Hell or High Water (As Cities Burn album)

Hell or High Water
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2009
GenreIndie rock
Length42:14
LabelTooth & Nail
ProducerBrad Wood
As Cities Burn chronology
Come Now Sleep
(2007)
Hell or High Water
(2009)
Scream Through the Walls
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net(88%) link
The Album Project[1]
AllMusic[2]
EastScene(10/10)[3]
Indie Vision Music(10/10)[4]
Jesus Freak Hideout[5]
Patrol Magazine(7.8/10)[6]
PunkDisasters[7]

Hell or High Water is the third full-length album by Christian indie rock band As Cities Burn. According to a MySpace post, frontman Cody Bonnette and a friend of the band, Tyler Orr, recorded the album almost entirely themselves, In the small town of Cleveland Tennessee, on first street. It was released on April 21, 2009, through Tooth & Nail Records.[8] This album also features guest vocals from original lead vocalist of As Cities Burn, T.J. Bonnette, on the songs "84 Sheepdog" and "Gates", as well as some from Robert Chisolm of Jonezetta and Micah Boyce from So Long Forgotten on the song "Capo". The album charted at No. 109 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. The hidden track in the pregap was uploaded on the MySpace page of singer Cody under the name "Aerial".[9]

  1. ^ "Thealbumproject.net".
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1536290
  3. ^ "As Cities Burn's Hell or High Water – Album Review". April 20, 2009. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water - Indie Vision Music". March 27, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "As Cities Burn, "Hell or High Water" Review". Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  6. ^ Fitzgerald, Jonathan D. (April 19, 2009). "As Cities Burn, "Hell or High Water"". Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  7. ^ "punkdisasters.com". www.punkdisasters.com.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Jesusfreakhideout.com Album Release Dates, CD New Releases". Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  9. ^ "Mikey Yay (Mikey) op Myspace". Myspace.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.