The Electric Age

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The Electric Age
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Studio album by Overkill
Released March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)
Recorded September 2011–January 2012
Studio Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey
(see Studios)
Genre Thrash metal
Length 50:27
Label eOne Music (North America)
Nuclear Blast (Europe)
Producer Overkill
Overkill chronology
Ironbound
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(2012)		 White Devil Armory
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The Electric Age is the sixteenth studio album by the American thrash metal band Overkill, which was released on March 27, 2012 in the U.S. on eOne Music and in Europe three days later on Nuclear Blast.[1]

Reception and sales

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
Blabbermouth.net 9.5/10[3]
Exclaim! favorable[4]
Metal Storm 8.9/10[5]
Metal Forces 9/10[6]

The album sold about 6,700 copies in the United States during the first week of release, beating the band's first week sales of their previous record, Ironbound, which totalled 4,100 copies.[7] The Electric Age was also the first Overkill album to crack the top 100; the album peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200,[8] making it their second highest chart position so far (their next album, White Devil Armory, peaked at #31).[9] In its second week The Electric Age sold 2,950 copies and dropped to #170 on the Billboard 200, bringing the sales total to a little under 10,000 copies.[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Verni and Ellsworth. 

No. Title Length
1. "Come and Get It"   6:17
2. "Electric Rattlesnake"   6:19
3. "Wish You Were Dead"   4:19
4. "Black Daze"   3:55
5. "Save Yourself"   3:43
6. "Drop the Hammer Down"   6:25
7. "21st Century Man"   4:12
8. "Old Wounds, New Scars"   4:11
9. "All Over but the Shouting"   5:30
10. "Good Night"   5:36
Total length:
 50:26

All bonus tracks from Australian Ironbound Tour.[11]

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[12]

Personnel

Overkill
Production
Artwork and design

Studios

  • Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, NJ – recording
  • JRod Productions – additional recording
  • SKH Recording Studios, Stuart, FL – additional recording

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 73
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 34
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15] 35
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] 89
Korean International Albums (Gaon)[17] 30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 41
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 62
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[20] 23
US Billboard 200[21] 77
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 13
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24] 22
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[25] 15

References

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  2. ↑ Heaney, Gregory. The Electric Age - Overkill at AllMusic
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  13. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Overkill – The Electric Age" (in German). Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  15. ↑ "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2012. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ "South Korea Gaon International Album Chart". On the page, select "2012.04.01~2012.04.07", then "국외", to obtain the corresponding chart. Gaon Chart
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Overkill – The Electric Age". Hung Medien.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Overkill – The Electric Age". Hung Medien.
  20. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  21. ↑ "Overkill – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Overkill.
  22. ↑ "Overkill – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Overkill.
  23. ↑ "Overkill – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Overkill.
  24. ↑ "Overkill – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Overkill.
  25. ↑ "Overkill – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Overkill.

External links

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