Afterglow (Black Country Communion album)

Afterglow
Studio album by Black Country Communion
Released	October 29, 2012 (2012-10-29)
Recorded	June 2012
Studio	Revolver Recording (Thousand Oaks, California)
Genre	Hard rock[1] blues rock[1]
Length	57:50
Label	Mascot J&R Adventures
Producer	Kevin Shirley
Black Country Communion chronology
Live Over Europe (2011) Afterglow (2012) BCCIV (2017)

Afterglow is the third studio album by English–American hard rock band Black Country Communion. Recorded over a five-day period in mid-June 2012 at Revolver Recording in Thousand Oaks, California, it was produced by Kevin Shirley and released in Europe by Mascot Records on October 29, 2012, and in North America by J&R Adventures the next day. The album reached number 29 on the UK Albums Chart and number 48 on the US Billboard 200.

After touring in promotion of Black Country Communion 2 in the summer of 2011, the band took a break as members focused on their respective solo projects. Frontman Glenn Hughes spent around six months writing material for a planned solo album, which later became the basis for a third Black Country Communion release. Recording for the album took place over just five days, which was due in part to guitarist Joe Bonamassa's busy solo touring schedule.

Afterglow received generally positive reviews from critics, some of whom suggested that the truncated recording process made the album feel more spontaneous. Commercially, the album was the band's first to break into the top 50 of the Billboard 200, as well as their highest-charting on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart at number 14 (this was later equalled by BCCIV). Afterglow was the band's last release before their initial breakup in March 2013.