The Illusion of Progress

by Staind

Type: Album
Released: 19 August 2008
Label: Roadrunner
Country: United States
Length: 1:06:36
Community rating: 2.5/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Pete Ricci, Frank Harkins, Johnny April, John Pirruccello, Rick Barnes, Mike Mushok, Ted Jensen, Jon Wysocki, Aaron Lewis, Jordan Feldstein, Matt Hyde, Ryan Williams, Alison Taylor, Johnny K, Jessica Lawson, Danny Wimmer, Stevie Blacke, Nathan James

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Illusion of Progress' incorporates unexpected blues rock guitar textures into the band's established alternative metal-tinged post-grunge formula. The melancholic, highly introspective songwriting continues to explore themes of profound loneliness and depression.

Genres

Post-Grunge

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

This Is It (3:43)
The Way I Am (4:18)
Believe (4:17)
Save Me (4:52)
All I Want (3:29)
Pardon Me (5:02)
Lost Along the Way (4:20)
Break Away (4:10)
Tangled up in You (4:35)
Raining Again (3:53)
Rainy Day Parade (4:17)
The Corner (5:17)
Nothing Left to Say (4:40)
It's Been Awhile - Acoustic Live at Hiro Ballroom (4:49)
Schizophrenic Conversations - Live at Hiro Ballroom (4:46)

Credits

Staind - primary artist, performer, written-by
Justin Wilk - edited by [additional editing]
Tony "Tadpole" Mysliwiec - edited by [digital editing]
Aaron Lewis - lyrics by, performer, vocals, guitar, written-by
John Pirruccello - pedal steel guitar, steel guitar [pedal]
Carya Holmes-Brown - vocals [additional]
Emoni Wilkins - vocals [additional]
Lajuanese Robertson - vocals [additional]
Jeff Gilmer - engineer, engineer [assistant]
Ted Jensen - mastered by
Frank Harkins - art direction, design
Danny Wimmer - a&r
Alison Taylor - management
Jessica Lawson - management
Jordan Feldstein - management
Nathan James - mastered by
Matt Hyde - mixed by
Ryan Williams - mixed by
Chapman Baehler - photography by [band photography]
Deborah Raven - photography by [front and back photography]
Sal Giancorelli - technician [drums]