Ego_Trip_(Papa_Roach_album)

<i>Ego Trip</i> (Papa Roach album)

Ego Trip (Papa Roach album)

2022 studio album by Papa Roach

Ego Trip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Papa Roach. It was released on April 8, 2022, through New Noize. Six singles have been released from the album: "Swerve", "Kill the Noise", "Stand Up", "Cut the Line", "No Apologies", and "Leave a Light On (Talk Away The Dark)".

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Promotion

On August 1, 2021, the band released a new single entitled "Swerve", featuring Jason Aalon Butler of Fever 333 and American rapper Sueco.[5] On September 9, 2021, Papa Roach released the first radio single "Kill The Noise" from their upcoming eleventh studio album in 2022.[6] On October 29, 2021, the band released a new song "Dying To Believe".[7] On January 21, 2022, "Stand Up" followed as the album's fourth single.[8] The fourth single "Cut the Line" was released on March 1, 2022. The album Ego Trip was announced on the same day and was released on April 8, 2022.[9] A fifth single "No Apologies" was released on June 14, 2022.[10] On January 6, 2023, the band released a new version of "Swerve", featuring Hollywood Undead. In the same month, on January 27, they released a new version of another song, "Cut The Line", featuring Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo. They also announced a digital deluxe edition for Ego Trip, which released on March 17, 2023.

Critical reception

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Ego Trip was met with generally positive reviews from critics. At the aggregating website Metacritic, the album has received a normalized rating of 68 out of 100, based on 4 critical reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[11]

Commercial performance

Ego Trip debuted within the Top 40 in three different countries worldwide, including Germany, Scotland and Switzerland, charting the highest and peaking within the Top 10 at number 9 on the Swiss Hitparade chart. The album was considered a commercial disappointment in the United Kingdom, becoming the first album by the band to fail to chart on the UK Albums Chart, though it peaked on the UK Album Sales and UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart chart at number 18 and 3 respectively. In the United States, the album debuted at number 115 on the US Billboard 200 selling 6,900 copies in its first week, becoming the lowest charting album released by the band in their home country.[14] As of September 2022, Ego Trip had collated a total of 62,000 album equivalent units in the US.[15] By February 2024, sales of the album had doubled and currently stand at 125,000 total units sold.[16]

Track listing

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Credits

Additional musicians

  • Anthony Esperance - additional guitars
  • Jonathan Gering - keyboards, programming
  • Erica Sliver - backing vocals
  • Meron Ryan - backing vocals
  • Andrew Migliore - string arrangements

Production

  • Colin Brittain - producer, mixing
  • Andrew Goldstein - producer
  • Jonathan Gering - producer
  • Jason Evigan - producer, engineering
  • Nicholas Furlong - producer, engineering
  • Drew Fulk - producer, engineering
  • Chris Athens - mastering
  • Jim Hughes - layout
  • Kevin McCombs - additional production on track 3
  • Michael Nolasco - producer, engineering
  • Brenden Collins - assistant engineering
  • Darren Craig - Creative director, design
  • Bryson Roatch - Creative director

Charts

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