The Illusion of Progress

The Illusion of Progress
A photo of a young man, viewed from the back, sitting in a chair on the road with no cars passing by. The band's name and the album title is written above in black.
Studio album by
Staind
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Studio
  • Home Studio of frontman Aaron Lewis at The Barn, Massachusetts
  • Mardi Gras Studios, Massachusetts
  • Groovemaster Studios, Illinois
Genre
Length56:54
Label
Producer
Staind chronology
The Singles: 1996–2006
(2006) 		The Illusion of Progress
(2008) 		Staind
(2011)
Singles from The Illusion of Progress
  1. "Believe"
    Released: June 24, 2008
  2. "All I Want"
    Released: November 24, 2008
  3. "The Way I Am"
    Released: January 26, 2009
  4. "This Is It"
    Released: May 4, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Billboard(positive)[3]
The Boston Globe(favorable)[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[6]
TuneLab Music[7]

The Illusion of Progress is the sixth studio album by American rock band Staind. It was released on August 19, 2008. The Illusion of Progress was produced by Johnny K and recorded in lead singer Aaron Lewis's home studio. It debuted at No. 3 in the Billboard 200 with 91,800 units sold.

The lead single "Believe" topped the Alternative Songs chart on September 13, 2008. It accumulated three weeks at number one. The second single was "All I Want", and was released on November 24. The video continued the story of the first single video and was available on Staind's Myspace on December 12. In Europe the second single was "The Way I Am", and its video was available on the official Staind website as of December 24. "This Is It" was later released as the last single off the album. The album has sold over 318,000 units in the United States alone.[8]

Lewis recorded a country version of the album’s ninth track "Tangled Up in You" on his 2011 solo EP Town Line.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference metacritic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Illusion of Progress at AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Graff, Gary. "The Illusion of Progress". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Morse, Steve (August 19, 2008). "That's no illusion - it's real progress". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  5. ^ Appleford, Steve (August 19, 2008). "New CDs: Staind, Amy Macdonald". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  6. ^ Rosen, Jody (August 21, 2008). "Staind: The Illusion Of Progress: Music review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Review: Staind – 'The Illuison Of Progress'". TuneLab Music. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 31, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  8. ^ "Its Baaaacccck.....SoundScan Sales 2/17/09: India Arie, Bobby V, Ryan Leslie". NikeTalk. February 20, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2023.