III (Shiny Toy Guns album)
2012 studio album by Shiny Toy Guns
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III is the third studio album by American indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Five Seven Music. The album features the return of the band's original female vocalist, Carah Faye Charnow.[5] The album spawned three singles: "Waiting Alone", "Fading Listening", and "Somewhere to Hide".
ReleasedOctober 22, 2012
Recorded2011–2012
Studios
- Beta Records Studios
- Dangerous Insect Studios
- RMC Studios
- Stormwest
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| Released | October 22, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
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| Length | 43:55 | |||
| Label | Five Seven | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Somewhere to Hide" |
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| 3:22 |
| 2. | "Waiting Alone" |
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| 3:14 |
| 3. | "Carrie" |
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| 3:49 |
| 4. | "If I Lost You" |
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| 4:13 |
| 5. | "Speaking Japanese" |
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| 3:06 |
| 6. | "Mercy" |
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| 4:24 |
| 7. | "Wait for Me" |
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| 5:50 |
| 8. | "Fading Listening" |
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| 3:26 |
| 9. | "The Sun" |
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| 3:15 |
| 10. | "e v a y" |
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| 5:20 |
| 11. | "Take Me Back to Where I Was" |
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| 3:56 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "My Reptile Friend" | 4:33 |
| 13. | "Stay Down" | 3:19 |
| 14. | "Waiting Alone" (music video) | 6:44 |
| 15. | "III – Up Close and Personal" (video) | 7:13 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of III.[7]
Shiny Toy Guns
- Carah Faye – vocals, bass, synth (all tracks); production (track 1)
- Chad Petree – vocals, guitar
- Jeremy Dawson – bass, synth
- Mikey Martin – drums
Additional personnel
- Matty Bernstein – recording (track 11)
- Justin Hergett – mixing (track 11)
- Daniel Johansson – production (track 1)
- Joe LaPorta – mastering
- Emily Lazar – mastering
- Tony Maserati – mixing
- Mirror Machines – engineering, production, programming, recording (all tracks); mixing (tracks 6–8, 10, 11)
- Benjy Russell – cover artwork photography
- Mark Saunders – additional production (track 6)
- Ben Schwartz – cover artwork package design
- Chris Tabron – mixing (tracks 6–8, 10)
- Timothy "Q" Wiles – additional production (track 9)
Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[8] | 69 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9] | 14 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[10] | 14 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[11] | 23 |