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Five Crooked Lines

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Five Crooked Lines
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2015
RecordedNovember 8–28, 2014
StudioLow Country Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenrePost-grunge, hard rock
Length50:03
LabelThe Bicycle Music Company
ProducerDave Cobb
Finger Eleven chronology
Life Turns Electric
(2010)
Five Crooked Lines
(2015)
Greatest Hits
(2023)
Singles from Five Crooked Lines
  1. "Wolves and Doors"
    Released: June 9, 2015
  2. "Gods of Speed"
    Released: October 9, 2015
  3. "Blackout Song"
    Released: February 12, 2016
  4. "Not Going to Be Afraid"
    Released: September 12, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Ultimate Guitar.com(5.6/10)[2]

Five Crooked Lines is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, released July 31, 2015.[3] It is their first without drummer Rich Beddoe, after his departure in 2013, replaced by Chris Powell.[4]

Writing and recording

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On April 5, 2013, Finger Eleven tweeted: "The official inertia of our new album is growing." Toward the end of the year, they parted ways with longtime drummer Rich Beddoe.[5][6]

In November 2014, they announced via Facebook that Chris Powell will drum on the album. They recorded the album between November 8, 2014 and November 28, 2014.[4] By January 29, 2015, the album was in the final stages of production.[7]

On April 25, 2015, an open casting call was made for the album's first single's music video. "Wolves and Doors" premiered on Finger Eleven's VEVO page in June and was seen 100,000 times by July 31.

Critical reception

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Fives Crooked Lines received mixed reviews. James Christopher Monger of allMusic thought it "doesn't deviate too much from the band's post-grunge past, but it is built from more volatile stuff".[1] Ultimate Guitar Archive gave a mixed review: "Five Crooked Lines is not a completely avoidable album, but it's nothing to get that excited about."[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Finger Eleven

No.TitleLength
1."Gods of Speed"3:31
2."Criminal"3:13
3."Save Your Breath"3:02
4."Wolves and Doors"3:07
5."Come On, Oblivion"7:16
6."Not Going to Be Afraid"3:46
7."Five Crooked Lines"3:43
8."Blackout Song"4:04
9."Absolute Truth"3:05
10."Lost for Words"5:24
11."Sensory Eraser"3:33
12."A New Forever"4:28
Total length:50:03

Personnel

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Finger Eleven

  • Scott Anderson - vocals
  • James Black - guitar, vocals
  • Rick Jackett - guitar
  • Sean Anderson - bass

Additional

  • Chris Powell - drums

Charts

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Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 15
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] 44

References

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  1. ^ a b Monger, James Christopher (July 31, 2015). "Allmusic review of Five Crooked Lines". allmusic. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Five Crooked Lines Review by Ultimate Guitar". Ultimate Guitar.com. August 5, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Five Crooked Lines [Explicit]: Finger Eleven: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  4. ^ a b "Tracking for the new album is finished!!! - Finger Eleven (F11) - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Finger Eleven on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "After much debate Finger Eleven has... -". facebook.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "Finger Eleven on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  8. ^ "Hard Rock Albums for August 22,2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "Canadian Albums for August 22, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  10. ^ "Top Rock Albums for August 22, 2015". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 4, 2016.