The
discography
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of the American
punk rock
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band
Rise Against
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consists of nine
studio album
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s, two
compilation album
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, eleven
extended play
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s, twenty
singles
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, four
promotional single
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s, two
documentaries
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, and twenty-five
music video
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s. The band was formed in 1999, under the original name Transistor Revolt.
After signing a
recording contract
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with
Fat Wreck Chords
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, they changed their name to Rise Against, and released ''
The Unraveling'' in 2001, and ''
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Standards
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'' in 2003. Rise Against switched to
Geffen Records
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the following year, and made its major record label debut with ''
Siren Song of the Counter Culture
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''. In addition to becoming the band's first album to reach the
''Billboard'' 200, where it peaked at number 136, the success of the singles "
Give It All
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" and "
Swing Life Away
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" helped Rise Against achieve mainstream appeal.
The follow-up album was ''
The Sufferer & the Witness
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'' in 2006. It peaked at number ten on the ''Billboard'' 200, and was the band's first album to chart in other countries. Rise Against's popularity continued to grow with its fifth album ''
Appeal to Reason'', released in 2008 by
DGC and
Interscope Records
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. The album charted highly, and sold over 482,000 copies by 2011.
The third single from ''Appeal to Reason'', "
Savior
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", held the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the
Hot Rock Songs
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and
Alternative Songs
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charts, with sixty-three and sixty-five weeks respectively.
''
Endgame'', Rise Against's next album, was released in 2011. Continuing on the success of ''Appeal to Reason'', it charted within the top ten in several countries, and remains Rise Against's most successful album chart-wise. After the release of the compilation album ''
Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000–2013'', the band recorded ''
The Black Market'' in 2014, which reached number three in the United States, and was the third consecutive studio album to reach number one on the
Canadian Albums Chart
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. Rise Against's eighth studio album, ''
Wolves
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'', was released in 2017, and their ninth album, ''
Nowhere Generation
''Nowhere Generation'' is the ninth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on June 4, 2021, on Loma Vista Recordings. It is the band's first album in four years, serving as the follow-up to 2017's ''Wolves''. Four singles w ...
'', was released in 2021. Their tenth studio album, ''
Ricochet
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'', will be released in 2025.
Albums
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Extended plays
Singles
2000's
2010's
2020's
Promotional singles
Other charted songs
Videography
Documentaries
Music videos
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References
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Discography
Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...