Tri-Polar

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tri-Polar

| type = studio

| artist = Sick Puppies

| cover = Tri-Polar album cover by Sick Puppies.jpg

| alt =

| released = 14 July 2009

| recorded = December 2008 – 2009

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = * Alternative metal

| length = 46:06

| label = Virgin

| producer = * Rock Mafia

| prev_title = Dressed Up as Life

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Live & Unplugged

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Tri-Polar

| type = studio

| single1 = You're Going Down

| single1date = 2 June 2009

| single2 = Odd One

| single2date = 2 November 2009

| single3 = Maybe

| single3date = 22 June 2010

| single4 = Riptide{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases |title=Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations, Independent Artist Song Releases |publisher=Allaccess.com |accessdate=2012-03-12}}

| single4date = 8 February 2011

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Studio album

| cover = TriPolar.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption =

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |first=Jody |last=Macgregor |title=Review: Tri-Polar Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1596673|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=5 September 2009}}

|rev2 = Rock on Request

|rev2score = (favorable){{cite web|url=http://www.rockonrequest.com/id274.html|title=Tri-Polar|first=Anthony|last=Avina|work=Rock on Request|accessdate=2010-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009181959/http://www.rockonrequest.com/id274.html|archive-date=9 October 2011|url-status=usurped}}

|rev3 = Tunelab

|rev3score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}{{cite web|url=http://tunelab.com/2009/07/27/review-sick-puppies-tri-polar/ |title=Review: Sick Puppies – 'Tri-Polar' | tunelab™ |publisher=Tunelab.com |accessdate=2012-03-12}}

|rev4 = Type 3 Media

|rev4score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}{{cite web |first=J. |last=P. |title=Review: Review: Sick Puppies - 'Tri-Polar' |url=http://type3media.com/press/2009/07/14/album-review-sick-puppies-tri-polar/ |publisher=Type 3 Media |accessdate=5 September 2009}}

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Tri-Polar is the third studio album by Australian rock band Sick Puppies, released on 14 July 2009.{{cite web

|title = Sick Puppies' Tri-Polar Set To Take Off 14 July

|url = http://news.type3media.com/2009/05/15/1712

|date = 2009-05-15

|accessdate = 2009-05-16

|work = Type 3 Media

}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}

The album debuted at number 31 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling around 16,500 copies. Tri-Polar has sold over 379,000 copies as of 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/sick_puppies_tri-polar_debuts_in_billboard_top_40.html |title=Sick Puppies' Tri-Polar Debuts in Billboard Top 40 | News @ |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |date=2009-07-23 |accessdate=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001182852/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/press_releases/sick_puppies_tri-polar_debuts_in_billboard_top_40.html |archivedate=1 October 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/sales_ur.cgi|title = Upcoming Releases}}

The band's first single titled "You're Going Down", was used by the WWE as the official theme song for their PPV event WWE Extreme Rules 2009, and the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. The song was also used in the 2010 live-action film adaptation of Tekken and the trailer for My Soul to Take.

The song "War" was written for Capcom's video game Street Fighter IV and has been used in their respective advertisements for the game.{{cite news |url=http://www.streetfighter.com/flash/ |title=Flash Banner Ad |publisher=Streetfighter.com |accessdate=2012-06-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220142936/http://www.streetfighter.com/flash/ |archivedate=20 February 2012}}

The second single from the album, titled "Odd One", was released to rock radio on 10 November 2009.

The third single, "Maybe", was released to rock radio on 22 June 2010. This is the band's most successful single to date.

The fourth single from the album, "Riptide", was released to rock radio on 8 February 2011.

The album's cover art is a rendering of Borromean rings.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Standard

| all_writing = Shimon Moore, Emma Anzai, Antonina Armato, and Tim James, except where noted.

| title1 = War

| writer1 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai}}

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = I Hate You

| writer2 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Marti Frederiksen}}

| length2 = 3:28

| title3 = Riptide

| length3 = 3:11

| title4 = You're Going Down

| length4 = 3:07

| title5 = Odd One

| length5 = 3:47

| title6 = So What I Lied

| length6 = 3:42

| title7 = Survive

| writer7 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Skidd Mills|Jason Null}}

| length7 = 3:12

| title8 = Should've Known Better

| writer8 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Mills}}

| length8 = 3:52

| title9 = Maybe

| writer9 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length9 = 3:29

| title10 = Don't Walk Away

| writer10 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length10 = 3:48

| title11 = Master of the Universe

| length11 = 3:33

| title12 = In It for Life

| length12 = 4:05

| title13 = White Balloons

| length13 = 3:39

| total_length = 46:06

}}

{{track listing

| headline = iTunes bonus track

| total_length =

| title14 = Dead Space

| length14 = 3:12

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Walmart digital bonus track

| total_length =

| title14 = The Pretender

| writer14 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Armato|James|Schmalholz}}

| length14 = 3:08

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Napster bonus track

| total_length =

| title14 = Til Something Breaks

| note14 =

| writer14 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Brett Creswell}}

| length14 = 2:47

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus disc

| title1 = You're Going Down

| note1 = Polar Opposite version

| length1 = 4:09

| title2 = Riptide

| note2 = Polar Opposite version

| length2 = 3:21

| title3 = Maybe

| note3 = Polar Opposite version

| writer3 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = Odd One

| note4 = Polar Opposite version

| length4 = 3:44

| title5 = Don't Walk Away

| note5 = Polar Opposite version

| writer5 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length5 = 3:42

| title6 = All the Same

| note6 = Polar Opposite version

| length6 = 4:16

| title7 = White Balloons

| note7 = Polar Opposite version

| length7 = 3:24

| title8 = Dead Space

| length8 = 3:12

| title9 = The Pretender

| writer9 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Armato|James|Schmalholz}}

| length9 = 3:08

| title10 = Til Something Breaks

| writer10 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Creswell}}

| length10 = 2:47

| title11 = Monsters

| writer11 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Creswell}}

| length11 = 4:08

| total_length = 39:21

}}

{{track listing

| headline = International version{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1lzHraZnbTovp0SL4aZD4R |title=Tri-Polar (International Version) |publisher=Spotify |access-date=20 October 2024}}

| title1 = All the Same

| length1 = 4:19

| title2 = Riptide

| note2 = edit

| length2 = 3:00

| title3 = Maybe

| writer3 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length3 = 3:25

| title4 = Odd One

| length4 = 3:47

| title5 = You're Going Down

| length5 = 3:07

| title6 = Should've Known Better

| writer6 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Mills}}

| length6 = 3:52

| title7 = Don't Walk Away

| writer7 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length7 = 3:48

| title8 = White Balloons

| length8 = 3:39

| title9 = My World

| length9 = 3:59

| title10 = Survive

| writer10 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Mills|Null}}

| length10 = 3:12

| title11 = I Hate You

| writer11 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai|Frederiksen}}

| length11 = 3:28

| title12 = War

| writer12 = {{hlist|Moore|Anzai}}

| length12 = 3:14

| total_length = 42:54

}}

Tour

Sick Puppies supported Rev Theory and Breaking Benjamin during the end of 2009, and also co-headlined a tour with Hurt, The Veer Union, Adelitas Way and Tunnels to Holland as support acts.{{cite web|url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/09/may/18Sick_Puppies_Return_With_New_CD_and_Hurt_Tour.shtml |title=Sick Puppies Return With New CD and Hurt Tour - Sick Puppies News @ |publisher=Antimusic.com |date=2009-05-18 |accessdate=2012-03-12}} They also supported Nickelback on their Dark Horse World tour.

Sick Puppies headlined a 2010 summer tour with Janus, My Darkest Days and It's Alive as support.

On 14 December 2010, Shimon Moore announced during a show in Council Bluffs, IA that that show was the largest show ever to date. Also at that show was Shaman's Harvest and Emphatic.

Personnel

Sick Puppies

Artwork

  • Matt Taylor – cover design
  • Travis Shinn – photography

Production

  • Antonina Armato – producer
  • Tim James – producer
  • Adam Comstock, Dorian Crozier, Steve Hammons, Ross Hogarth, and Nigel Lundemo – engineers
  • Robert Vosgien – mastering
  • Ben Grosse and Mark Needham – mixing
  • Will Brierre and Paul Pavao – mixing assistants
  • Devrim "DK" Karaoglu – programming

Chart performances

=Album=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (2009–2011)

!Peak
position

New Zealand Albums Chart{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=Sick+Puppies|title=charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=7 November 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|17

US Billboard 200{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=all}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=12 March 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|31

US Billboard Alternative Albums{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Alternative Albums}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Albums|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=12 March 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

US Billboard Hard Rock Albums{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Hard Rock Albums}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Hard Rock Albums|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=12 March 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11

US Billboard Rock Albums{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Rock Albums}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=12 March 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|12

US Billboard Digital Albums

| style="text-align:center;"|24

UK Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110416cluk.txt |title=CHART: CLUK Update 16.04.2011 (wk13) |accessdate=2012-06-04}}

| style="text-align:center;"|148

=Singles=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Year

!rowspan="2"|Song

!colspan="4"|Peak positions

width="70" |U.S.
{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Adult Pop Songs}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Hot 100|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|accessdate=7 November 2010}}

! width="70" |Mainstream Rock
{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=sick-puppies-p837238/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Sick Puppies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|work=Allmusic|publisher=Nielsen Company|accessdate=7 November 2010}}

! width="70" |Alternative Songs
{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Alternative Songs}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|accessdate=7 November 2010}}

! width="70" |US
Rock

{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sick puppies|chart=Rock Songs}}|title=Sick Puppies Album & Song Chart History - Rock Songs|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|accessdate=7 November 2010}}

rowspan="2"|2009

|"You're Going Down"

| style="text-align:center;"|108

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|8

"Odd One"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|10

2010

|"Maybe"

| style="text-align:center;"|56

| style="text-align:center;"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|15

2011

|"Riptide"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|6

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Tri-Polar|artist=Sick Puppies|type=album|award=Gold|access-date=14 March 2025|relyear=2009|certyear=2024}}

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References