Transit Blues
2016 studio album by The Devil Wears Prada
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Transit Blues is the sixth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on October 7, 2016, through Rise Records, their only album on the label since 2007's Plagues. For the album, Giuseppe Capolupo, drummer of Demise of Eros, Haste the Day and Once Nothing, stated he had recorded on Transit Blues, after Daniel Williams left the band.[1] It is also the band's first album to feature Kyle Sipress on guitar.
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| Released | October 7, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Metalcore | |||
| Length | 38:12 | |||
| Label | Rise | |||
| Producer | Dan Korneff, The Devil Wears Prada | |||
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Style
Transit Blues is a metalcore album,[2][3] with influences of southern rock[3] and ambient music. [4] The release has also been called "Not just another metalcore album"[5] and regarded as more mature than the band's former "by-the-numbers metalcore" sound.[6]
The album features numerous lyrics inspired by literature; "Praise Poison" references The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner,[7] "Daughter" references The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir,[8] and "To The Key of Evergreen" references Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.[9]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (80/100)[10] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| Elite | [11] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[3] |
| Rock Sound | [5] |
| Soundfiction | [2] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Transit Blues received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 5 critic scores.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Praise Poison" | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Daughter" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Worldwide" | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Lock & Load" | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Flyover States" | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Detroit Tapes" | 2:12 |
| 7. | "The Condition" | 4:00 |
| 8. | "To the Key of Evergreen" | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Submersion" | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Home for Grave, Pt. II" | 4:03 |
| 11. | "Transit Blues" | 3:24 |
| Total length: | 38:12 | |
Personnel
The Devil Wears Prada
- Mike Hranica – lead vocals, additional guitars
- Jeremy DePoyster – clean vocals, rhythm guitar
- Andy Trick – bass guitar
- Kyle Sipress – lead guitar, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Giuseppe Capolupo – drums
- Jonathan Gering – keyboards, synthesizer
Production
- Dan Korneff – producer, engineer, mixing
- The Devil Wears Prada – producer
- Nick Sferlazza – engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Ben Wilcox – demo engineer, rehearsal director
- Stephen Harrison – vocals
- Anthony Barlich – photography
- Jonathan Gering – composer
- Mike Hranica – art direction
- Jarryd Nelson – editing
- Alex Prieto – editing
- Micah Sedmak – art direction, design, layout
Charts
| Charts | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[13] | 56 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] | 4 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] | 13 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16] | 7 |