Modern Vintage
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| Released | October 7, 2014[1] | |||
| Genres | Post-grunge, hard rock[2] | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label | Eleven Seven Music | |||
| Producer | James Michael[2] | |||
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| Singles from Modern Vintage | ||||
Modern Vintage is the third studio album by American rock band Sixx:A.M.
Modern Vintage peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 on October 25, 2014. It topped the Billboard Hard Rock Charts, and reached number 5 on the Billboard Rock charts.
Background
[edit]About the album, vocalist James Michael stated "It was exciting for us, because this is the first record where we didn't have an outside, kind of, peripheral thing, like a book or photography, to base it on. And we did that very intentionally... We wanted to find out who we had become as a band, and in order to do that, what we did is we went back and looked at all of the records that had inspired us over the years — Queen, ELO, Elton John, and Bowie and all of those artists. And when you look at their careers, they were all very song-based; all of those records were very song-based, very performance-based. And that's the spirit in which we wanted 'Modern Vintage' to be made."[4]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Metal Injection | [5] |
| Pure Grain Audio | [6] |
In a positive review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated "The versatility of Modern Vintage -- it's undeniably anchored in classic hard rock sounds but feels restless in its cage -- is also a tip-off that Nikki Sixx is now pouring his creative energies into this band, not Mötley Crüe.... that kinetic crack is why Modern Vintage packs a real kick. [2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stars" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Gotta Get It Right" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Relief" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Get Ya Some" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Let's Go" | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Drive" (The Cars cover) | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Give Me a Love" | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Hyperventilate" | 3:40 |
| 9. | "High on the Music" | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Miracle" | 3:20 |
| 11. | "Before It's Over" | 3:52 |
| Total length: | 42:16 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Before It's Over (Piano Ballad)" | 3:05 |
| 13. | "Stars (Cinematic)" | 3:14 |
| 14. | "Gotta Get It Right (Acoustic)" | 3:06 |
| 15. | "Let It Haunt You (So Beautiful)" | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 55:46 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Relief (Acoustic)" |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[7] | 20 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] | 4 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] | 5 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[11] | 13 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] | 22 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] | 41 |
Credits
[edit]- Nikki Sixx – bass guitar, backing vocals
- DJ Ashba – lead guitar, backing vocals
- James Michael – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
- Jeff Fabb – drums
References
[edit]- ↑ "Modern Vintage (Deluxe) by Sixx:A.M." iTunes. October 7, 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Modern Vintage - Sixx:A.M. | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Sixx:A.M. Announces Third Album, "Modern Vintage"". elevensevenmusic.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- ↑ modern vintage
- ↑ metalinj
- ↑ puregrain
- ↑ "sixx-am Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "sixx-am Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "sixx-am Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "sixx-am Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "sixx-am Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "sixx-am Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Sixx:A.M." Oricon. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
