Collide (Skillet album)

Collide
Studio album by
Skillet
ReleasedNovember 18, 2003
RecordedMarch – June 2003
Genre
Length45:26
LabelArdent (original), Lava (remaster)
ProducerPaul Ebersold, John L. Cooper, Kevin Kadish
Skillet chronology
Alien Youth
(2001) 		Collide
(2003) 		Comatose
(2006)
Singles from Collide
  1. "A Little More"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Forsaken"
    Released: 2004
  3. "Savior"
    Released: 2004
  4. "My Obsession"
    Released: 2004
  5. "Open Wounds"
    Released: 2004
  6. "Under My Skin"
    Released: 2005
  7. "Collide"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
CCM MagazineB+[3]
Christianity Today[5]
Cross Rhythms[1]
The FishSlightly favorable[6]
Jesus Freak Hideout[7] (Re-release) [2]
Melodic.net[8]
New Release Tuesday(Re-release) [9]

Collide is the fifth studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It was originally released on Ardent Records on November 18, 2003.[7] The album was re-released on Lava Records as an enhanced CD with the bonus track "Open Wounds" on May 25, 2004.[2][7] Collide peaked at No. 179 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Top Heatseekers. The album artwork, according John Cooper in a 2004 interview, is "faith and fear colliding."[10] The album has sold over 320,000 units in the USA alone. The album received positive reviews. Collide was nominated for "Best Rock Gospel Album" at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2005.[11] Even though the album has sold enough copies to go gold, it has never been certified by the RIAA. On this album, Collide shed the industrial rock sound that Skillet utilized for three records in favor a heavier nü-metal sound.

  1. ^ a b Spenceley, Haydon (May 1, 2004). "Skillet – Collide". Cross Rhythms Magazine (CR Mag 80). Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c DiBiase, John (January 7, 2005). "Skillet, "Collide" Lava Records re-release Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ^ a b McCreary, David (January 2004). "Growing Up May Be Hard to Do But… Skillet's musical maturation leads to a multi-course menu of melodic and driving rock sounds" (PDF). CCM Magazine. 26 (7). Salem Publishing: 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Losey, Steve. Collide at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  5. ^ Breimeier, Russ. "Collide, Music review". Christianity Today. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  6. ^ Breimeier, Russ. "Collide". The Fish. Salem Web Network. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c DiBiase, John (November 16, 2003). "Skillet, "Collide" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  8. ^ Roth, Kaj. "Melodic Net – Skillet – Collide". Melodic.net. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  9. ^ Show (May 13, 2010). "Skillet's Most Intense Effort". New Release Tuesday. NRT Media. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  10. ^ https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/interviews/skillet2.asp [bare URL]
  11. ^ https://www.grammy.com/artists/skillet/14706 [bare URL]