The Black Market (Rise Against album)

The Black Market
Studio album by Rise Against
Released July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15)
Recorded The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado
Genre Punk rock, melodic hardcore, alternative rock
Length 46:18
Label Interscope
B00211795-02
Producer Bill Stevenson & Jason Livermore
Rise Against chronology
Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013
(2013)		 The Black Market
(2014)
Singles from The Black Market
  1. "I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore"
    Released: June 10, 2014
  2. "Tragedy + Time"
    Released: October 21, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net61%[2]
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press[4]
Consequence of SoundC+[5]
Punknews.org[6]
7BitArcade(Favourable)[7]

The Black Market is the seventh studio album by the American melodic hardcore band Rise Against, released on July 15, 2014. With the same line-up as their previous two albums, guitarist Zach Blair has become Rise Against's first guitarist to appear on three studio albums.

The Black Market debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, earning the band their second career number three.

Release

On April 14, 2014, the band posted a short video on their Facebook page teasing a new album with the message "Coming Soon."[8][9] On May 5, 2014, the band posted another short video indicating that a new album would be released in the summer of 2014.[10] On May 27, 2014, the band released a short video with a teaser of a song from the new album, and clarified the summer release date to be July 2014.[11] On June 4, 2014, a new teaser was released on Facebook revealing the album title The Black Market and release date of July 15, 2014.[12]

The album's first single, "I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore", was released to radio on June 10, 2014.[13] On June 13, 2014, the band released the artwork for the upcoming album. This was released on all the major social networking sites. On July 8, 2014, the band released the entire album for pre-release streaming via iTunes. "Tragedy + Time" impacted radio on October 21, 2014.[14]

Commercial performance

The Black Market is Rise Against's third highest charting album on the US Billboard 200, debuting at no. 3 and selling 53,000 copies in its first week.[15]

In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 14,000 copies in its first week.[16]

The album became Rise Against's highest position in the UK thus far after it debuted at number 13.[17] Their previous peak was number 27 with 2011's Endgame.

Reception

The Black Market received mostly positive reviews. It attained a score of 76 out of 100 on Metacritic's average of seven professional reviews.[1] 7BitArcade's Aaron Kent called the album 'a fine example of punk rock,' explaining that 'it doesn’t break any new ground, yet it doesn’t need to.'[7] Matt Sloan of CultNoise Magazine scored the album 8.5/10, saying that 'some might consider the social commentary present in The Black Market to be, on the surface, too general and unfocused to be saying anything that hasn’t been said before. However, this is to do the band a disservice; The Black Market is an album about the weariness that comes from living in this world, in having to fight to survive.'[18] MusicReviewRadar wrote the The Black Market "may not be as intense and enraged as their antecessors but, once you listen to it, you will find the political fight Rise Against always print on their albums".[19] The album was included at number 33 on Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.[20] The album was included at number 6 on Kerrang!'s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list.[21]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tim McIlrath; all music composed by Tim McIlrath, Joe Principe, Brandon Barnes and Zach Blair. 

Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."The Great Die-Off"  3:39
2."I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore"  3:59
3."Tragedy + Time"  4:17
4."The Black Market"  4:15
5."The Eco-Terrorist in Me"  2:45
6."Sudden Life"  4:08
7."A Beautiful Indifference"  3:24
8."Methadone"  3:48
9."Zero Visibility"  4:38
10."Awake Too Long"  3:11
11."People Live Here"  4:08
12."Bridges"  4:06
Total length:46:18

Personnel

Rise Against
Artwork
  • LeAnn Mueller – Photography
  • Dina Hovsepian – Album artwork
Additional musicians
  • Chad Price (of ALL) – Backing vocals
  • Ian Short – Violin on The Great Die-Off & People Live Here
  • Adrienne Short – Viola on The Great Die-Off & People Live Here
  • Amy Morgan – Cello on People Live Here
Production
Management
  • Missy Worth – Management for Artistic License
  • Thom Panonzio – A&R
  • Corrie Chiristopher – Booking Agent for Paradigm
  • Marlene Tsucii – International Booking Agent for CAA
  • Karen Goodman – International Marketing Director
  • Stacy Fass – Legal
  • Katie Addis – Marketing
  • Samantha Tripses – Marketing Coordinator
  • Jeanne Venton & Marta Navas – A&R Administration
  • Tracey Kies – Business Affairs
  • Gretchen Anderson – Production
  • Ianthe Zevos – Creative

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[23] 1
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25] 3
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)[26] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[28] 118
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[29] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[30] 31
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[31] 43
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[32] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[34] 124
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 13
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[37] 2
US Billboard 200[38] 3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[39] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[40] 1
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[41] 1

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Canada[42] Gold 40,000+

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Argentinian Albums Chart 36
Australian Albums Chart[43] 99
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)[44] 27
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[45] 46
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[46] 14

Release history

Region Date Record Label
Australia[47] July 11, 2014 Universal
United Kingdom[48] July 14, 2014 Polydor
United States[2] July 15, 2014 Universal, DGC/Interscope
Canada[49]
Japan[50]
Germany[51] November 7, 2014 Universal/Interscope

References

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