The Economy of Sound is the fifth studio album

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 by American post-grunge

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 band Seven Mary Three

Seven Mary Three

Seven Mary Three, occasionally abbreviated to 7 Mary 3 or 7M3, is an American hard rock band. They have released seven studio albums and one live album, and are best known for their hit singles "Cumbersome", "Water's Edge", "Lucky", and "Wait"....

. It was released on , 2001 on Mammoth Records

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. The album peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200

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on June 23, 2001.

The album's Billboard

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-charting singles were "Wait" (#7 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #21 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks) and "Sleepwalking" (#39 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks).

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Ross, except where noted.

1. "Sleepwalking" (Ross/Juliano) – 2:48
2. "Wait
   Wait (Seven Mary Three song)
   "Wait" is a song by Seven Mary Three and the lead single from their fifth studio album, The Economy of Sound, released on June 5, 2001. It also served as the English lead single to the Crazy/Beautiful film soundtrack released three weeks later...
   
   " – 3:08
3. "Faster" – 3:22
4. "Summer is Over" (Ross/Daniel/Juliano) – 2:56
5. "Honey" – 3:15
6. "Still I Find You" – 4:00
7. "Breakdown" (Ross/Daniel) – 2:34
8. "Man in Control?" – 4:11
9. "Zeroes & Ones" (Ross/McKendree) – 4:34
10. "First Time Believers" – 3:01
11. "Steal a Car" – 2:26
12. "Tug" – 4:06

Album credits

• Jason Ross – Vocals and guitars
• Giti Khalsa – Drums and percussion
• Casey Daniel – Bass
• Thomas Juliano – Lead guitar, slide, and backing vocals
• Kevin McKendree – Keyboards, slide, and 335
• Eric Gardner – Additional percussion

Production

• Producers: Jason Ross, Tom Morris, and Neal Avron
• Engineering: Tom Morris with Matt Martone
• Mixing: Neal Avron, except Tracks 1 and 2 mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
  Chris Lord-Alge
  Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
  
  
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Art Direction: Lane Wurster
• Graphic Design: Chris Eselgroth
• Photography: Christian Lantry