Pop Evil (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pop Evil
| type = studio
| artist = Pop Evil
| cover = PopEvil Cover 3000px.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2018|02|16}}
| recorded = *Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Sphere Studios (Los Angeles, California)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hard rock, alternative rock
| length = 44:16
| label = eOne Music
| producer = Kato Khandwala
| prev_title = Up
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Versatile
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Pop Evil
| type = studio
| single1 = Waking Lions
| single1date = October 30, 2017
| single2 = A Crime to Remember
| single2date = May 15, 2018{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8458847/pop-evil-a-crime-to-remember-video|title=Pop Evil Aims for Change With 'A Crime to Remember' Video|magazine=Billboard |publisher=}}
| single3 = Be Legendary
| single3date = October 23, 2018
}}
}}
Pop Evil is the fifth studio album by American rock band Pop Evil, released on February 16, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/pop-evil-self-titled-album-waking-lions-single/|title=Pop Evil Announce New Self-Titled Album, Release 'Waking Lions'|website=Loudwire|date=October 30, 2017 }} It is the band's first album to feature Hayley Cramer on drums.
The album received mixed reviews.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/pop-evil/ |title= POP EVIL |author= Ray Van Horn, Jr. |date= November 17, 2012 |work=Blabbermouth.net}}{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/pop-evil-pop-evil-album-review/ |title=Pop Evil Define Their Aggressive Bite With Self-Titled Release |author=Chad Childers |date=February 16, 2018 |publisher=Loudwire }}{{cite web |url=http://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/album-review/2018/02/album-review-pop-evil-pop-evil/ |title=Album Review: Pop Evil - Pop Evil |work=Moshville |date=February 19, 2018 }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Waking Lions
| writer1 = Leigh Kakaty, Drew Fulk, Josh Strock
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Colors Bleed
| writer2 = Kakaty, Kato Khandwala, Nick Fuelling, Dave Grahs, Matt DiRito, Hayley Cramer
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Ex Machina
| writer3 = Kakaty, Fulk, Strock
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Art of War
| writer4 = Kakaty, Khandwala, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer
| length4 = 3:42
| title5 = Be Legendary
| writer5 = Kakaty, Khandwala, Dave Bassett
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = Nothing But Thieves
| writer6 = Kakaty, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer
| length6 = 6:02
| title7 = A Crime to Remember
| writer7 = Kakaty, Bassett
| length7 = 3:23
| title8 = God's Dam
| writer8 = Kakaty, Khandwala, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer
| length8 = 4:38
| title9 = When We Were Young
| writer9 = Kakaty, Bassett
| length9 = 4:24
| title10 = Birds of Prey
| writer10 = Kakaty, Fuelling, Grahs, DiRito, Cramer, Shaun Lichtenstein
| length10 = 3:12
| title11 = Rewind
| writer11 = Kakaty, Khandwala, Bassett
| length11 = 3:51
| total_length = 44:16
}}
Personnel
=Pop Evil=
- Leigh Kakaty – lead vocals
- Nick Fuelling – guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Grahs – guitar, backing vocals
- Matt DiRito – bass, backing vocals
- Hayley Cramer – drums
=Additional contributors=
- Kato Khandwala – production, mixing, engineering
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Dave Bassett – additional production on "When We Were Young" and "Be Legendary"
- Matt Dougherty – programming, digital editing
- George Adrian – digital editing
- Mike Stankiewicz – engineering assistance
- George Adrian – engineering assistance
- Clay Patrick McBride – photography
- Mike Cortada – artwork, illustrations
- Paul Grosso – design
Charts
=Album=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|63|artist=Pop Evil|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 27, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|3|artist=Pop Evil|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 27, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|5|artist=Pop Evil|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 27, 2018}} |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Main. Rock {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pop-evil/chart-history/rtt/|title=Pop Evil Chart History|magazine=Billboard}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Waking Lions"
| 2017 | 1 || 24 |
| scope="row"| "A Crime to Remember"
| rowspan="2"| 2018 | 7 || — |
| scope="row"| "Be Legendary"
| 2 || 39 |
References
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