net/post/23235080713/hey-yall-vic-here-so-its-been-a-long-and-in |archive-date=May 20, 2012 }}
Release
Collide with the Sky is the band's first release on Fearless Records, as their previous two albums were released on Equal Vision Records. It was made available for pre-order through Merchnow on June 6, 2012. The band touring as part of the 2012 Warped Tour throughout July and August The album's first single, "King for a Day", was released on June 5, 2012. It features Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens as a guest vocalist.{{cite web|last=Yancey |first=Bryne |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/kellin_quinn_sleeping_with_sirens_guests_on_new_pierce_the_veil_single |title=Kellin Quinn (Sleeping With Sirens) guests on new Pierce The Veil single - Alternative Press |publisher=Altpress.com |date=May 25, 2012 |access-date=May 7, 2013}} "Bulls in the Bronx" was chosen as the second single and released on June 26, 2012. On August 6, the band released a music video for "King for a Day". The video features the band "taking down the bad guy and gettlng back at him for treating us poorly", according to Fuentes. Preciado came up with this idea "because he'd always wanted to do a 'heist'."
They went on their first ever headlining UK tour in September. In October and November, the band went on the headlining Collide with the Sky Tour in the US with support from Sleeping with Sirens, Tonight Alive and Hands Like Houses.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/pierce_the_veil_announce_collide_with_the_sky_tour|title=Pierce The Veil announce 'Collide With The Sky' tour|work=Alternative Press|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc|author=Bird, Michele |date=August 6, 2012|access-date=December 17, 2017}} On December 21, "Hell Above" was released as a single, along with a live music video. In February and March 2013, the band performed at Soundwave festival in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2012/08/metallica_linkin_park_paramore.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013011811/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2012/08/metallica_linkin_park_paramore.html|title=Metallica, Linkin Park, Paramore, Blink-182 and more for Soundwave 2013!|work=Kerrang! |author=Sam|date=August 8, 2012|archive-date=October 13, 2012|access-date=June 12, 2017}} In April and May, the band went on the Spring Fever tour, a co-headlining North America tour with All Time Low, with support from Mayday Parade and You Me at Six.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/pierce_the_veil_all_time_low_spring_fever_tour_dates|title=Pierce The Veil and All Time Low announce co-headlining tour dates; YMAS, Mayday Parade to support|work=Alternative Press|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc|author=Whitt, Cassie|date=January 7, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2017}} In September and October, the band supported A Day to Remember on the House Party tour in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/a_day_to_remember_announce_tour_with_pierce_the_veil_and_all_time_low|title=A Day To Remember announce tour with Pierce The Veil and All Time Low|work=Alternative Press|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc|author=Whitt, Cassie|date=July 23, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2017}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Alternative Press
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}
| rev2 = Big Cheese
| rev3 = Rocksound
| rev3Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|last=Sayce |first=Rob |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/pierce-the-veil-collide-with-the-sky |title=Pierce The Veil - Collide With The Sky | Reviews | Rock Sound |publisher=Rocksound.tv |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=May 7, 2013}}
| rev4 = Rockfreaks.net
| rev4Score = {{Rating|7.5|10}}{{cite web|author=TL |url=http://www.rockfreaks.net/albums/5076 |title=Pierce The Veil - Collide With The Sky |publisher=Rockfreaks.net |date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=May 7, 2013}}
| rev5 = Kerrang!
| rev5Score = KKKK{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
}}
The album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 12, selling over 27,000 copies in its debut week.{{cite web|last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690414/nas-life-is-good-album-billboard.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728040626/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690414/nas-life-is-good-album-billboard.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |title=Life Is Good For Nas Atop Billboard Charts - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV.com |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=May 7, 2013}} The album has sold over 120,000 copies as of May 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1561420/pierce-the-veil-give-inside-look-at-bulls-in-the-bronx-exclusive-video|title=Pierce the Veil Give Inside Look at 'Bulls in the Bronx': Exclusive Video|publisher=Billboard}} As of March 2016, the album has sold nearly 350,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/pierce-the-veil-to-release-misadventures-album-in-may/|title=PIERCE THE VEIL To Release 'Misadventures' Album In May|work=Blabbermouth|date=March 18, 2016|access-date=March 20, 2015}} In October 2016, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units.
The album has been received well by critics. Alternative Press rated the album 4/5 stars saying "Collide with the Sky is PTV's best work to date". They praised the album for the power pop hooks on "Props & Mayhem", saying that you should download "Tangled in the Great Escape". AbsolutePunk commented that the album is "sure to continue Pierce the Veil's steady ascent to the top of their league", concluding that "[it] proves Pierce the Veil are seemingly still one step ahead of everyone else when it comes to concocting energetic slices of post-hardcore and that they won't be dropping the ball any time soon."
Track listing
All songs written by Vic and Mike Fuentes, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1 = May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight
| length1 = 1:22
| title2 = Hell Above
| length2 = 3:37
| title3 = A Match into Water
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = King for a Day
| length4 = 3:57
| note4 = featuring Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens
| title5 = Bulls in the Bronx
| note5 = V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, Jaime Preciado, Tony Perry
| length5 = 4:28
| title6 = Props & Mayhem
| length6 = 3:38
| title7 = Tangled in the Great Escape
| note7 = featuring Jason Aalon Butler of Letlive.
| length7 = 5:57
| title8 = I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket
| length8 = 4:12
| title9 = The First Punch
| note9 = V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, Tom Denney
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = One Hundred Sleepless Nights
| note10 = V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, Preciado, Perry
| length10 = 3:42
| title11 = Stained Glass Eyes and Colorful Tears
| length11 = 3:39
| title12 = Hold on Till May
| note12 = featuring Lindsey Stamey of Oh No Fiasco
| length12 = 4:39
| total_length = 46:10
}}
;Bonus tracks
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes bonus track
| title13 = I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket
| length13 = 3:40
| note13 = Alternate version
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Amazon U.S. MP3 bonus track
| title13 = Hold on Till May
| length13 = 4:42
| note13 = Acoustic
}}
Personnel
Personnel per digital booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Collide with the Sky |others=Pierce the Veil |year=2012 |type=Digital booklet |publisher=Fearless |page=6}}
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;Pierce the Veil
- Vic Fuentes – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Mike Fuentes – drums
- Jaime Preciado – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tony Perry – lead guitar
;Additional musicians
- Kellin Quinn (Sleeping with Sirens) – vocals on "King for a Day"
- Jason Butler (letlive., Fever 333) – vocals on "Tangled in the Great Escape"
- Lindsey Stamey (Oh No Fiasco) – vocals on "Hold on Till May"
- Dave Yaden – piano, keyboards
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;Production
- Dan Korneff, Kato Khandwala – producers
- Dan Korneff – mixing
- Brian Robbins – additional engineer, digital editing
- John Bender – engineer
- Jim Romano – digital editing, assistant engineer
- Alex Prieto – digital editing, guitar tech
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Aaron Marsh for Forefathers Group – cover illustration, layout design
- Daniel Danger – artwork concept
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Chart positions
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| UK Independent Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20120722/131/ |title=2012 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive 28th July 2012 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=July 28, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2014}}
| 40 |
| scope="row"| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20120722/112/ |title=2012 Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive 28th July 2012 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=July 28, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2014}}
| 21 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Pierce the Veil|rowheader=true|access-date=July 18, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=Pierce the Veil|rowheader=true|access-date=July 18, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|2|artist=Pierce the Veil|rowheader=true|access-date=July 18, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Pierce the Veil|rowheader=true|access-date=July 18, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|1|artist=Pierce the Veil|rowheader=true|access-date=July 18, 2016}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Billboard Hard Rock Albums{{cite magazine| url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-hard-rock-albums | magazine = Billboard | access-date = December 9, 2014 | title = 2012 Year End Charts - Hard Rock Albums}}
|30 |
| scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"|US Billboard Hard Rock Albums{{cite magazine| url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-hard-rock-albums | magazine = Billboard | access-date = December 9, 2014 | title = 2013 Year End Charts - Hard Rock Albums}}
|42 |
| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"|US Billboard Hard Rock Albums{{cite magazine| url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hard-rock-albums | magazine = Billboard | access-date = December 9, 2014 | title = 2014 Year End Charts - Hard Rock Albums}}
|31 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2012|certyear=2025|title=Collide with the Sky|artist=Pierce the Veil|id=17708-5795-2|access-date=June 6, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2012|certyear=2016|title=Collide with the Sky|artist=Pierce the Veil|access-date=June 6, 2025}}
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Release history
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|+Release dates and formats for Collide with the Sky |
| scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Edition ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Ref. |
|---|
| scope="row" | United Kingdom
| July 16, 2012 |CD | rowspan="3" |Standard | rowspan="2" | Fearless |
| scope="row" | Various
| rowspan="3" | July 17, 2012 |{{Hlist|CD|digital download|LP|5=streaming}} |
| scope="row" | Australasia
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|Digital download|streaming}} |Shock |
| scope="row" | Various
| rowspan="2" |Bonus track |Fearless |
| scope="row" | Japan
|August 22, 2012 |CD |Triple Vision |
| scope="row" | United States
|November 11, 2013 | rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|DVD|CD}} | rowspan="2" |This Is a Wasteland bundle | rowspan="2" |Fearless | rowspan="2" |Michele Bird: Alternative Press: [http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/pierce_the_veil_announce_this_is_a_wasteland_documentary_details Pierce The Veil announce ‘This Is A Wasteland’ documentary details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408155740/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/pierce_the_veil_announce_this_is_a_wasteland_documentary_details|date=2016-04-08}} |
| scope="row" | Various
|November 25, 2013 |
References
Citations
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Sources
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- {{cite journal|editor1-last=McMahon|editor1-first=James|title=Rock 100: Kings for a Year!|journal=Kerrang!|date=April 11, 2015|issue=1563|publisher=Bauer Media Group|location=London|issn=0262-6624}}
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3zKGZltIop-APac4ZyQ4USsvtZ9wpkn5 Collide with the Sky] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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