Comatose (2006)
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Comatose is the sixth studio album by the Christian rock band Skillet, released on October 18, 2006 by Ardent Records, SRE/INO Records and Lava/Atlantic Records. The album was produced by lead singer John Cooper and Canadian musician and songwriter Brian Howes. Starting with this album and in future releases, Skillet uses their stylized band font name.
Comatose continues their modern rock/alternative and nu metal sound as heard from their previous release Collide, which gave Skillet some media and mainstream exposure. The keyboards are downplayed in favor of distorted guitars and included more of an emphasis on orchestral arrangements in the vein of Skillets's counterpart band Evanescense. Cooper and Howes have written seven songs together with Cooper writing four songs by himself. Five singles were released to both mainstream rock and Christian radio between 2006 and 2008 with the title song released solely to Christian Rock radio. It is their most streamed track on the album with more than 285 million plays. Four of those singles have been certified Gold and with two of those four singles gone Platinum with combined sales of close to 3 million download copies.
Comatose has charted on the following Billboard albums charts:
#4 Billboard Top Christian Albums
#55 Billboard 200
#19 Billboard Top Rock Albums
#24 Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums
Comatose was certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) on November 3, 2009 and then went Platinum selling over a million copies by 2016. In 2008, Skillet won their first Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for the title song at the 39th GMA Dove Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album.
This is also the last album featuring Lori Peters as the drummer. In late 2007, Peters took some time to train Skillet's next drummer, Jen Ledger.
Track listing
All songs were written by John Cooper and Brian Howes, except where noted.
1. Rebirthing -3:54
2. The Last Night -3:31
3. Yours to Hold -3:42
4. Better Than Drugs -3:58
5. Comatose -3:51
6. The Older I Get -3:39
7. Those Nights (John Cooper) -3:47
8. Falling Inside the Black (John Cooper) -3:31
9. Say Goodbye (John Cooper) -4:17
10. Whispers in the Dark -3:25
11. Looking for Angels (John Cooper) -4:32
Personnel
Skillet:
John Cooper -lead vocals, bass guitar, guitars, acoustic piano, additional string
arrangements
Korey Cooper -backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, acoustic piano, programming,
additional string arrangements
Ben Kasica -guitars
Lori Peters -drums
additional musicians:
Brian Howes -additional guitars and backing vocals
Paul Buckmaster -string arrangements and conductor (tracks 1 and 3)
Suzie Katayama –string contractor (tracks 1 and 3)
RIAA certifications
Gold certified in 2009.
Platinum certified in 2016.
"Rebirthing" single Gold certified in 2018.
"Whispers in the Dark" single Gold certified in 2014, Platinum certified in 2020.
"Comatose" single Gold certified in 2017, Platinum certified in 2022.
"The Last Night" single Gold certified in 2022.
Accolades
Dove Award -Rock Recorded Song of the Year ("Comatose")
Radio singles
2006 -2007 "Rebirthing" -#7 R&R Christian CHR, #9 Billboard Hot Christian Songs,
#9 Billboard Christian Airplay
2006 -2007 "Whispers in the Dark" -#31 R&R Active Rock, #34 Billboard
Mainstream Rock Airplay
Mainstream Rock Airplay
2007 -2008 "The Older I Get" -#1 R&R Christian CHR for 10 weeks, #26 R&R Active
Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay
2008 "Those Nights" -#1 R&R Christian CHR for 5 weeks, #22 Billboard Hot Christian
Songs, #22 Billboard Christian Airplay
Next release: Comatose Comes Alive (2008)
Watch the playlist of music videos from Comatose here:
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