Liberation Transmission
Studio album by
Lostprophets
Released26 June 2006 (2006-06-26)
Recorded2005–2006
StudioThe Sound Factory, Hollywood, California and Plantation Mixing and Recording, Maui, Hawaii, US
Genre
Length48:51
Label
ProducerBob Rock
Lostprophets chronology
Start Something
(2004) 		Liberation Transmission
(2006) 		The Betrayed
(2010)
Singles from Liberation Transmission
  1. "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
    Released: 19 June 2006
  2. "A Town Called Hypocrisy"
    Released: 11 September 2006
  3. "The New Transmission"
    Released: 3 October 2006[3] (radio airplay)
  4. "Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)"
    Released: 27 November 2006
  5. "4:AM Forever"
    Released: 23 April 2007

Liberation Transmission is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 26 June 2006 by Visible Noise.


Recording

This is the first Lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed at the request of Bob Rock, but the band's first choice was Travis Barker.[citation needed] Ilan Rubin also played drums for the songs "Everybody's Screaming!!!" and "For All These Times Son, for All These Times".

Release

"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" was released to American radio on 16 May 2006.[4] On 13 June, "For All These Times Son, For All These Times" was made available for streaming via the band's Myspace profile.[5] On 25 June, the album was made available for streaming via Alternative Press,[6] and was a day later through Columbia. From late August to mid October, the band went on a headlining tour of the US with support from Kill Hannah, the Rasmus and Eighteen Visions.[7] "The New Transmission" was released to American radio on 3 October.[4] Following this, they went on another US tour later in October and running into November. The band was supported by Take the Crown and the Transit War.[8] In November and December, the band went on a brief UK tour with support from This Is Hell.[9]

Despite the success of “Rooftops” as a single in America, the album failed to match sales of its predecessor, and has not received any certification by the RIAA as of 2023.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusiclink
Drowned in Sound(7/10)[11]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[12]
IGN5.6/10[13]
Kerrang!
Melodic[14]
NME(8/10)[15]
Rock Sound
Rocklouder link
Sputnikmusic link

Initial critical response to Liberation Transmission was positive. At Metacritic the album received an average score of 73, based on 7 reviews. There were many positive reviews. NME said "Lostprophets are big and brash and brilliant. And this is rock'n'roll radio."[15] Drowned in Sound said "While Liberation Transmission may be a lyrical vacuum, it is also a musical masterclass in how to create 12 tracks of killer with almost no filler."[11] One of the mixed reviews was Entertainment Weekly who gave it a B− and said, "Around the world, 15-year-olds will fall for this band. Then they will turn 16 and move on",[12] while Observer Music Monthly followed saying "Lyrically absurd, musically turbo-fueled."[16]

It became the first Lostprophets album to enter the UK Albums Chart at number one (2 July for 1 week). The album peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 album chart with 27,000 copies sold.[17] By August 2006, the album had sold over 75,000 copies in the US.[18] The album has gone Platinum in the UK and was the 94th best selling album of 2006, with sales over 210,000 units.

References to other songs

"Everybody's Screaming!" has the outro, "It's not over, not over, not over, not over yet", a reference to the song, "Not Over Yet" by dance act Grace. According to Ian Watkins at local music show The Full Ponty, this song was written about how the bandmates hated their jobs. They went going out dancing at a club in Pontypridd after a bad week at work, and "Not Over Yet" was a song that they'd dance to every week.[19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lostprophets

No.TitleLength
1."Everyday Combat"5:11
2."A Town Called Hypocrisy"3:40
3."The New Transmission"3:33
4."Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"4:11
5."Can't Stop, Gotta Date with Hate"3:42
6."Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)"3:36
7."Everybody's Screaming!!!"3:52
8."Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story of a Lonely Girl"4:04
9."4:AM Forever"4:27
10."For All These Times Son, For All These Times"3:54
11."Heaven for the Weather, Hell for the Company"4:13
12."Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances)"4:25
Total length:48:51
Japanese limited edition bonus DVD[20]
No.TitleLength
1."Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" (music video)4:07
2."Last Train Home" (music video)4:12

Release history

Country Date
South Korea 26 June 2006
United Kingdom
Canada 27 June 2006
United States

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[21] 62
Austrian Albums Charts[22] 44
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[23] 74
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 69
Dutch Albums Charts[22] 87
European Top 100 Albums[25] 13
French Albums Charts[22] 94
German Albums Chart[26] 31
Irish Albums Chart[27] 30
Japanese Albums Chart[28] 11
New Zealand RIANZ Album Charts[22] 14
Swiss Albums Top 100[22] 34
UK Albums Chart[29] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[30] 1
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[31] 1
US Top Rock Albums[32] 9
US Billboard 200[33] 33
US Billboard Comprehensive Albums[34] 33

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Platinum 300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Liberation Transmission liner notes.[36]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission". Driven Far Off. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Lost Prophets | Exclaim!". Lost Prophets | Exclaim!. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. ^ a b "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Lostprophets release new song". Alternative Press. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. ^ "AP Exclusive: Stream the new Lostprophets album right now!". Alternative Press. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  7. ^ "AP Exclusive: Win tickets to any date of Lostprophets' U.S. tour!". Alternative Press. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  8. ^ "The Transit War added to Lostprophets' U.S. tour". Alternative Press. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Lostprophets touring U.K. with This Is Hell". Alternative Press. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Liberation Transmission Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Album Review: Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  12. ^ a b "Liberation Transmission". Entertainment Weekly.
  13. ^ Grischow, Chad (21 July 2006). "Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission". IGN. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  14. ^ Roth, Kaj (27 June 2006). "Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission". Melodic. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Lostprophets: Liberations Transmission - NME". NME. 23 June 2006.
  16. ^ "Liberation Transmission Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  17. ^ "India.Arie Scores First Billboard #1; Dashboard Rack Up Second #2". blabbermouth.net. 5 July 2006. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2006.
  18. ^ Pascarella, Tony (17 August 2006). "Soundscan Results: Week Ending August 13th, 2006". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  19. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Lostprophets - Full Ponty 07 (Part II)". YouTube.
  20. ^ "Lostprophets Liberation Transmission Japanese Promo 2-disc CD/DVD set (375941)". eil.com.
  21. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 171.
  22. ^ a b c d e charts.org.nz page on Liberation Transmission in various European charts, Cited 26 March 2008
  23. ^ "Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com.
  24. ^ "Top 100 Albums". Jam!. Archived from the original on 5 August 2006. Retrieved 8 December 2023.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  25. ^ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the European Top 100 Albums, Cited 26 March 2008
  26. ^ GmbH, musicline.de / PhonoNet. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
  27. ^ "irishcharts.com - Discography Lostprophets". irish-charts.com.
  28. ^ "ロストプロフェッツのアルバム売上ランキング".
  29. ^ UK Album Chart Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  32. ^ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the Top Rock Albums, Cited 26 March 2008
  33. ^ billboard.com page on Lostprophets in the billboard 200, Cited 26 March 2008
  34. ^ billboard.com Archived 14 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine page on Lostprophets in the Billboard Comprehensive Albums, Cited 26 March 2008
  35. ^ "British album certifications – Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission". British Phonographic Industry.
  36. ^ Liberation Transmission (CD booklet). Lostprophets. Visible Noise. 2006.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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