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. It was released on March 23, 2004 via

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. ''Redefine'' was Soil's final album with vocalist

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before he left the band in October that year. He would later rejoin the band in 2011. It was also Soil's last release through J Records after the band was dropped following the Sony/BMG merger. The album peaked at number 78 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 14,454 copies in its first week. and included the single and video for "Redefine" which charted higher than any previous single of the band. The track "Pride" was featured in the video game ''

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''. According to the album booklet, the track "Remember" was dedicated to the memory of Dave Williams, the original lead singer of

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Touring

Soil toured for a year in promotion of ''Redefine'' which included a European schedule with Drowning Pool and

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. Touring ended in late 2004 when Ryan McCombs suddenly left the group. This forced the cancelation of future shows including a mini tour with

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, a festival with Damageplan, and a UK tour. Soil was also scheduled to perform with Damageplan on December 10 of the same year, but ultimately did not, due to the murder of Damageplan guitarist

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two days earlier.

Track listing

Personnel

Soil

– lead vocals * Adam Zadel – lead guitar, backing vocals * Shaun Glass – rhythm guitar *

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– bass guitar *

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– drums

Other

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– production and engineering * Nick Raskulinecz – production and engineering of the songs "Pride" and "Something Real" *

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– mixing * Tom Baker – mastering

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Soil (American band) albums J Records albums Albums produced by Nick Raskulinecz Albums recorded at Sound City Studios