'' Transmissions ''is the debut studio album by American
rock
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band
Starset, released on July 8, 2014, through
Razor & Tie.
Three singles were released in support of the album; "
My Demons", "
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Halo
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", all charting in the top 20 of the US ''
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chart.
Background
''Transmissions'' is a
concept album
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.
The album was
produced by
Rob Graves and
mixed by
Ben Grosse. A deluxe version of the album was released on iTunes on February 12, 2016, featuring four new acoustic recordings of songs "My Demons", "Halo", "Point of No Return", and "Let It Die" along with three previously released remixed tracks. As of November 2016, the album has sold 79,000 copies in the United States, according to ''
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and a quarter million overall, factoring in album sales, downloads, and streaming.
The songs "Down with the Fallen" and "Dark on Me" had previously been recorded and released by Dustin Bates's previous band,
Downplay.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
* Dustin Bates – vocals, guitars, bass
*
Rob Graves – programming, guitars, strings arrangements
* Josh Baker – programming, guitars
* Chris Flury – programming
* Rob Hawkins – programming
* Alex Niceford – programming
* Joe Rickard – programming, drums
* Miles McPherson – additional drums (9)
* John Catchings – cello
* Monisa Angell – viola
* David Angell – violin
* David Davidson – violin, strings arrangements,
Production
* Mike Gitter – A&R
* Rob Graves – producer, engineer
* Ben Schmitt – engineer
* Eric Emery – engineer (14-17)
* Brian Virtue – drum engineer
* Baheo "Bobby" Shin – string engineer
* Ben Grosse – mixing
* Paul Pavao – mixing
* Maor Appelbaum – mastering
* Lance Buckley – package design
* Matt Tisdale – illustration
* Stephen Hutton – management
* Logan Mader – management
Charts
Singles
References
2014 debut albums
Albums produced by Rob Graves
Razor & Tie albums
Starset albums
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