Saving Abel (2008 album)
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Saving Abel is the major label debut album of Saving Abel
. It was released on March 11, 2008 and produced by Skidd Mills
, producer of their independently released album of the same name.
The album peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200
, and was certified Gold
by the RIAA
on March 6, 2009.
" which has received airplay across the country. It has reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. It sold over 800,000 copies in the US alone.
The second single, "18 Days", reached #6 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Drowning (Face Down)" became their third single and received airplay across the country.
Saving Abel
Saving Abel is a American rock music group from Corinth, Mississippi, who were started in 2004 by Jared Weeks and Jason Null. The band title is from the ancient biblical story of Cain and Abel, that is about a brother who killed his own brother...
. It was released on March 11, 2008 and produced by Skidd Mills
Skidd Mills
Skidd Mills is a songwriter/producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Skidd began his career at Ardent Studios in 1991. There he learned from the likes of John Hampton, Joe Hardy, Jim Dickenson, and Paul Ebersold. In 2001, Skidd left Ardent and started 747 Studios with partner Paul Ebersold. It...
, producer of their independently released album of the same name.
The album peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, and was certified Gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
on March 6, 2009.
Track listing
B-Sides
- "Goodbye" - 4:07 ("Goodbye" is also on the 18 Days Tour EP)
- "After All" - 3:16 ("After All" is also on NCISNCIS (soundtrack)-Volume 1 Songs Used In NCIS Episodes:-Volume 2 Overview:NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack - Vol. 2 is the second soundtrack album from the television series NCIS...
Soundtrack.)
Singles
The first single off the album is "AddictedAddicted (Saving Abel song)
"Addicted" is the debut single of rock band Saving Abel from their 2008 self-titled album Saving Abel.The song is about a man who is "addicted" to a girl, either emotionally, or for the sex they have...
" which has received airplay across the country. It has reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. It sold over 800,000 copies in the US alone.
The second single, "18 Days", reached #6 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Drowning (Face Down)" became their third single and received airplay across the country.
Chart positions
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
49 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
1 |
Members
- Jared Weeks - lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Jason Null - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, backing vocals - Scott Bartlett - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, backing vocals - Eric Taylor - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Blake Dixon - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....