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group

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. It was released on September 12, 2006 through Battle Axe Records with distribution via

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. Recording sessions took place at Battle Axe Studios and The Warehouse in Vancouver, Crack Alley Studios in Los Angeles, Mr Vegas Studio in Kingston, Soundproof West in Venice, Westlake Audio in Hollywood, and various hotel rooms across America. Production was handled by members Rob The Viking,

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and Prevail, as well as

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, DJ Kemo,

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and Vago, with co-producers Roger Swan, Metty The Dert Merchant and The Corn Gang. It features

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s from Evidence, Alchemist, Barbie Hatch, Casual,

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, DJ Revolution,

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, and former member

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, who contributed on two songs. The album peaked at number 22 in Canada, number 21 on the US ''Billboard''

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and number 19 on the

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charts. At the

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, the album won a

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Track listing

Personnel

*Shane "

" Bunting — vocals (tracks: 1–13, 15–21), producer (tracks: 1, 5), executive producer *Kiley " Prevail" Hendriks — vocals (tracks: 2, 4–7, 9–12, 15–21), producer (track 5) *Daniel "

" Denton — vocals (tracks: 6, 19) *Robin "Rob The Viking" Hooper — drums (track 17), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5–7, 10–12, 15, 17, 20), co-producer (track 4), recording (tracks: 1–7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20), mixing (track 5) *Jason "

" Smith — vocals (track 3) *Jason "

" Green — vocals (track 3) *Jonathan " Casual" Owens — vocals (track 7) *Michael "

" Perretta — vocals (tracks: 8, 13), producer & recording (tracks: 3, 8, 13, 19) *Dennis "

" Coles — vocals (track 9) *Mia Harris — vocals (track 15) *Barbie Hatch — vocals (track 16) *Jack "

" Gonzalez — vocals (track 17) *Clifford "

" Smith — vocals & recording (track 18) *Erik "

" Schrody — vocals & guitar (track 19) *Bryan "Metty The Dert Merchant" Trevitt — backing vocals (track 6), co-producer (track 10) *Elmo Chong — backing vocals, strings, producer & recording (track 21) *Roy Chong — backing vocals, strings, producer & recording (track 21) *Chi Turner — backing vocals (track 21) *Kurt "DJ Revolution" Hoffman — scratches (tracks: 3, 7, 13) *Russ Kline — guitar (track 6) *Darcy Ladret — guitar (track 8), bass (track 13) *Bryant Olender — piano (tracks: 10, 15) *Chris Gestrin — organ (track 10), mini moog (track 17) *Kyla Tamiko " Kytami" LeBlanc — violin (tracks: 10, 15) *Fin Manish — cello (tracks: 10, 15) *Chris "

" Oroc — scratches (track 12) *Jeff Babko — Wurlitzer organ & clavinet (track 13) *Kevin Coles — guitar (track 17) *

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— piano, bass & strings (track 19) *Ronald K. "

" Keys Jr. — scratches (track 20) *Cristian "DJ Kemo" Bahamonde — producer (tracks: 2, 4), co-producer (track 18) *Alan "

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" Maman — producer & recording (track 9) *Sam "

" Spiegel — producer & recording (track 16) *D. "Vago" Orellana — producer (track 18) *Roger Swan — co-producer (tracks: 10, 15, 17), recording (tracks: 10, 14, 15), mixing (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 17) *The Corn Gang — co-producers (track 16) * Richard "Segal" Huredia — mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 9, 11–13, 16, 18–21) *Jason Rankins — engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 8, 13, 20) *Amy Worobec — engineering assistant (tracks: 4, 6) *Mike Cashin — mixing assistant (tracks: 10, 15), engineering assistant (track 17) *Dan Okano — mixing assistant (track 15) *Sean Tallman — engineering assistant (track 19) *

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— mastering *Marcello De Cotiis — executive producer *Chris Allen — art direction *Mark Gainor — art direction *Graham Winterbottom — sleeve photo

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2006 albums Swollen Members albums Albums produced by Evidence (musician) Albums produced by Sam Spiegel (musician) Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician) Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year recordings