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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Adelphia
| name = Adelphia
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[A Skylit Drive]]
| artist = [[A Skylit Drive]]
| Cover = AskylitdriveADELPHIA.jpg
| cover = AskylitdriveADELPHIA.jpg
| Released = June 9, 2009
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2009|6|9}}
| Recorded = Seattle, WA
| recorded = Seattle, WA
| Genre = [[Post-hardcore]]
| Length = 43:30
| venue =
| studio =
| Label = [[Fearless Records|Fearless]]
| Producer = [[Casey Bates]]
| genre = [[Post-hardcore]], [[screamo]]
| Reviews =
| length = 43:30
| label = [[Fearless Records|Fearless]]
*[[AbsolutePunk]] {{rating|4|10}} [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1104242 link]
| producer = Casey Bates
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fbfyxzq0ld0e link]
| prev_title = [[Wires...and the Concept of Breathing]]
* BoMR {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.bringonmixedreviews.com/?p=2097 link]
| prev_year = 2008
*[[Kerrang!]] {{rating|4|5}}
| next_title = [[Identity on Fire]]
* ''Rain City Ambience'' (7/10) [http://www.raincityambience.com/frontend/view_section/review/33 Link]
| next_year = 2011
*[[Rock Sound]] {{rating|8|10}} [http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/a-skylit-drive-adelphia link]
| misc = {{Singles
| Last album = ''[[Wires...and the Concept of Breathing]]''<br>(2008)
| This album = '''''Adelphia'''''<br>(2009)
| name = Adelphia
| Next album =
| type = studio
| single1 = Those Cannons Could Sink a Ship!
{{singles
| single1date = May 26, 2009
|Name = Adelphia
}}
|Type = studio
}}
|Single 1 = Those Cannons Could Sink a Ship! <small>(Digital single)</small>
{{Album ratings
|Single 1 date = May 26, 2009
| noprose = yes
}}}}
| rev1 = [[AbsolutePunk]]

| rev1Score = 78%<ref>[http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1104242 AbsolutePunk review]</ref>
'''''Adelphia''''' is the second studio album by American [[post-hardcore]] band [[A Skylit Drive]]. It is the band's debut album on [[Fearless Records]], and was released on June 9, 2009.<ref>[http://www.fearlessrecords.com/viewband.php?band_id=42 "Artist Bio - A Skylit Drive"]. [[Fearless Records]] website. Retrieved on May 17, 2009.</ref><ref>Lally, Jonathan. [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=993912 "A Skylit Drive Album Art/Track Listing"]. [[AbsolutePunk.net]]. Retrieved on May 17, 2009.</ref> The album peaked at 64 on the [[Billboard 200]] as well as number 11 on the ''Top Independent Albums''.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=813010&aid=1257424 Billboard.com - Discography - A Skylit Drive - Adelphia]</ref> The album is currently unavailable to download from [[iTunes]] outside of [[North America]] and the [[United Kingdom]].
| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1572462}}</ref>
| rev3 = BoMR
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.bringonmixedreviews.com/?p=2097 BoMR review]</ref>
| rev4 = ''Rain City Ambience''
| rev4Score = (7/10)<ref>[http://www.raincityambience.com/frontend/view_section/review/33 Rain City Ambience review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715151016/http://www.raincityambience.com/frontend/view_section/review/33 |date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Rock Sound]]
| rev5Score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/a-skylit-drive-adelphia |title=Rock Sound review |access-date=2009-11-14 |archive-date=2012-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327092024/http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/a-skylit-drive-adelphia |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
'''''Adelphia''''' is the second studio album by American [[post-hardcore]] band [[A Skylit Drive]] and the first on [[Fearless Records]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Sendra |first=Tim |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/adelphia-r1572462 |title=Adelphia - A Skylit Drive |publisher=AllMusic |date=2009-06-09 |accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref> It was released on June 9, 2009.<ref>[http://www.fearlessrecords.com/viewband.php?band_id=42 "Artist Bio - A Skylit Drive"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117042216/http://www.fearlessrecords.com/viewband.php?band_id=42 |date=2011-11-17 }}. [[Fearless Records]] website. Retrieved on May 17, 2009.</ref><ref>Lally, Jonathan. [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=993912 "A Skylit Drive Album Art/Track Listing"]. [[AbsolutePunk.net]]. Retrieved on May 17, 2009.</ref> The album peaked at 64 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] as well as number 11 on the ''Top Independent Albums''.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=a skylit drive|chart=all}} Billboard.com - Discography - A Skylit Drive - Adelphia]</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All lyrics written by Michael Jagmin and Nick Miller.
{{tracklist
{{Track listing
| title1 = Prelude to a Dream
| title1 = Prelude to a Dream
| length1 = 3:29
| length1 = 3:29
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| title3 = Heaven
| title3 = Heaven
| length3 = 3:38
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Running With the Light
| title4 = Running with the Light
| length4 = 3:51
| length4 = 3:51
| title5 = Eva the Carrier
| title5 = Eva the Carrier
| length5 = 3:43
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Worlds End in Whispers, Not Bangs
| title6 = Worlds End in Whispers, Not Bangs (Interlude)
| length6 = 1:26
| length6 = 1:26
| title7 = The Boy Without a Demon
| title7 = The Boy Without a Demon
| length7 = 4:05
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Thank God it's Cloudy Because I'm Allergic to Sunlight
| title8 = Thank God It's Cloudy Because I'm Allergic to Sunlight
| length8 = 3:28
| length8 = 3:28
| title9 = Air the Enlightenment
| title9 = Air the Enlightenment
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| title10 = The Children of Adelphia
| title10 = The Children of Adelphia
| length10 = 3:01
| length10 = 3:01
| title11 = I Swear This Place is Haunted
| title11 = I Swear This Place Is Haunted
| length11 = 3:45
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = It's Not Ironic, It's Obvious
| title12 = It's Not Ironic, It's Obvious
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| title13 = See You Around
| title13 = See You Around
| length13 = 3:23
| length13 = 3:23
|total_length = 43:30
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;A Skylit Drive
* [[Michael "Jag" Jagmin]] - [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]]
* [[Michael Jagmin|Michael "Jag" Jagmin]] - [[clean vocals]]
* Brian White - [[bass guitar]], screams
* Joey Wilson - [[guitar]]
* Brian White - [[screaming (music)|unclean vocals]], [[bass guitar|bass]]
* Nick Miller - guitar
* Joey Wilson - [[lead guitar]]
* Nick Miller - [[rhythm guitar]]
* Kyle Simmons - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]]s, [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[Electronic musical instrument|electronics]]
* Cory La Quay - [[Drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]], [[Screaming (music)|screams]]
* Kyle Simmons - [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Programming (music)|programming]]
* Cory La Quay - [[drums]], [[unclean vocals|backing unclean vocals]]


;Artwork and design
* Kevin Knight&nbsp;– Art direction, photography

;Production and recording
* Casey Bates - [[Record producer|Producer]], [[Audio engineer|engineering]]
* Alan Douches - [[Audio mastering|Mastering]]
* [[Machine (producer)|Machine]] - [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixing]]
* Will Putney - Mixing, assistant engineering

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2008)
!Peak<br>position
|-
| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| style="text-align:center;"|64
|-
| US [[Top Internet Albums]]<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/adelphia-r1572462/charts-awards |title=Adelphia - A Skylit Drive |publisher=AllMusic |date=2009-06-09 |accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
| US [[Top Independent Albums]]<ref name="allmusic1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|64
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 03:54, 30 September 2024

Adelphia
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 9, 2009 (2009-06-09)
RecordedSeattle, WA
GenrePost-hardcore, screamo
Length43:30
LabelFearless
ProducerCasey Bates
A Skylit Drive chronology
Wires...and the Concept of Breathing
(2008)
Adelphia
(2009)
Identity on Fire
(2011)
Singles from Adelphia
  1. "Those Cannons Could Sink a Ship!"
    Released: May 26, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk78%[1]
AllMusic[2]
BoMR[3]
Rain City Ambience(7/10)[4]
Rock Sound[5]

Adelphia is the second studio album by American post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive and the first on Fearless Records.[6] It was released on June 9, 2009.[7][8] The album peaked at 64 on the Billboard 200 as well as number 11 on the Top Independent Albums.[9]

Track listing

[edit]

All lyrics written by Michael Jagmin and Nick Miller.

No.TitleLength
1."Prelude to a Dream"3:29
2."Those Cannons Could Sink a Ship"3:36
3."Heaven"3:38
4."Running with the Light"3:51
5."Eva the Carrier"3:43
6."Worlds End in Whispers, Not Bangs (Interlude)"1:26
7."The Boy Without a Demon"4:05
8."Thank God It's Cloudy Because I'm Allergic to Sunlight"3:28
9."Air the Enlightenment"2:29
10."The Children of Adelphia"3:01
11."I Swear This Place Is Haunted"3:45
12."It's Not Ironic, It's Obvious"3:41
13."See You Around"3:23
Total length:43:30

Personnel

[edit]
A Skylit Drive
Artwork and design
  • Kevin Knight – Art direction, photography
Production and recording

Chart positions

[edit]
Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 64
US Top Internet Albums[10] 11
US Top Independent Albums[10] 64

References

[edit]
  1. ^ AbsolutePunk review
  2. ^ Adelphia at AllMusic
  3. ^ BoMR review
  4. ^ Rain City Ambience review Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Rock Sound review". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  6. ^ Sendra, Tim (2009-06-09). "Adelphia - A Skylit Drive". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  7. ^ "Artist Bio - A Skylit Drive" Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. Fearless Records website. Retrieved on May 17, 2009.
  8. ^ Lally, Jonathan. "A Skylit Drive Album Art/Track Listing". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved on May 17, 2009.
  9. ^ Billboard.com - Discography - A Skylit Drive - Adelphia
  10. ^ a b "Adelphia - A Skylit Drive". AllMusic. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2011-11-02.