''The Economy of Sound'' is the fifth

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by American

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band

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. It was released on , 2001, on

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. The album peaked at #178 on the ''Billboard'' 200 on June 23, 2001. The album's ''

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''-charting singles were "Wait" (#7 on

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and #21 on

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) and "Sleepwalking" (#39 on

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album "jettisoned the vestiges of the band's grunge sound in favour of crowd pleasing hard rock."

Track listing

All songs written by Jason Ross, except where noted.

Album credits

* Jason Ross – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Thomas Juliano – lead guitar, backing vocals * Casey Daniel – bass * Giti Khalsa – drums *

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– keyboards * Eric Gardner – percussion

Production

*Producers: Jason Ross, Tom Morris, and Neal Avron *Engineering: Tom Morris with Matt Martone *Mixing: Neal Avron, except Tracks 1 and 2 mixed by

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*Mastering: Bob Ludwig *Art Direction: Lane Wurster *Graphic Design: Chris Eselgroth *Photography: Christian Lantry

References

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